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Re:Owning nothing is now a luxury, thanks to a number of sub... by adrianN on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @02:07AM (#20153320)
I wish such laws existed in Germany, but I never heard of them. It's still legal to build new houses that depend on fossil fuel for heating and are poorly insulated, even though we need to become carbon neutral in the next fifteen to twenty years if we want to stay below 2° of warming. The Denkmalschutzbehörde can still prevent you from upgrading your windows and adding insulation to your home.
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Re:Owning nothing is now a luxury, thanks to a number of sub... by Bombthecat on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @03:50AM (#20153636)
Never heard about the payment for streets in front of your house for example?
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Re:Owning nothing is now a luxury, thanks to a number of sub... by adrianN on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @04:33AM (#20153779)
That seems to be a form of property tax and very different from insulating your house.
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Re:Owning nothing is now a luxury, thanks to a number of sub... by sparkling on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @07:20AM (#20154427)
That "property tax" can - in some cases - cost you 100k Euro or more.
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Re:Owning nothing is now a luxury, thanks to a number of sub... by adrianN on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @08:01AM (#20154645)
In return you get a road to your house I suppose. That seems pretty useful. You can also do your research when purchasing a home and check how old the road is and what the local regulations are. That roads need to be redone every twenty five to forty years shouldn't come as a surprise.
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