The OP's goal is to save these costs... I dare to slightly step out on a limb, but I doubt that the requested 1500 includes anything other than exactly the mechanical throttle valves you describe.
I fully agree with the OP on why throw money out the window for obsolete technology that practically has no function.
Yes, that's how it looks, just to clarify, is the hydraulic balancing done by the heating installer via the flow of the individual heating circuits? If I now think that the bathroom should be 1 degree warmer, the flow would have to be increased manually at the radiator valve, if there are 2 radiators for the bathroom then both in the same measure? Can a lot be messed up and also affect other rooms? Actually not because the pressure is kept constant? I understand that the maximum temperature depends on the flow temperature, but you can still manage a 1-2 degree difference between the bathroom and living room well via the flow?
If I want to lower or raise the whole house, would I have to shift the flow temperature curve parallel on the thermostat?
Does it actually make sense with controlled ventilation and underfloor heating to lower the temperature, for example from 4 p.m. to midnight, and raise it from midnight to 4 p.m. to reflect the inertia and to reduce the temperature by 1-2 degrees at night?
Thanks