Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

Unfortunately, the development and thus the final surveying are delayed on our end. Our general contractor is somewhat frustrated (we are too, of course) because the architects there currently don’t have much to do, after many of their planned projects were canceled.

In addition, I am now regularly receiving calls from general contractors and brokers with whom we had inquired at some point whether there is still interest. So the demand really seems to be declining quite a bit. However, this has not yet had any effect on prices in this area. This is probably due to the still extremely low supply.

Renovation of existing buildings is apparently not desired? I can understand that budgets have to be managed and subsidies are not always seen positively from the end consumer's perspective. But that's quite a tough nut to crack...

You also always have to keep in mind whom you are subsidizing. The typical homeowner is simply not the low income earner or the single mother working part-time. Why should a doctor couple with a net monthly income of 10,000 EUR receive KfW funding for a heat pump?

Why should a doctor couple with a net monthly income of 10,000 EUR get KfW funding for a heat pump?

because otherwise they would get an 80% gas boiler or a pellet stove. And because both are politically unacceptable at the moment. The alternative to still get them to do it is therefore from now on or from 2023: ban. So burn gas or solid fuels. The Habeck party can do that, they are true masters and problem solvers in this regard :rolleyes:

Important: Subsidies for the renovation of residential buildings 461 and non-residential buildings 463 can still be applied for until the deadline of 27.07.2022 (so until midnight today).

Our Minister of Climate is already very generous....

because otherwise 80% of them would install a gas boiler or a pellet stove. And because both are politically not approved at the moment. The alternative to still get them to do it is therefore from now on or from 2023: ban it. So burning gas or solid fuels. They can ban it, the Habeck party, they are true masters and problem solvers before the Lord in this :rolleyes:

No one who has a net income of 10,000 EUR per month is currently having a gas heating system installed. Gas heating systems are taken by those who cannot afford the current additional costs of around 30-40,000 EUR for geothermal heat pumps, deep drilling and photovoltaics...

You always have to keep in mind who you are supporting. The classic homeowner is simply not the low earner or the single mother working part-time. Why should a doctor couple with a net monthly income of 10,000 EUR receive KfW funding for a heat pump?

This is doubly wrong. On the one hand, there are many "normal people" outside the overheated metropolitan areas who own homes. Especially among those who built them 20 or 30 years ago. And on the other hand, those who are not homeowners, i.e., tenants, are even more reliant on the funding. No landlord voluntarily replaces the gas boiler with a heat pump and at the same time carries out the necessary energy renovation when his modernization surcharge is capped at 2€ or 3€ and he is then not allowed to raise the rent for a long time. The tenant pays the additional costs anyway...