Improving Empty Properties

Owners of empty property can get advice or financial assistance where their empty property is in need of improvement, repair or conversion.

Advice will include:

• Identification of essential repairs and improvement so that the standard of the property complies with the Health and Hazard Safety rating scheme.
• In some cases it will be possible for the local authority to either supply a schedule or provide funding for feasibility funding.
• In addition, financial assistance may be available in the form of grants or low-cost loans from the local authority to help fund repairs or improvement.
  Find out more here.
  

For more information on the schemes available which are run by your local authority, please contact their empty properties teams:

• Bath & North East Somerset Council
• Bristol City Council
• North Somerset Council
• South Gloucestershire Council

Other steps you can take:

• Building work. You can find out more about getting the best out of your property by sourcing reliable and reputable tradesmen, preventing pitfalls, and improving the property's value.
• Improving the energy efficeicy of your property.  By taking steps to improve your property's carbon footprint you could make your property more desirable and save yourself money in the long term.  Click here to get advice on how to make these changes along with information on how your local authority can support you.