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To be eligible for funding, your resilience works must:

• be done by a suitably licensed contractor
• be done under a contract that complies with Queensland legislation
• have a Queensland Home Warranty Scheme policy (if works exceed $3,300 including GST) not be undertaken under an owner-builder permit (owner-builders are not permitted to act as project managers as well)
• achieve flood resilience up to both the assessed flood level and the 2021-2022 flood event level.

Homeowners with an appropriate licence (not owner-builder permit) can undertake work on their own property if the Queensland Home Warranty Scheme policy and license requirements are met.

Find a contractor

Use the Resilient Homes Fund contractor register to find a builder who can coordinate home raise or retrofit works for your home.

To search for other trades, such as individual contractors and plumbers, you can refer to the QBCC’s local contractor search tool.

Quote details

Provide a copy of your Home Assessment Report to the licensed contractor.

For the Home Raising program, you must complete preliminary investigations and design drawings before you get a builders quote. Find out what steps are needed for home-raising preliminary works.

When preliminary works are complete, you can proceed with getting a quote. The quote needs to:

• Itemise the construction costs directly related to the raising of the home.
• Detail all preliminaries such as:¹
  • supervision and project management costs
  • regulatory fees such as Home Warranty Insurance Scheme policy, Portable Long Service (if applicable)
  • council permits
  • any building approval fees.
• Include the applicable mark-up/margin percentage to construction costs (mark-up is preferred method instead of margin). Builder’s mark-up should not be charged on preliminaries.
• Confirm the new floor level meets or exceeds both the Assessed Flood Level and 2021-2022 flood event level. For more information, refer to your Home Assessment Report.

For the Resilient Retrofit program to repair or retrofit your home, the quote needs to:

• Outline a scope of work that adheres to the design and material guidance in the Industry Guidance for Flood Resilient Homes (PDF, 14.3 MB) .
• Itemise the construction costs directly related to each of the selected resilience strategies listed in the Home Assessment Report, including:
  • type of works
  • quantity (including unit of measure)
  • resilient materials²
  • total cost of resilient strategy (inclusive of labour and materials etc.).
• Include the applicable mark-up/margin percentage to construction costs (mark-up is preferred method instead of margin). Builder’s mark-up should not be charged on preliminaries.
• Detail all preliminaries such as:¹
  • supervision and project management costs
  • regulatory fees such as Home Warranty Insurance Scheme policy, Portable Long Service (if applicable)
  • council permits
  • any building approval fees.

We have prepared quoting guidance for your licensed contractor/s.

Quote costs

Some licensed contractors may charge you a small amount for producing a quote. You may also need to engage a draftsperson or architect before you engage a builder.

Reasonable eligible costs will be reimbursed once your funding application is approved. You will submit these costs with your funding application.

If you are concerned about any upfront charges for getting a quote, we recommend contacting multiple contractors to compare quoting costs before proceeding.

Number of quotes

Work costing more than $11,000

If the total combined cost of works exceeds $11,000, we can only approve funding for one quote from a suitably licensed contractor. Where multiple trades are involved (e.g. building, electrical and plumbing works), your licensed contractor (e.g. builder) will need to include all subcontractor’s costs and requirements in one quote and oversee the completion of works.

This is a policy requirement under the Resilient Homes Fund program to ensure works are managed in a coordinated manner and deliver a quality outcome.

A benefit of this approach is you may only need to communicate and organise access with one person, saving you time and energy and ensuring a high standard of work. The compulsory inclusion of QBCC Home Warranty Insurance can also be obtained by the principal contractor, covering yourself in the event of faulty workmanship or product failure.

Works costing less than $11,000

While a single quote incorporating all the works is the preferred option, if the total value of all works is less than $11,000, you can provide separate quotes from suitably licensed contractors such as builders, electricians and plumbers in your funding application.

Warranty information for work over $3,300

In accordance with legislation, a Queensland Home Warranty Scheme Insurance policy, administered by the QBCC, is compulsory for all residential construction work valued at more than $3,300 (including cost of materials, labour and GST).

The licensed contractor will arrange this insurance policy on your behalf.

Evidence of a policy is required for payments to be made to licensed contractors.

The levy paid by builders for eligible works will be approved for funding in the program.

Works valued at less than $3,300 are not covered by the Queensland Home Warranty Scheme. However, you will still need to engage an appropriately licensed contractor to complete work done under the Resilient Homes Fund.

Submit your quote and sign a contract

You will submit your quote with your funding application via the Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority (QRIDA) portal.

We will review your quote for eligibility, and to ensure costs are fair and reasonable and deliver value for money.

Once your funding application is conditionally approved, we will send you a Certificate of Conditional Approval, which means you can enter into a building construction contract with your chosen licensed contractor.

See sign contracts and make payments for next steps.

Footnotes

¹ Where quoted resilience work forms part of a larger scope of works, preliminaries should be reasonable, for example pro-rata.

² You will need to pay for the difference in material cost and labour if you choose to use retrofit materials above the standard ones listed in the Industry Guidance for Flood Resilient Homes (PDF, 14.3 MB) .