ask for a price reduction after having the home buyer survey

katepnlo

We had an old back boiler in our victorian home. Had it replaced a couple of years ago with a mid range combi condensing boiler in the hallway upstairs where the tank was in the airing cupboard.

Easy job.Back boiler removed, new boiler in upstairs, didnt need new pipework and didn't take long to do..i had a few new rads put in at the same time.

I went mid range for the boiler, some new radiators,removal of all the old tanks etc oh and i went for a large combi boiler as we were converting the loft into two rooms and a bathroom at the time and i am sure it was about 2.5k

jessieqi

antrobus wrote: »

Absolutely normal, that's where boilers used to always go, before they came out with these new fangled wall mounted condensing jobbies. (Once upon a time people had coal fires, so you'd naturally put a boiler in the chimney breast above the fire if you wanted hot water.)

I'd imagine it might be costly to replace one "due to all the pipes work" if you replaced it with a wall mounted condensing boiler. But as the link above demonstrates, Baxi produce a an A-rated condensing back boiler, so it would be cheaper to swap it out for the old one. Google Shopping shows that you can get the back boiler unit on its own for less than £900 and a unit plus fire for £1150-£1600 depending on what you want. Plus fitting, which will depend on this and that of course. But £5,300 would be way over the top.

Thanks. Good to know the back boiler was a common thing. I have no idea why the BG people say they could not repair it and have to replace the whole system at 5300 pound, as actually the vendor talked to them. Is it because the system is too old and all the pipes have to be replaced? Could I arrange another free BG visit when I am around?

jessieqi

katepnlo wrote: »

We had an old back boiler in our victorian home. Had it replaced a couple of years ago with a mid range combi condensing boiler in the hallway upstairs where the tank was in the airing cupboard.

Easy job.Back boiler removed, new boiler in upstairs, didnt need new pipework and didn't take long to do..i had a few new rads put in at the same time.

I went mid range for the boiler, some new radiators,removal of all the old tanks etc oh and i went for a large combi boiler as we were converting the loft into two rooms and a bathroom at the time and i am sure it was about 2.5k

Thanks for the info. 2.5K sounds a really good deal. Can the combi boiler be installed in the the airing cupboard? No idea why the BG said it has to be on exterior wall. Will check it out for sure.

katepnlo

well mine is in the airing cupboard on the exterior wall (we have a semi detached)..it has a flu (flew..flue oh i don't know!) so needs to go through to the outside.

BG are a business, they have to earn a living...i know they are notoriously expensive!

I had a BG quote (can't remember how much for..just very expensive!!) and had a couple of local people round to give aquote. I went to a small local company in the end

Cash-Cow_3

I would say I want £3k off the asking price or whatever for a full replacement or I walk away. It's a buyers market out there.