Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

I don't mean dust/lint, but really dirt. So where a vacuum cleaner is not enough. But yes, even there a restless pattern is certainly better.

We have medium to dark gray tiles in the bathroom and I wouldn’t do it again. You can see stains and dirt quite clearly (water spots, toothpaste, etc. – we have children) and the color looks rather cold. We are installing (having installed) wood-look tiles on the ground floor in a medium wood tone, very appealing, somewhat busy as wood usually is, and they were even mistaken for wood when unloading as neighbors came to see what we were getting. Absolutely timeless. I wouldn’t take gray at all anymore. And if it has to be gray, then preferably all uniform.

Well, the comparison with the car is a bit flawed. If no reserves have been saved for a new car, you simply can't buy a new one or you have to buy an old, used one again according to the budget. In theory, the owner who has not saved reserves just has to live with living in a house in need of renovation or, according to their budget, acquire a used equivalent heating system in the event of a heating system failure. But if, for example, you were forced to install a new heat pump, that would be like being forced to buy a specific new car that you can't even afford in your car comparison.

I don't find the comparison that flawed at all. At some point, you couldn't buy an exhaust without a catalytic converter anymore. That certainly wasn't a great thing for owners of Golf 1 convertibles, but it was good for the environment. The initial complaint here was about this kind of "scrappage premium." A premium is primarily an incentive. If I do X, I get a bonus for it. The rest of the draft law was actually not ready to be made public at all. It was leaked to Bild at a much too early stage, probably to trigger exactly such a media frenzy. See what Habeck said about it in the Tagesthemen.

Just no light floor tiles anymore, especially not in traffic areas. We made that mistake. We should actually mop daily.
The way the floor looks here, you would have to take a blotchy gray-brown.

Seriously, if you’re not already very dark everywhere else, take graphite. If all the furniture is already dark I would reconsider.

Thank you very much for your answers. Our furniture is almost entirely white. The hallway on the ground floor and basement is currently planned in light gray and the adjacent guest WC is graphite gray. We originally decided that the narrow hallways would then look bigger, but it probably looks strange if the guest WC is then open, right?
Difficult.... we should give a final feedback today

I don't find the comparison that off at all. Exhausts without catalytic converters were eventually no longer available for purchase. That was certainly not great for owners of Golf 1 convertibles, but definitely better for the environment. The initial complaint here was also about this kind of "scrappage bonus." A bonus is primarily an incentive. If I do X, I get a reward for it. The rest of the draft law wasn't really ready to be made public yet. It was leaked to Bild at a much too early stage, probably to trigger exactly such a media uproar. See what Habeck said about it on the Tagesthemen.

Really? The plans have been known in relevant forums for weeks! Nothing, absolutely nothing new has been published. Presumably, they were just waiting for confirmation from a second source. Besides, it is primarily the journalists' job to follow up and uncover.

Furthermore, it is the primary task of journalists to follow up and uncover.

Are there also journalists at Bild-Zeitung? :D