How much house can we afford?

About the billing. Electricity and electricity for heating.

How many kWh was that? And how much did the photovoltaics generate additionally?

No, no electric car. Yes, we have a large garden and yard. However, we mostly use our well water for that.

You are actually making me doubt my grandpa’s billing right now. We are currently living in his house on the yard (however, we cover all costs as long as it cannot be rented out), while we are renovating our house on the yard extensively. I should definitely follow up on that and take a close look at the bills.

I should definitely follow up again and take a close look at the statements.

I also recommend that ... there could be billing errors from the provider or other misunderstandings. Maybe it also turns out that settings for the heat pump, photovoltaics, etc. need to be checked. In any case, the values you provided are quite high.

That's then 9000-10000 kWh. That should be enough for household electricity and heat pump as well as for 5 kids gaming constantly. I also find 1300€ for water very expensive. At our prices, that would be around 200 cbm. We were at 60 last year.

Well, the average (water) consumption of a 4-person household is 186 m3. We are pretty much exactly at this value. So that seems about right. I just can't imagine how one could consume only 1/3 of that.

We are 2 adults and 1 child, so already one person less. We don't have a bathtub. Showering outside helps too, although last year on average we only made it to the climbing gym about once a week. There were even a few cubic meters in there to water the seeding. In that respect... 200cbm are as unimaginable to me with a reasonably sensible use of water as the 60 are to you.

Well, the average (water) consumption of a 4-person household is 186 m3. We are pretty much exactly at this value. So it seems to fit. I just can't imagine how one can use only 1/3 of that.

With two households we consumed 100 cbm. My ex with our three girls also only 100+ a small X. For you, that's 130 liters per person per day. That is insanely much!