Bafa funding for heat pumps will be discontinued as of 31.12.2020.

So far, I have only received an interim update stating once again that a further extension of the approval period in this funding program is not planned. Nevertheless, the case is being reviewed and patience is requested because there are currently an enormous number of inquiries. I just mentioned it in the construction costs thread: I think there are currently many such inquiries and internally at the funding agency it is leading to a fundamental decision: Either everyone will be granted the second extension or it will be denied to everyone. Interesting detail: In the current BEG-M guideline for residential buildings, approval periods are directly 24 months and can be extended once by another 24 months. So there, you have up to 4 years. Why were the granted periods doubled there? If the general shortages of components and skilled workers are to be taken into account there, that would be an argument to retroactively apply this to the old funding as well. Because unlike someone who orders a heat pump today, at the end of 2020 no one could have had the slightest idea that such problems would ever occur.

Well, in the argumentation the question quickly arises whether then the others shouldn't also get the funny KFW funding that was available until the beginning of the year. I wish you an extension, but the argumentation of the post is not clear to me...

Above all, this will precisely affect one group of people: those who quickly submitted an application well before the start of construction. The others will manage well with 2 years. And from the application to the decision, it also took a while, so in fact it's more like 26 months.

The others manage well with 2 years.

But only if their heating technician orders the heat pump at the start of construction, which many - stuck in their old habits - do not do. They ...

I haven't quickly found his construction start date, but he writes something in September about the home stretch and 8 months of construction time. I would be surprised if he had already started in 2021. And then there is simply about a year gap between the application and the start of construction.

It was not about the fact that there were certainly people who quickly used the end of the application deadline to submit an application. It was about the fact that the average heating installer still has not reacted to the situation (can react?!) and only orders the heat pumps for their construction projects once the screed date is set. And then there is an 18-month delivery time. Two years are not necessarily enough for that. And regarding what you want to insinuate: Since the application had to be submitted before the start of the project, I do not find it objectionable to do so during the planning phase, which with today's processing times can quite often be significantly longer than 6 months and can sometimes even take a year.