Floor plan planning of an old building from the 1930s

However, it has become less interesting due to the (initially) complete elimination of KFW funding. Who knows what might come back, in what amount, and if at all.

By the time you get that far, there will be funding again. Definitely for renovation, I wouldn’t worry about that at all now. That would more likely affect a possible new construction.

If you mean why we didn’t gut it: The little house was a total of 76m2 and I don’t like extensions to old houses; to me, they always look very cobbled together

I already suspected that, many architects nowadays don’t feel like integrating old building parts anymore (and draughtsmen never do).

I’m not quite sure what you mean by that, you can hardly put an old staircase into a new floor plan, keep a glass entrance and attach it to a new building, or integrate a few beaver tail tiles into a new roof made of wave-shaped tiles because that’s unaffordable these days?

You don’t have to reuse old materials in the same function. But that also has its charm. One of my favorite architects, Rudolf Olgiati, often did that – sometimes only a single old front door as a solitary element.

I already thought that, many architects nowadays no longer want to integrate old building parts (and draftsmen never do). You don't have to reuse old materials in the same function. But that also has its charm. One of my favorite architects, Rudolf Olgiati, often did that – sometimes just a solitary old front door.

Integrating parts was actually never a consideration, simply because that would not have worked with the energy concept if parts of the house were still in the condition of the 1950s (the old house had a coal cellar and a gas connection, now we have a groundwater heat pump and underfloor heating) and in the end it probably would have been even more expensive than demolition. We actually considered the materials for the floorboards, that might have been possible in the countryside but we currently live in a two-room apartment in the city and have no way to store the things here (not possible on the property either, it was completely prepared and leveled).

By the time you are ready, there will be funding again. Definitely for renovation, I wouldn’t worry about that at all. That would rather affect a possible new build.

I do think so too, but to me it’s too risky to "secure" the house now (especially since it would be financially difficult to manage at the moment), without any certainty about what kind of funding there will be later, and to what extent.