Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

I don't think that's the biggest problem.

So at least here it is mentioned most often. I don't know of any official statistics on that.

As far as I know, banks have been offering partial purchase of real estate for many years. That would certainly make it feasible for many.

Have you ever dealt with it? The discounts are brutal. And then the issue of "but I want to leave something to my children" certainly also plays a role...

Well, I've been writing this for months. We are young and would very much like to do energy-efficient renovations. But we can't find any craftsmen. We will probably do the floor insulation and interior plastering ourselves now, room by room on the ground floor. With God's help, we might still find an energy consultant so that we at least get some funding. But solar thermal energy also seems to be completely out of reach again this year.

What should the state have done if young people have no interest in tradesman jobs? Force them? And why should there be no contracts? Construction and renovation are still happening everywhere despite everything.

- Create incentives to make these professions more attractive. - Promote educational programs - Encourage career changers - Reduce causes of typical occupational diseases - Collaborate more with the umbrella organizations of tradesmen - Simplify recognition of foreign professional qualifications - Because financing construction projects has become much more difficult.

I am really fed up with the topic. I don’t know how many companies I have contacted since September. But 99% never picked up the phone or responded. It is incredibly frustrating. But I simply can’t install a solar thermal system myself. Nor a heat pump with photovoltaics. We are praying that our gas heating system just doesn’t break down in the next few years, I wouldn’t even know what we should do. You can’t get a stove builder, you can’t get a heating engineer.

So at least here it is mentioned most often. I don't know any official statistics on that.

Have you ever dealt with it? The deductions are brutal. And then surely the topic of "but I want to leave something to my children" also plays a role...

No, I haven't. I've just read about it often. I also don't know any statistics, but I don't think this forum is representative.

The forum is definitely not representative. I would claim that there are disproportionately many high earners here (also in relation to home builders in general). So if money is already the topic here, imagine how it is in the overall population (yeah yeah, those are each the parental homes, but that correlates, right)? And even if it were only 30%. It would still be an important step and it would be so easy to implement. A hammer doesn't fit every job, but that's no reason not to start driving the nails in!

: My condolences!