Grant to improve the appeal of facades in the Brussels-Capital Region

The following conditions must be met to receive the grant to improve the appeal of a façade:

• The building must be located in the Brussels-Capital Region and built over 25 years ago;
• It must have party walls and be close to the roadway. The façade must face the public road or be set back from it maximum 8 metres (12 metres in certain areas);
• Each request must be for the entire façade(s) of the building;
• At least two-thirds of the floors must be residential;
• The work must be done by an entrepreneur with a company registration number and using authorised techniques;
• The work cannot have been started;
• The applicant, owner, holder of the commercial lease or manager must commit to retaining the residential use of the building for at least five years from the date the grant is paid;
• No other grant requests for façade refurbishment can be submitted for 20 years. The wait period is 5 years from the time work is done for listed buildings.
• The renovation work cannot have been started before the applicant receives a “provisional promise of grant” from the Housing Department. However, scaffolding can be set up in advance;
• Only works covered by the decree of 19 June 2002 are taken into account to calculate the grant;
• After receiving approval from the Housing Department official, the work must be carried out and the administrative file closed within two years.