Applications lodged this way do not require all the detailed supporting evidence and payment is made on settlement for established properties. Applications through OSR are paid after settlement and must be submitted with full supporting evidence, including evidence settlement has occurred. The First Home Owner Grant and additional First Home Owner Grant is paid to eligible applicants or someone the applicant directs the grant to be paid too. It is paid by electronic funds transfer into a nominated account. The grant is paid by electronic funds transfer to a nominated bank, credit union or building society account.
Payment is earlier if applying through a participating financial institution.
The home you are buying or building is required to be a building affixed to land that may lawfully be used as a place of residence and is in the Chief Commissioner's opinion, a suitable building for the use as a place of residence. Your home can be a single dwelling such as a duplex or flat or any other dwelling suitable as a residence. It must be connected, through the land, to water and sewerage services. A houseboat is not eligible. The grant will not be available for renovations to an existing building or for the purchase of vacant land.