Home financing ever possible? Probably not!

That would solve the problem, wouldn't it? Great, then we can look ahead optimistically again.

No, of course not. Not everything is repairable.

In this case, uneconomical operation is almost impossible if the other option would mean a complete renovation of the house.

Seen from that perspective, certainly. But if the repair costs 3000 euros and you could actually install a new gas boiler for 2000 euros but are not allowed to, that is uneconomical.

Build up reserves, that's all I can say.

With an average lifespan of 15 years, whether [WP] or [Therme], everyone can calculate how much should be saved each month so that there is enough for a new [WP].

Alternatively, one could also say that everyone over D pays a significantly increased gas price. EVERYONE has to somehow contribute to this problem and even the older folks have contributed to the overall problem. So why should they be left out? Individual fates always exist. Who knows... maybe we will contribute there too sometime, but it does not end our lives.

Alternatively, one could also say that everyone above D pays a significantly higher gas price.

This is happening gradually through CO2 taxes. But electricity should also become more expensive if you consume too much! And everything above the average consumption, the landlord has to pay for that to motivate him to renovate.

Alternatively, one could also say that everyone in Germany pays a significantly increased gas price. EVERYONE has to somehow contribute to this problem and even the older folks have contributed to the overall problem. Why should they be left out then? There are always individual cases. Who knows... maybe we will have to pay extra sometime too, but it doesn't end our lives.

Unpopular view, for sure. But unfortunately correct. The old people are now complaining that everything should happen abruptly. Yet they should have known better.

Denmark recognized the signs of the times after the oil crisis and has been consistently expanding its district heating network since the late 1970s. 63% of all households in Denmark have district heating, in Copenhagen it’s 98%. A country with a significantly lower population density than Germany, so it would have been much more efficient here.

Sometimes you also have to forget the "respect for age" and say: "You have caused this mess for the last 50 years, haven't you?"

I would have taken district heating immediately. I am skeptical about the air-water heat pump, especially since it wouldn’t have been feasible anyway due to absurd surcharges and delivery difficulties... While I have been happily heating for 4 months, the builders of the same general contractor, who started about the same time as I did, are still waiting for their heat pumps...