Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

That’s okay, I think... Just read that the electricity price cap is supposed to be 40 cents... what prices does the government expect in the next few years then? 60 cents and more? No one will install a heat pump anymore...

Well, our consumption over exactly one year was pretty much 2000 kWh for heating and hot water. Even at 40 cents, I would then pay 800 euros for that, plus basic fees. That would be 70 to 80 euros per month. I would still find that very cheap. What could be cheaper?

We live in a 10-year-old (at the time KFW55) condominium with just over 100m2. Ground floor, living room facing SW - 23.7 degrees!!! I haven’t turned on the heating once this year. At the end of September, when it was rainy for several days, we had 20.7 degrees. I’m glad I don’t have to heat yet - because we have a pellet system. Filled at the beginning of October - €790/ton (in previous years around €230/ton).

I’m curious how it will be in the house...

Yes, that sounds familiar to me. Friends also complain that even in winter, their 2-year-old new apartment with south/west orientation always has such warmth inside and they look forward to winter because it is pleasantly warmer. In summer, the apartment gets very warm, especially because of the floor-to-ceiling windows in all directions, and also in spring/autumn when the sun shines. Many new buildings seem to have that in common…

These debates here are always schizophrenic for me. At least personally for me. They encourage me because this Germany can never, ever, never ever start a war again... the soldiers would already run home on the way to the front because out there there is no internet, no 23°C, no shower, etc. anymore...

On the other hand, it discourages me because by now we seem to believe the constantly heated 22°C apartment, the conservatory, the garage, the car, the visit to the café at least once a week... all that is a human right... unbreakable... indispensable... yes, you can’t live without it anymore...

I may be an oddball in this forum... but I know people who are not heating at the moment and do not intend to in the near future either. Because they simply cannot afford it financially... One must consider: Over 50% of 4-person families in Germany live on less than 3,900 EUR net... Single parents with 2 children on less than 3,000 EUR net per month...

Yes, that sounds familiar to me. Friends also complain that even in winter, in their 2-year-old new apartment with a south/west orientation, there is always such warmth inside, and they look forward to winter because it is sometimes so much more pleasant. In summer, the apartment gets very warm, especially due to the floor-to-ceiling windows facing all directions, and also in spring/autumn when the sun is shining. Many new buildings seem to have this in common…

Yep. In the first year in the new building, we wondered how the thermometer in the living room could show 28°C in May, with an outside temperature of 19°C. We were so confused about this that we called the plumber to ask if something might be wrong with the heating. But it turns out this can simply be explained by physics. The sunlight coming through the windows can be converted into heating energy, and since the house is tighter than our previous one, it actually heated up that much. So shading is always an issue in new buildings, not just in summer.

Well, our consumption over exactly 1 year was almost exactly 2000 kWh for heating and hot water. Even at 40 cents, I would pay 800 euros for that, plus the basic fee. That would be 70 to 80 euros per month. I would still find that very cheap. What could be cheaper?

Do you have data from the building for me? Our heating engineer mentioned something about 6000 kWh for 158 sqm and KfW55... Here there would be local heating with 9 cents/kWh...

Do you have data from the building for me? Our heating engineer mentioned something about 6000 kWh for 158 sqm and Kfw55... There would be local heating here with 9 cents/kWh...

Our house is smaller. 107 sqm, also Kfw55, bungalow. And we still have the fireplace, which is often used. And I modified the heat pump a bit because the electricity consumption for water was quite high; with that, I went from 130 kWh per month for water to about 30 kWh.