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Retrofit plans for apartments

Each plan puts the work in the order SEAI’s rules need, with the grant for every step and what is left to pay, for the house that published BERs for that age most often describe. Pick the age closest to yours, or answer seven questions for your own.

A deck-access flat block round a courtyard in Dublin, four storeys, balconies along each floor.
Countess Markiewicz House, Dublin · Mx. Granger · CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication) · Photo credits
Walls, grants and what is left to pay, self-managed, for apartments by age
BuiltWalls, most oftenGrantsYou pay
before 1940solid stone or brick (87%)€12,375€10,857
1940 – 1969solid stone or brick (53%)€15,375€19,157
1970 – 1989unfilled cavity (45%)€13,075€11,193
1990 – 2006filled cavity (40%)€12,375€10,857
2007 – 2010filled cavity (44%)€9,075€440

Self-managed. Grants and costs are SEAI’s published amounts and medians; walls, windows and heating are what published BERs for each age most often record (SEAI BER Research Tool, file of 8 September 2026).