Buying house, central heating question

HomeBuy3780

Found a house that we like and with reasonable price. But the central heating pipes are all visible. So two pipes coming from upstairs along wall and seen in sitting room. Two pipes in dining room etc. Is this OK?

How are central heating pipes generally fitted?

Can we get this changed?

zappahey

It's fairly typical where the heating has been fitted in an older house as it gets expensive to start lifting floors and channeling walls.

You can pay someone to re-install it but it will be expensive but you don't have any leverage against the seller if that's what you're thinking.

cattie

A cheap solution to this is to get the pipes boxed in where they run along walls. Done professionally it's not readilly obvious that pipes have been boxed in. Once decorated it looks a whole lot better than those ugly old pipes.

Pssst

I wouldnt worry too much about it. Pipes are pipes and it isnt rocket science to perhaps re reun them or box them in. I would pay more attention to much weightier issues such as the general structure of the building,roofing,windows,damp etc and also with regard to heating,age,condition of boiler. Buying houses is always a bit of a gamble and you never reallyk now what youve bought until you move in. If in doubt,get a full structural survey.