Measures to improve your home

• Energy
• Lifetime suitability
• Foundation repair
• Asbestos removal

Energy-saving and/or energy-generating measures

• Roof insulation, with an Rc value of at least 3.5 m²K/W
• External wall insulation, with an Rc value of at least 3.5 m²K/W
• Cavity wall insulation in an existing cavity, with an Rc value of at least 1.3 m²K/W
• Floor insulation, with an Rc value of at least 3.5 m²K/W
• Insulated glazing (HR++, HR+++ or glass with the same U-value or better)
• Insulated window frame (U-value up to 1.2)
• Heat pump
• Heat pump water heater/combination heat pump
• HRV for ventilation (heat recovery)
• Solar panels
• Solar collectors/solar water heater
• LTV (low-temperature heating)
• Shower with heat recovery
• Demand-, pressure- and CO₂-controlled ventilation grilles
• Small-scale wind turbine (in line with current municipal planning policy)
• Home battery
• Hydrogen boiler
• Infrared panel
• Hybrid heat pump

Measures for age-proof housing

• Add/convert to a bedroom and/or bathroom on the ground floor
• Converting the ground-floor bathroom into a bedroom
• Adapting the bathroom for personal care
• Fitting an adjustable kitchen unit
• Installing an induction hob (to replace a gas or ceramic hob)
• Widening doors
• Installation of stairlifts or other stair access aids
• Fitting an automatic garage door opener
• Fitting an automatic window opener for top-hung, bottom-hung or casement windows (with remote control)
• Fitting motorised (roller) blinds with remote control
• Install an additional light (optional with a sensor) to provide lighting for night-time trips to the toilet
• Fit locks and hinges in accordance with the police security standard
• Install a sufficient number of wall sockets in easily accessible locations
• Installing an optical smoke detector on the bedroom floor (plugged into the mains)
• Installing a carbon monoxide detector
• Installing a gas detector
• Fitting a gas shut-off valve
• Water detector
• Door handles bent back
• Removing or lowering kerbs
• Replacement of front door, including threshold and three-point lock with comfort lock
• Doorbell with sound amplification/light signal
• Wall-mounted handrail by the door (inside and/or outside)
• Raise the access path or ramp to compensate for differences in level
• Steel ramp for overcoming a difference in height
• Outdoor light (with a motion sensor or twilight switch, if required)
• Lighting up a house number without an extra power connection
• Electronic lock/key safe for home care
• Second flight of stairs
• Bracket attached to or immediately next to the staircase spindle
• Extending the banister
• Installing a light fitting with a hotel-style switch in the stairwell
• Milling anti-slip edges into stair treads
• Removing old floor tiles and laying non-slip tiles
• Applying an anti-slip coating to existing floor tiles
• Grab rails next to the shower
• Fold-away shower seat with armrests
• Thermostatic bath mixer tap
• Thermostatic shower mixer tap
• Lowering the shower floor to facilitate drainage (for a shower cubicle)
• Replacement of a bath with a shower, including plumbing and tiling
• Installation of a second toilet in the existing shower room
• Installing a toilet on an upper floor
• Installing a raised toilet bowl (>46 cm)
• Fitting a fold-down grab rail next to the toilet
• Fitting a single-lever kitchen mixer tap
• Installing a walk-in shower

Measures for natural gas-free living

These are measures that help to disconnect the property from the natural gas network, for example by connecting it to a district heating network or by installing a modified electricity connection.

Measures for asbestos removal

• Asbestos removal survey carried out by a certified survey firm
• Required licence
• Asbestos removal
• Other costs that must necessarily be incurred and that are a direct consequence of the asbestos removal work

Measures that contribute to foundation repair

• Survey report on foundation repair
• Drawings for foundation repair
• Permit for foundation repair
• Foundation repair
• Other costs that must necessarily be incurred and which are a direct consequence of the foundation problems