Waterloo 1410 · Walloon Brabant
Renovation in Waterloo.
Four-sided villas, insulation, bathrooms, kitchens. Our address is chaussée de Waterloo. The road carries the name of your town, and it gets you there in ten minutes.
- 01Ten minutes awayChaussée de Waterloo, 1180 Uccle
- 02CoDT and local rulesPermit file prepared with you
- 03Liability and ten-year coverCertificates handed over with the quote
- 04Quote within 48 hStart and end dates written in
What we renovate in Waterloo
Your villa was probably built before insulation.
Waterloo was built for the most part in the nineteen sixties and seventies, as four-sided villas on large plots. Belgium only imposed its first thermal regulation in 1974. A house built before that has, at best, token insulation, and that is where the heating bill is decided.
We always start by looking at what returns the most per euro spent, in this order.
- 01Roof and atticThe most profitable job by far, and the only one that does not need a prior audit for the Walloon grant.
- 02Window frames and glazingSingle glazing and original wooden frames let out as much as the roof does, and add the draught on top.
- 03Walls and floorsFrom the inside when the brick facade has to stay visible, from the outside when it can be clad.
- 04Heating and ventilationLast, never first. A new boiler in a house that leaks is still a house that leaks.
days to file
the claim, up to
30 September 2026
The Walloon grants
In Waterloo the grants still exist. Until 30 September.
Unlike Brussels, where the Renolution grants are suspended, Wallonia still supports renovation. But the current temporary scheme ends on 30 September 2026, and the file has to be filed complete before that date, final invoice included. From 1 October, support runs through the extended Renopack and Renopret loans, reserved for homes rated PEB E, F and G.
If your works are already done
And you have not filed the claim yet, you still have time. The current scheme stays applicable for eight years to any claim filed before the date. Tell us, and we help you gather the paperwork.
If you are starting now
Let us be straight: a job started today will not be finished and invoiced before 30 September. So it will be the new scheme. We price the quote on that basis, without selling you a grant you will not get.
The housing audit is still compulsory for almost every job, except roof and attic insulation. It costs between 500 and 1200 euros and is itself grant-aided. That is also why we often start with the roof.
What it looks like
The same villa, once the site has left.
The volumes of the sixties are generous. They take an opening onto the garden very well, and a quality of light they never had.
Where we work
The six districts of Waterloo.
The town does not renovate the same way from one district to the next. The building stock has neither the same age nor the same constraints.
Joli-Bois
The district of large villas under the trees, south of the centre. A great deal of sixties and seventies building stock on wide plots.
Mont-Saint-Jean
To the north, towards the battlefield. Older stock in places, with sightline constraints worth checking before touching the volumes.
Chenois
West of the railway line. A mix of villas and more compact houses, often insulated from the inside.
Centre
Around the chaussée de Bruxelles. Apartment buildings and commercial ground floors, where site disruption is handled differently.
Faubourg Est
North-east of the chaussée. Regular plots, attached garages, and a great many original roofs now at the end of their life.
Faubourg Ouest
North-west of the chaussée. The same generation of building, with rear extensions towards the garden very common.
Permits and planning
Waterloo does not follow the Brussels rules.
It is a difference many people discover too late. Waterloo is in Walloon Brabant, so in the Walloon Region: the Territorial Development Code applies, not the Brussels one. Article D.IV-4 of the CoDT lists the acts and works that need a permit.
An extension, a change of volume or a change of window frames on the facade all go through the town planning service, which also applies its own municipal regulation. The service is open Monday to Friday, 8am to 12.30pm.
We prepare the file with you and we price it into the quote, with the processing time built into the schedule. A job waiting for a permit is not a late job, as long as it was written down from the start.
Frequent questions
What we get asked in Waterloo.
Do you work everywhere in Waterloo?
In all six districts: Faubourg Ouest, Faubourg Est, Chenois, Centre, Joli-Bois and Mont-Saint-Jean. Our address is chaussée de Waterloo in Uccle, about ten minutes from the centre of town.
My villa dates from the sixties. Can it be insulated?
Almost always, yes. Belgium's first thermal regulation dates from 1974, so a villa built before that generally has only token insulation. The roof and the attic are the first job, then the window frames, then the walls.
Do I need a planning permit in Waterloo?
Waterloo is in Wallonia, so the CoDT applies, and its article D.IV-4 lists the works that need a permit. An extension, a change of window frames on the facade or a change of volume all go through the town planning service, which also applies its own municipal regulation. We prepare the file with you.
Do the Walloon grants still exist?
Yes, unlike Brussels where the Renolution grants are suspended. But the current temporary scheme ends on 30 September 2026, and the complete file, final invoice included, has to be filed before that date. From 1 October 2026 support runs through the extended Renopack and Renopret loans.
How soon do I get my quote?
A visit on site within five working days, then a detailed quote within the 48 hours that follow, with the start date and the end date written into it. Free and without obligation.
Am I entitled to the 6% VAT rate in Waterloo?
The reduced rate is federal, so it applies in Waterloo exactly as anywhere else in Belgium: a home first occupied more than ten years ago, used mainly as private housing, and an invoice addressed to you as the end consumer.
Your quote
Your Waterloo quote, in 48 hours.
Tell us what you want to do. We come and measure within five working days, and the detailed quote follows within 48 hours.
- Phone0467 88 59 52
- AddressChaussée de Waterloo 838, boîte 17
1180 Uccle - CompanyFreitas Group SRL
BCE 1041.906.890 - Other tradeProfessional cleaning