Would you buy a house with no central heating?

elliebobs

Loanranger wrote: »

It looks in pretty bad condition on Street View. Old photo obviously but I would get a full structural survey in case the work done is just cosmetic.
The stone floors will suck out heat, too.

I was also wondering about that; a quick skim and paint outside could cover up a multitude of problems. I think we're going to take a walk down there tomorrow and check it out properly.
My heart is saying go for it but my head is saying walk away!

poppysarah

Seen a g somewhere. Think it was epc done by laziest person ever though.

puddy

looks a pretty house and you cant change location on something else with CH

however, im not sure what you're asking or what your plans are. are you asking whether to buy a place without CH and keep it that way by using alternatives like electric heaters or oil or someting

or are you asking whether to buy it and install CH?

if the latter, then yes, i would factor that into the price and possibly also factor in putting some insulation onto the walls before decorating over, which is a shame as it looks nicely done already (which no doubt THEY have factored into their asking price)

are they leaving the cooker? because often those sorts of cookers can fuel a CH system?

I have always loved the thought of a wood burner but the reality as someone else said of getting the wood,, storing the wood, keeping it dry, cleaning the grate etc etc, takes away the romance for me

my perspective on this is from a position of having had our gas combi boiler break down at 5pm christmas eve. i got someone round on 30th dec (first time he could make it) and the part was delivered today so he fitted it today. we have been freezing and very miserable. going to the toilet has been almost painful and thank god for the electric shower (which normally i hate as its such a dribble), so we are now in the process of heating the house back up, it will take some hours. so no, i wouldnt have no CH, i dont believe in storage heaters, ugly and i believe inefficient

JohDryer

No... I would suggest not too go with it....

and if you find any possibilities to fix central heating system later then you can buy it...



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pamelamalcolm

Definitely not!

seraphina

We did and moved in last Wednesday! There's no mains gas in the village and the previous owners never put in oil. At the moment we have open fires but we're going to replace that with a wood burning stove with a backboiler, which can do hot water as well (for domestic use and running radiators). Our next door neighbours have a ground source heat pump, which they say is just about okay in winter. I refuse to put in oil given how much it costs these days!

The difference between the wood burning stove at our old house and the open fireplaces here is phenomenal - the woodburner put out far more heat for less logs.

redlady_1

I dont have CH just a multi fuel burner. I have costed this over a period of a year with logs and kindling and coal and it works out at £50 per month. The electric is only £20 per month. I have electric heaters in the bedrooms and rarely use them. It is toast in my cottage.

kford224

We are in the process of buying a house that only has electric storage heaters and CH is the first thing to do when we get the keys!! It didn't put us off. Obviously there is more work to be done, but the house has been reduced to accomodate this and everything else we love about the house more than makes up for it

BitterAndTwisted

seraphina wrote: »

We did and moved in last Wednesday!

At the moment we have open fires but we're going to replace that with a wood burning stove with a backboiler, which can do hot water as well (for domestic use and running radiators).

I would suggest that you find and make friends with any local tree-surgeons/arboriculturists as they can be a good source of free timber if you have room to store and season it.

pimento

I have bought a house with no central heating before. We had it installed before we laid carpets.

The north facing garden would bother me more in the house you're thinking of buying.