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Disabled Facilities Grants in Croydon

How Croydon Council’s grant can pay for a wet room or level-access shower, who can apply, and the one mistake that loses it. Written by the people who fit the bathrooms.

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Drawing of an accessible bathroom: a level-access shower with a fold-down seat and grab rails, a comfort-height toilet with a rail, and a basin with room underneath12345
  1. 1Level-access shower floor
  2. 2Fold-down seat
  3. 3Grab rails where you need them
  4. 4Comfort-height toilet
  5. 5Lever tap, room underneath

The grant in brief

The essentials, from Croydon Council and GOV.UK. Always check the council’s own pages for the latest.

  • Up to £30,000

    Croydon Council pays for the adaptations needed, up to £30,000 including fees, if you qualify.

  • Means-tested for adults

    You complete a financial assessment, and the grant depends on income and savings. Grants for disabled children are not means-tested.

  • Owners and tenants

    Owners and tenants can apply, with a certificate of ownership or tenancy. Tenants need their landlord’s agreement to the work.

  • Bathrooms are common

    Swapping a bath for a level-access shower is one of the most common adaptations a grant pays for.

How to apply in Croydon

The order Croydon Council sets out. The occupational therapist’s visit comes before any quotes or plans.

  1. Contact adult social services

    Croydon Council asks you to start with its social services for adults referrals team: the address, the adaptation you need and how to contact you.

  2. Occupational therapist visit

    An occupational therapist visits the home and recommends the adaptations that meet your needs, such as a level-access shower in place of the bath.

  3. Apply for the recommended work

    You apply for the work the therapist recommended. Owners and private tenants are given a caseworker to help with the form; housing association tenants should get help from their landlord.

  4. Wait for written approval

    The council says it will tell you in writing within six months of your application. Don’t start work before then: if you do, you won’t get the grant.

A level-access shower with a fold-down seat and grab rail
Example style: level-access shower with a seat and rail.

Where we come in

We can’t apply for the grant for you, and we don’t decide what work is needed: that’s the occupational therapist’s job.

What we can do is price the recommended work clearly, answer questions about what’s possible in your bathroom and build it once it’s approved.

Read Croydon Council’s own pages on the Disabled Facilities Grant and GOV.UK’s overview.

  • An itemised quote for the work the therapist recommends
  • Level-access showers, rails, seats and comfort-height toilets
  • Nothing starts until you have the council’s written approval
  • Plumbing, tiling and electrics by one team

Questions people ask

Can I get a grant for a wet room in Croydon?

If an occupational therapist recommends a level-access shower or wet room, and you meet the means test, a Disabled Facilities Grant can pay for it, up to £30,000 including fees. Start by contacting Croydon Council’s social services for adults referrals team.

Can I choose my own bathroom fitter?

Ask your caseworker how the council handles contractors and quotes in your case. If you need a quote for the recommended work, we can provide an itemised one.

What if I start the work before the grant is approved?

Don’t. Croydon Council says that if you start work before you receive approval, it will not be able to give you a grant.

I don’t qualify for a grant. Is there any other help?

Adapting a bathroom for a disabled person’s use in their home can be zero-rated for VAT under HMRC VAT Notice 701/7, whether or not there is a grant. Conditions apply, and you’ll be asked to sign an eligibility declaration.

I live in Wallington or Beckenham. Is it the same?

The grant works the same way across England, but you apply to your own council: Sutton for Wallington, Bromley for Beckenham.

Other bathroom work we do

Need a quote for a grant application?

Tell us what the occupational therapist recommended, or what’s difficult now, and we’ll price the work.

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