Home renovation grant

You can only apply for the home renovation grant if you are a first time buyer of an established home.

Owner-builders or do-it-yourself renovators can't apply.

Applications are now closed.

To find out more about the grant program, read the terms and conditions.

Home renovation grant terms and conditions PDF (316.4 KB)
Home renovation grant terms and conditions DOCX (654.4 KB)

Sample quote and invoice

When you apply for the grant, the quotes and invoices you submit must meet the terms and conditions.

Below are templates you can use for this purpose.

Home renovation grant quotation template PDF (120.5 KB)
Home renovation grant quotation template DOCX (21.5 KB)

Home renovation grant invoice template PDF (123.9 KB)
Home renovation grant invoice template DOCX (20.4 KB)

If your application is successful, you will be emailed one or more vouchers to pay for the renovations.

You must use a local business to renovate or improve your home.

A local business is a business that meets all of the following:

• operates in the Northern Territory (NT)
• has a permanent base in the NT
• employs NT people.

If the local business doing the renovations wants to employ sub-contractors, they must also be local businesses.

You can use the grant with up to five different businesses if they meet these conditions.

How to use the vouchers

You can use a voucher with each business you want to deal with up to a total combined value of $10,000.

The minimum value for each voucher is $500.

There is no cap on the total value of the renovation or improvements that you want to do. However, the total value of the home renovation grant is limited to $10,000.

Use some of the grant to pay for household goods

You can use up to $2,000 of the $10,000 renovation grant to buy household goods.

Once you have been approved for the grant, you can either:

• get payment upfront to buy the goods and provide receipts after
• pay for the goods yourself and get reimbursed.

You can redeem a home renovation grant voucher given to your business at the Smartygrants website.

For detailed instructions on how to cash in a voucher, read clause 3.4 of the home renovation terms and conditions.