Libero5
2020-01-23 11:39:39
- #1
Hello everyone,
We have been planning our house construction for about 1.5 years now and currently have our final offer from a prefabricated house manufacturer, which we will sign over the weekend.
We were pleased to learn at the beginning of the year that the BAFA subsidy for new construction is being changed. Our air-to-water heat pump, which was already planned anyway, is listed as eligible for funding and thus meets the technical minimum requirements.
As is usual with BAFA, the subsidy application must be submitted and approved before commissioning – and here comes the tricky part. Anyone who has already gone through the application form will notice that the expected costs must already be listed there – once for the system itself and once for the ancillary costs (i.e., everything else related to the system such as underfloor heating including installation, etc.). These costs are supposed to be based on a cost estimate.
Unfortunately, the house manufacturer (one of the largest in Germany...) was just as surprised as we were by the good news and cannot provide the total costs of the heating system on such short notice. So, a cost estimate is currently not available. The exact calculation can only be made after commissioning.
As mentioned, we actually want to sign the house contract over the weekend (the appointment has been fixed for a while, but now we have received the information that prices will likely increase next week).
So – how do we proceed with the BAFA application now?
One must confirm that the project has not yet started, literally, “The start of the project is considered the legally binding conclusion of a delivery or service contract attributable to the execution. Planning services may be performed before the application is submitted.”
The house provider suggests the following: The offer we sign includes a different heat pump system. This can later be optionally switched to our heat pump system free of charge. After commissioning, they can calculate more precisely and the BAFA application will be submitted later.
I actually like the idea. That way, we have not commissioned the system itself yet. But my fear now is that everything around it, i.e., underfloor heating, installation, etc., is indeed listed and that this could be harmful to the subsidy.
My alternative would simply be to estimate the costs myself and somehow plausibly split them into the two areas. The later cost estimate should only correspond to that. I'm thinking €25,000 for the heat pump and €25,000 for the ancillary costs. Adjustments downwards can be made later at any time, but not upwards. That’s why it should roughly fit.
Has anyone had experience with this or perhaps further ideas? I assume the total costs will be relatively close to the maximum funding limit of €50,000, with a subsidy rate of 35%, so this is really a lot of money and I don’t want to make a mistake.
Best regards
We have been planning our house construction for about 1.5 years now and currently have our final offer from a prefabricated house manufacturer, which we will sign over the weekend.
We were pleased to learn at the beginning of the year that the BAFA subsidy for new construction is being changed. Our air-to-water heat pump, which was already planned anyway, is listed as eligible for funding and thus meets the technical minimum requirements.
As is usual with BAFA, the subsidy application must be submitted and approved before commissioning – and here comes the tricky part. Anyone who has already gone through the application form will notice that the expected costs must already be listed there – once for the system itself and once for the ancillary costs (i.e., everything else related to the system such as underfloor heating including installation, etc.). These costs are supposed to be based on a cost estimate.
Unfortunately, the house manufacturer (one of the largest in Germany...) was just as surprised as we were by the good news and cannot provide the total costs of the heating system on such short notice. So, a cost estimate is currently not available. The exact calculation can only be made after commissioning.
As mentioned, we actually want to sign the house contract over the weekend (the appointment has been fixed for a while, but now we have received the information that prices will likely increase next week).
So – how do we proceed with the BAFA application now?
One must confirm that the project has not yet started, literally, “The start of the project is considered the legally binding conclusion of a delivery or service contract attributable to the execution. Planning services may be performed before the application is submitted.”
The house provider suggests the following: The offer we sign includes a different heat pump system. This can later be optionally switched to our heat pump system free of charge. After commissioning, they can calculate more precisely and the BAFA application will be submitted later.
I actually like the idea. That way, we have not commissioned the system itself yet. But my fear now is that everything around it, i.e., underfloor heating, installation, etc., is indeed listed and that this could be harmful to the subsidy.
My alternative would simply be to estimate the costs myself and somehow plausibly split them into the two areas. The later cost estimate should only correspond to that. I'm thinking €25,000 for the heat pump and €25,000 for the ancillary costs. Adjustments downwards can be made later at any time, but not upwards. That’s why it should roughly fit.
Has anyone had experience with this or perhaps further ideas? I assume the total costs will be relatively close to the maximum funding limit of €50,000, with a subsidy rate of 35%, so this is really a lot of money and I don’t want to make a mistake.
Best regards