Make your home more sustainable
Making your home more sustainable; REALLY well done!
As a homeowner you can no longer ignore it, making your home more sustainable is REALLY important! For a better environment and for yourself, because did you know that sustainability increases the value of your home, increases your living comfort and immediately saves on your energy costs? In this blog we will tell you what the many benefits are, what you can do to make your home more sustainable, and what subsidies are available for 2021. Let's sustainalize!
The REAL benefits at a glance
Is saving money one of your New Year's resolutions for 2021? Then we have good news for you: by making your home more sustainable, you will save money! How? We will explain that to you.
Are you going to buy a home? Then you can borrow more for energy-saving measures when you take out your mortgage. You can borrow up to a maximum of 106% of the value of the home instead of 100%, which is a bonus!
Do you have your own home? Then you immediately save on your energy costs. Did you know that with 10 solar panels on your roof you can save up to €560 per year? And solar panels are becoming cheaper, so you often get your investment back in 6 or 7 years. Hello sunshine!
The energy-saving measures increase the value of your home, making it more interesting for potential buyers.
And also very important: with the purchase of, for example, 10 solar panels you save 1.400 kg of CO2 per year. Which is equivalent to six months of driving a petrol car throughout the Netherlands.
Tips to make your home more sustainable
If you start making your home more sustainable, you should consider insulating your home, ventilating it well, generating your own sustainable energy and sustainable heating and cooling. Below we give you a number of tips for measures for your home.
- Set your central heating boiler to 60 degrees and have it adjusted on the water side by a central heating engineer. You can easily set the temperature yourself and save you €1 per year within 60 minute. Know how to? Read it here (Set your boiler to 60 degrees).
- Other lamps are almost no longer available, so switch to LED lighting. This will save you almost €25 per year with such a small measure.
- Have your house properly insulated. This includes floor, cavity wall and roof insulation, replacing window frames or a green roof. Get information from a recognized insulation specialist.
- The next step in making your home more sustainable is good ventilation. How? By replacing your old ventilation box, for example, but also installing ventilation grilles and cleaning air ducts.
- You can generate your own energy with solar panels or a solar boiler. Did you know that with a solar boiler you save around €120 per year?
- You can heat and cool your home sustainably, for example, by using a heat pump. This will save you around €220 per year. It is important that your home is well insulated.
Would you like more information about all the measures you can take? Then visit https://www.duurzaambouwloket.nl/measures. And be sure to do the online custom scan, which will allow you to see within a few minutes what you can make more sustainable in your home. Let's go!
Grants to help you
You could certainly use some financial support to make your home more sustainable! ECHT Makelaars & Taxateurs has listed the Alkmaar and national subsidies for 2021 for you.
The Alkmaar voucher
Do you have a home in Alkmaar? Then you have received a letter from the municipality with a personal voucher. With the voucher you can reclaim a minimum of €35 to a maximum of €70 of the purchase costs for energy-saving products. Curious about the products you can buy with the voucher? Then click here.
FREE personal advice from the Sustainable Construction Desk
The municipality of Alkmaar offers a FREE telephone consultation to all homeowners in Alkmaar. Do you want to make your home more sustainable but do you need tips for that first step? Then schedule a conversation and hear in 30 minutes what you can do to make your home energy efficient, natural gas-free and comfortable. Schedule your consultation via this link: Click here.
VAT refund for solar panels
Would you like to generate your own energy? As a private individual you can reclaim the VAT on purchase and installation (21%) from the Tax Authorities. If you buy 10 solar panels (2.700 watt peak), you will pay approximately €4.400. With your VAT refund you will receive €750 back from the tax authorities.
Insulation falls under the 9% VAT rate
Making your home more sustainable starts with good insulation. The labor costs for applying the insulation material to walls, floors and roofs are subject to the 2% rate for homes older than 9 years. Insulating materials include: rock wool, (insulating) glass, glass wool, polystyrene foam or polyurethane (PUR/PIR).
ISDE scheme
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has a subsidy scheme available for 2021 for compensation for the purchase of sustainable energy generation (PV & wind), solar boilers, heat pumps, insulation or energy-saving glazing. For more information, visit https://www.duurzaambouwloket.nl/subsidiecheck
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