Re:Balcony solar taking off: 1.5M Germans have them there mu...
by _carbyau_ on Monday February 10, 2025 @07:48PM
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I spent years renting/owning apartments. Now fortunate to own a mortgage/house.
The amount of freedom open to you is ridiculous. It is like becoming a "first class" citizen - a "homeowner" that the politicians pander to. It is ridiculous.
To deal with apartment living is to deal with bureaucracy/politics/bullshit. And even when the people are lovely - like my last apartment building - the incentives don't align to make for sensible long term decisions for the whole building.
Solar panels with or without battery? Electric car charging? Bike shed? Heatpump-everything? Upgrade building insulation? Arrange the garden to be useful? These are now options available to me on the basis of money alone - no permission from others required.
It is stupid. I know that apartment living is more efficient per capita in so many ways, better for city planning and public transport etc etc.
But fuck that. A lot has to change until that becomes desirable.
The amount of freedom open to you is ridiculous. It is like becoming a "first class" citizen - a "homeowner" that the politicians pander to. It is ridiculous.
To deal with apartment living is to deal with bureaucracy/politics/bullshit. And even when the people are lovely - like my last apartment building - the incentives don't align to make for sensible long term decisions for the whole building.
Solar panels with or without battery? Electric car charging? Bike shed? Heatpump-everything? Upgrade building insulation? Arrange the garden to be useful? These are now options available to me on the basis of money alone - no permission from others required.
It is stupid. I know that apartment living is more efficient per capita in so many ways, better for city planning and public transport etc etc.
But fuck that. A lot has to change until that becomes desirable.