Supporting documents for the regional home building boost grant
When you apply for the regional home building boost grant, you will need to provide documentation to support your application and claim. The documents depend on the type of transaction you have entered.
Examples of documents are listed here. To avoid delays, it’s a good idea to make sure you have these ready before you start your claim.
Buying a new home
For new builds, including off-the-plan and manufactured and kit homes, the documents you must provide with your application and claim include:
- your contract to purchase, signed and dated by the seller and applicants (including any special conditions or annexures)
- registration confirmation statement or current titles search that shows the applicants as the registered owners (available from Titles Queensland)
- final inspection certificate issued by your local council or private building certifier
- statement from the seller to confirm the home has not been previously occupied or sold as a place of residence (not required for off-the-plan purchases).
If there is no written contract, or the purchase of the new home is between related persons, you also need to supply:
- the stamped Titles Queensland Form 1 Transfer, lodged with Titles Queensland
- evidence that consideration has been paid by the applicants and received by, or on behalf of, the seller
- statement from the seller confirming the home has not been previously occupied or sold as a place of residence
- an independent third party valuation or market appraisal of the new home, dated within 12 months of the date the application for the grant is lodged.
Renovated homes
Documents you must provide with your application and claim include:
- contract signed and dated by the seller and applicants
- registration confirmation statement or current titles search that shows the applicants as the registered owners (available from Titles Queensland)
- statement from the seller to confirm that the home has not been previously occupied or sold as a place of residence since renovated
- statement from the seller confirming that the sale is a taxable supply under the GST Act and was in the course of the seller’s enterprise
- final inspection certificate, if applicable.
Building a home
Documents you must provide with your application and claim include:
- your contract to build, signed and dated by the builder and applicants (including any special conditions or annexures)
- registration confirmation statement or current titles search that shows the applicants as the registered owners (available from Titles Queensland)
- final inspection certificate issued by your local council or private building certifier
- one of the following, dated no more than 12 months from the date of the contract to build
- independent third party valuation or market appraisal of the unencumbered value of the land, including any existing structures that were there before the date of the contract to build (e.g. home or shed)
- stamped contract to purchase the vacant land (if the dutiable value is displayed)
- stamped Titles Queensland Form 1 Transfer, lodged with Titles Queensland, for the vacant land (if the dutiable value is displayed).
Building your own home (owner-builder)
As an owner-builder, the documents you must provide with your application and claim include:
- registration confirmation statement or current titles search that shows the applicants as the registered owners of the land on which the home is built (available from Titles Queensland)
- first inspection report (Form 16) that shows the build’s commencement date (the date the footings or foundations are certified)
- a detailed list of the construction costs
- copies of receipts equal to the grant amount
- evidence of value of the land as at the date of commencement of the build
- final inspection certificate issued by your local council or building certifier.
Identification
All applicants with a relevant interest (or share) in the new home must provide copies of identification documents. These documents do not have to be certified.
All applicants are required to provide one document in each category:
Category 1
For persons born in Australia:
- Australian birth certificate or extract
- current Australian passport.
For persons born overseas:
- Australian citizenship certificate
- current passport and visa
- certificate of residence from Department of Home Affairs.
Category 2
- Australian driver licence
- Passport
- Australian firearm licence
- Australian proof of age card
Category 3
- Medicare card
- Concession or Department of Veterans’ Affairs card
- Motor vehicle registration
- Debit or credit card of a financial institution
Category 4
- Utility bill (electricity, gas) showing residential address
- Statement of account from a financial institution
- Insurance policy with residential address
All non-applicant spouses are required to provide one document in each category:
Category 1
For persons born in Australia:
- Australian birth certificate or extract
- current Australian passport.
For persons born overseas:
- Australian citizenship certificate
- current passport and visa
- certificate of residence from Department of Home Affairs.
Category 2
- Australian driver licence
- Passport
- Australian firearm licence
- Australian proof of age card
Additional evidence
If you declared a change of name or if your marital status has changed (or if any of the proof-of-identity documents above show different names for the applicants or spouses), you need to provide evidence of how or why the name changed.
Reason | Evidence required |
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Marriage | Copy of certificate |
Divorce | Copy of certificate or decree nisi |
Widowed | Copy of death certificate of spouse |
Registered relationship | Copy of certificate or copy of termination certificate |
Separation | Statutory declaration with the following information:
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Change of name | Copy of certificate of change of name issued by government authority, or statutory declaration that sets out all names by which you have been known |