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My wife paid 4000 euros for a heatpump in Finland, last year. Mostly to be used for cooling during the summer, rather than for heating in the winters (since there is "district heating" available for that).

Seemed pretty cheap, and the installation only took a day.

Air-to-air is much cheaper than connecting to water flow radiator system. Radiators aren't that great for cooling anyway.

US (attempted) buyers of air-to-water look with envy to the Nordics, Northern EU, and the UK. My quote in the US was almost double that figure (for an installed system). The parts prices you’re looking at are indeed cheap. The labor is moderate. The profit margins are high.

>are just becoming a thing

where do you life? in germany they are available for years already. friends built new homes with them 5-6 years ago and back then it was already established

in all differen varities. air or with geothermal pipes in your yard (either surface or drilled)