🧭 What this page is — start here

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A practical, Ireland-wide playbook for funding the repair, refurbishment and reuse of older, vacant, derelict and heritage buildings. It pulls together the main grants, tax reliefs and loans and shows how to stack them — which scheme covers what, in what order to apply, and when each one actually pays out.

Who it's for: owner-occupiers, first-time buyers, people who've inherited a property, landlords and investors — anyone dealing with a period, vacant, derelict or protected building in Ireland (and the advisers helping them).

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📚 How the page is organised

🔑 The golden rules (true for almost every scheme)

👉 Where to start

💡 Worked client scenarios — which grants to stack, when to apply, when they're paid

🏘️✨ "Beautiful house on the main street" — owner-occupied, NOT a Protected Structure, wants to refurbish
👶🏠 "First-time buyer buying a vacant home to live in" — stacking LAHL + LAPR + VPRG + SEAI
👪🏚️ "Inherited vacant family home" — CAT, VPRG, Fair Deal and probate timing
🏬➡️🏠 "Flat above the shop" — client owns a shop with a vacant upper floor, wants to convert it to an apartment and rent it out
🏛️🏬 "Georgian townhouse converted into apartments for rent" — multi-unit conversion of a Protected Structure
🏛️🛠️ "Protected Structure needing major repair" — PS owner planning significant works
🏚️🌾 "Derelict farmhouse in the countryside" — buying a rural wreck to live in
🌾🏠 "Thatched cottage needing re-thatching" — BHIS thatched stream, insurance subsidy, SEAI
📢⚖️ "Derelict site on my street" — how to get a derelict property brought back into use

🧭 What this page is — start here

📚 How the page is organised

🔑 The golden rules (true for almost every scheme)

👉 Where to start

💡 Worked client scenarios — which grants to stack, when to apply, when they're paid

🏚️ Vacancy and dereliction supports (housing)