Spain is a country of contrasts in every way and this it also translates to our way of thinking, and in this case, I wanted to focus on how we act when we want to buy us a house .
Recently, a report has been published on how We Spaniards decide to buy a home (issued General Council of Technical Architecture of Spain – CGATE) and some quite interesting points are shelled, which, at the same time, from my point of view, they contradict each other.
Directly and without preamble… “The main purchase decision element is relative to the price of property, but also to the state of conservation of the building and the quality of construction materials» , it is say, “money” is our weakness.
And so you can understand the Spanish culture from “money” . I send you the following image provided by Idealista confirming the difference between the price at which the homes are offered for sale and purchase offers sent by users to the seller. In Ultimately, it is How much would you pay for that property?
For communities and media, we are willing to pay a 20% less. I do not know if the offers that are launched have their effect or not, but we prove again that the “money” it is very important.
Obviously, and I think we all know by now, the euros cost a lot to earn and therefore, scratch our pockets we don't like at all, but, nevertheless, we bought a property "haggling" to the maximum - that I would also try – and we don't directly think about the monthly expenses that we they will come from the same.
That is, returning to the CGATE report and looking with a little more subtlety we can see that; among all the elements determinants in the purchase decision, the appearance of the energy efficiency in the home we are going to to acquire is last:
To make it clear and in case someone has doubts, a priori…»a Spaniards don't give a damn about their monthly bill be high" as long as they buy a cheap apartment and, apparently, the building is in good condition (not being a technician in the construction industry, I highly doubt they can understand if a building is in good condition just by looking at it for a while).
Oops! Something is wrong, because, furthermore, when we buy a housing, to the question of… Would you be willing to make an investment in your current home to optimize your energy consumption (reduce the bill amount energy)? Almost 70% directly say that NOT . It is few words, and by logic in the majority of cases, we have money for the initial investment but then we will need «X» years to recover, where the possible reforms in the house will be displaced to a more prosperous future, which will be farther away than near! disgrace!.
So, in summary, the savvy shoppers you care about a lot of “money” , possibly for a decade paying an excess electric or gas bill for not worry about the energy efficiency of the property that bought. Without counting, with the expenses of the community of owners or the famous IBI, which, in some cities of Spain, it can be a good scare.
But… Why is this happening? In this sense and according to data, 51% of those surveyed claimed to know the document of the Certificate of Energy Efficiency, without However, and to repeat myself, almost 70% say no would invest in the optimization of its consumption to reduce the energy bill .
In relation to the conservation of the building almost a 57% of those interviewed do not know about the Inspection Building Technique , which rises much higher, to 65% in the knowledge about the Evaluation Report of the Building, mandatory for properties older than 50 years. Also, 60% of those surveyed would not be willing to make an investment in your current home to maintain and improve the conditions of the building.
And I, as a technician, am angry and disappointed in myself. myself because I think I have not been acting correctly, or, at least, I have not been able to explain the importance and scope that has energy savings in homes and in life everyday of the people. And of course, I look very I am suspicious, not to say something outrageous, to all those administrations involved in the issue that have not put the necessary means and efforts so that the people of the street, the pedestrian, understand that energy efficiency does not only refers to a piece of paper with a letter and a color on the washing machines, for example.
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