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Help with home repairs and adaptations

Aberdeenshire Care and Repair

Aberdeenshire Care and Repair provides a free information, advice and assistance service to owner occupiers and private tenants who are over the age of 60 or have a disability.

This service is to help homeowners or private tenants to live independently at home. Responsibility for completed work remains with the homeowner or private tenant and contractors, just like any other domestic works completed to the property.

What we offer

  • Advice and information on practical ways to improve your home
  • A home visit to identify or prioritise necessary repairs and improvements
  • Assistance with arranging quotes for works identified
  • Support to arrange professional assistance from specialists, consultants or architects
  • Help to make sure the work is completed to an acceptable standard
  • Help with contacting council services such as Building Standards or Trading Standards to deal with sub-standard work
  • Referrals to other agencies who may be able to help with financial health checks and raising funds for repairs

For more information about Aberdeenshire Care and Repair please email careandrepair@aberdeenshire.gov.uk or call 01467 534753.

View the care and repair privacy notice (PDF 83.2KB).

Help to pay for repairs and adaptations

If you are struggling to pay for necessary repairs to your property, help is available:

If you are able to progress your adaptation yourself and pay for this privately, we can give information on:

  • Type of works
  • Details of contractors
  • VAT forms to make sure you are not paying VAT on works that are eligible for VAT relief