Grant to rehabilitate the façade (programas de rehabilitación MIVAU)

What to have ready

1. Cl@ve or certificado digital to access Catastro and your CCAA/ayuntamiento sede.
2. Datos catastrales of the property (referencia catastral) and nota simple or escritura.
3. A técnico (arquitecto/a or aparejador/a) to do the IEE/ITE, proyecto/memoria and certificados energéticos.
4. Time to chase subsanaciones. It’s a pain, but if you come prepared it gets done.

Documentation

1. Certificación catastral descriptiva y gráfica (from https://www.sedecatastro.gob.es), so they don’t argue about surface or age.
2. Titularidad: nota simple or escritura.
3. Acta de la comunidad approving the works and the application (for buildings). For single-family homes, owner authorisation.
4. IEE/ITE and CEE inicial. Many convocatorias require proof of the prior state.
5. Proyecto técnico or memoria valorada detailing the façade intervention and the energy savings calculations.
6. Licencia urbanística or declaración responsable from the ayuntamiento.
7. Presupuesto, and later facturas and pagos (bank transfers, no cash) to support costs.
8. CEE final and photos before/after to justify the works.

Step by step

1. Get the certificación catastral: go to https://www.sedecatastro.gob.es, log in with Cl@ve, and download the certificación descriptiva y gráfica of the property.
2. Order the IEE/ITE and CEE inicial: your technician inspects the building and issues the reports. Ask them to prepare the proyecto/memoria for the façade with details and measurements.
3. Request licence/DR at your ayuntamiento: via its sede electrónica, apply for licencia de obra or declaración responsable. Attach the proyecto and pay the tasa and ICIO if applicable.
4. Find the aid convocatoria from your CCAA or ayuntamiento (usually called Programa 3 – rehabilitación a nivel de edificio of RD 853/2021 or municipal rehabilitation aids). Identify with Cl@ve and open the expediente.
5. Submit the application: fill in catastral data, estimated savings, budget, and upload all PDFs. Sign and save the resguardo de registro.
6. Answer subsanaciones: if they ask for something, you have 10 días hábiles. Upload the fixes in the same expediente.
7. Carry out and justify the works: once the aid is granted, do the work, get the CEE final, invoices and proof of payments, and present the justificación to receive the payment.

Time-savers

1. Don’t contract before registering the application unless your convocatoria explicitly allows it. Starting early can cost you the aid.
2. Readable, signed PDFs from the technician. Clear filenames and reasonable file size; many sedes choke on huge files.
3. Match Catastro and Registro: if areas differ, include a nota explicativa from the technician. It saves rounds.
4. Book a cita previa only if stuck: if the sede fails, ask for an assisted registration cita previa at your CCAA/ayuntamiento. Mondays mornings are usually busiest.
5. Always use bank payments. Proofs with cash are risky and often rejected.

Common mistakes that will mess up your application

1. Starting the work too early. Many bases deny the aid outright.
2. Forgetting the licence. Without licencia or DR, they’ll knock back the aid and you may get fined.
3. Incorrect community act. Missing quorum or unclear approval: rejected.
4. No proven energy savings. If you don’t provide CEE inicial/final or meet the minimum savings, you won’t get paid.
5. Subsanación after the deadline. 10 días hábiles fly by; miss them and your file is closed.
6. Outdated catastral data. If Catastro doesn’t reflect reality, they will ask for clarifications and you’ll lose weeks.