Heritage restoration grants

• Property owners whose property is on the City of Stirling’s heritage list
• Property owners whose property categorised as 1 or 2A on the City's Local Heritage Survey

Works eligible for the heritage restoration grants include but are not limited to:

• Restoration works which are in public view and enhance the heritage significance of the property
• Urgent conservation works to ensure the structural integrity of the building
• Re-stumping
• Treatment of damp or salt attack
• Tuck-pointing and restoration of original façade
• Cleaning / painting / removal of tiles or render to return façade to its original condition
• Repairs or restorations to original doors and entrance ways
• Repairs or restoration of original windows
• Repair or restoration of original veranda 
• Re-roofing and guttering with matching original materials
• Repairs to original chimneys
• Repairs to original fences
• Repairs to original awnings/canopies
• Creative lighting to enhance or highlight original features
• Removal of redundant signage, air conditioning units and hoardings to reveal original features

The following works will not be eligible for a heritage restoration grant:

• Works to buildings not listed on the City of Stirling’s heritage list or categorised as 1 or 2A on the City's Local Heritage Survey
• Works completed prior to an approved application for a heritage grant.
  (i.e. retrospective grants for works already completed will not be considered) 
• New additions and extensions
• Operational costs
• Costs for items/equipment that will be used after the project finishes
• Landscaping
• Documentation costs
• Applications that have not met the terms and conditions
• Applicants who have outstanding debts owing to the City
• Projects that are already funded or supported by the City of Stirling
• Applications from current City of Stirling employees, immediate families and their contractors.

• Works approved for grant funding are to be completed within 12 months.
• All supporting documents are to be provided to the City upon application and as requested.
• Cost estimates and quotations are to be sourced from suitably qualified local City of Stirling local suppliers wherever possible.
• Cost estimates and quotations are to be provided for each component of works being applied for.
• Works are to be undertaken by a licensed contractor.
• Works are to be carried out in accordance with all City of Stirling requirements.
• The applicant is to enter into an agreement with the City, listing the agreed schedule of works, timeline, grant sum (exclusive of GST) and payment arrangements and conditions.
• Works should not commence until the applicant has signed the agreement with City.
• The City will not grant funds retrospectively for works completed prior to the approval of the application.
• Applicants must be able to fund the cost of the works upfront as the City will provide its share of funding at the completion of works.
• Any overrun in costs is not the responsibility of the City and extra funds will not be granted.