It is one of the questions we are asked most in the shop, and also one of the ones with the most half-truths on the internet. Here is what can be stated and what needs checking before you count on it.
A note on the date: this article was written on 23 September 2026. Public grants run in rounds, and each round changes the amounts, the requirements and the deadline. What you read here is for understanding the scheme; what decides it is the text of the round in force on the day you apply.
What the Renhata plan is
It is the Valencian regional government's scheme for subsidising renovations inside the home. Its terms are set out in Order 3/2020 of 24 April, from the regional housing department, and each annual round hangs off that.
What makes it interesting for a bathroom renovation is that it is aimed precisely at what they call wet rooms —bathrooms and kitchens— and at improving the accessibility of the home. In other words: swapping a bath for a shower is one of the works the scheme covers, not a stretched reading.
What kind of work qualifies
Broadly speaking, the measures the scheme covers run along two lines:
- Improving the condition of the bathroom or kitchen: renewing the wet room so that it meets habitability standards.
- Improving accessibility: replacing the bath with a shower, removing steps, adapting the bathroom for someone with reduced mobility.
It is usually required that the property is the main residence and that it is at least a certain age. That number has changed between rounds, so do not rely on the one you have read on a blog: look it up in the round itself.
What most people get wrong
Of everything customers tell us, this is what leaves people out most often:
- Starting the work before applying. Grants of this kind usually cover work that has not yet begun. If you strip the bathroom out in March and apply in May, the normal outcome is that it no longer counts.
- Paying in cash. Payment by transfer and with an invoice is almost always required. With no banking trail there is no evidence.
- Not keeping the invoices and the rubble disposal receipts. The later evidence stage asks for specific documents, and reconstructing them afterwards is impossible.
- Leaving it to the end of the deadline. These rounds have a limited budget.
Where to check whether a round is open
In one place, and it is not this one: the Valencian regional government's Renhata plan page, at habitatge.gva.es, and the procedure page on the electronic office at sede.gva.es. That is where the terms, the year's round and the forms are.
If the council is Alicante's, it is also worth looking at its own refurbishment grants, which run separately and can sometimes be added on top.
What we do and what we do not
Let us be clear, because there are firms here that promise too much: we do not process the grant and we do not guarantee it. What we do is give you what the file needs from the building side.
- A detailed quote broken down by item, with the headings separated, which is how an application asks for it. You can ask us for one.
- An invoice with a breakdown and payment that can be evidenced by transfer.
- The receipt for the rubble taken to a licensed tip.
- Photographs of before and after the work.
With that in hand, you can do the paperwork yourself or hand it to an agent. If the grant comes through, all the better. If it does not, the quote you signed is the same one: we do not build prices around a subsidy that has not been awarded yet.
