What do you think about the local heating offer?

For us, the district heating is regulated as follows:

One-time costs for connection and installation: 4,000 €

Basic fee according to heating load: For us 4.65 x 140 € (651.00 €) / year
Consumption is calculated with a factor based on the price for light heating oil and is about 6 ct/kwh (I think). We consume around 9,000 kwh and pay accordingly 540.00 € for it.

That means we have total costs of around 1,200.00 € per year and don't have to worry about anything. The municipal utilities or their subcontractors come once a year for maintenance, and if the transfer station should ever break down, there’s simply a new one. The space requirement is also very low. The device is smaller than a refrigerator.

A small disadvantage with the current cold temperatures is that the water takes a little longer to get warm in the morning at 5 am when I get up.

BAFA is another agency that additionally supports heating technology. Independently of the KfW and the KfW standard. The conditions were changed in 2020, there is a thread about it somewhere.

Good to know, thank you very much.

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Thanks for the info, that is more worthwhile then, unfortunately we are well above it.

That means we have total costs of around €1,200.00 per year

Expensive fun! So 500-700€ more than with a well-adjusted heat pump and total dependence on a monopolist.

Expensive fun! So 500-700€ more than with a well-adjusted heat pump and total dependence on a monopolist.

That is financially not bad at all, who knows what the heat pump costs in individual cases, you almost completely save that here. It only gets cheaper with own work or good subsidies. But I would always meet the requirements for a heat pump in order to be able to switch.

Compared to the 3000€ per year we're talking about here, that is a bargain. Good to have the choice there.

With the funding opportunities that have been released this year (no one has actually pointed us to BAFA yet), the question really doesn't arise anymore!? The system is practically free.

Expensive fun! So 500-700€ more than with a well-adjusted heat pump and total dependence on a monopolist.

But you must not forget that the heat pump costs at least 10,000 for purchase and installation.