Anyone Recommend good Boiler Cover?

buckman

I've been paying a Boiler cover for my Boiler in my rental property (which has tenants) - The house we bought from new, so new boiler is only around 5 years old, but thought it worthwhile to get cover if its rented out..

I've been paying as the landlord, a monthly fee, and now its up for renewal and its shot up for what is essentially "just in case"...

Does anyone recommend a good Boiler cover plan?

Or do people think its even worth it? If I get a dripping leak from the bottom of the Boiler (which I have had) is it cheaper to get a known local plumber out to it instead of paying cover, just to tighten a nut?

I suppose its swings and roundabouts? Any ideas?

Hammyman

British Gas. When I had a leak on the bottom of my boiler when a seal went, it ended up costing £150 and that was "mates rates". It ended up costing that because once you disturb them when doing the repair, they have a nasty habit of springing more leaks.

geoffky

british gas has some great ones..we only pay £3,99 a month because its just under two years old..

buckman

Thanks for this, so British Gas could be an option.. I'll have a look into their website and rates..

Sagz_2

Was hunting around for a deal and found this one from Dial A Rod, looks too cheap - what have I missed?

dizziblonde

Old landlord had BG boiler cover - had them booked out to do the annual inspection and gas certificate stuff... so I booked the appointment, waited in all day and they just didn't turn up, first call in the middle of the day "oh someone's on the way this afternoon", then a follow-up call they denied the appointment existed on their system, meaning the gas cert expired for a few days before they could do a new appointment, and we as the tenants had endless bother with the letting agents wanting to cover themselves over the gas certificate and pushing that we'd have to move out until a new one was in place - thankfully it was all going on as we were mid-move into our bought house so we weren't turfed out on our ear but potentially we would have been (especially since LL was taking the line of "I've paid for this service to do all my boiler checks I'm not going to get someone out to do one if I need to since they're being prats").

Biggles

buckman wrote: »

Does anyone recommend a good Boiler cover plan?

Or do people think its even worth it? If I get a dripping leak from the bottom of the Boiler (which I have had) is it cheaper to get a known local plumber out to it instead of paying cover, just to tighten a nut?

I suppose its swings and roundabouts? Any ideas?

No, it's not 'swings and roundabouts'. You'll always end up paying far more in the long term with a 'cover plan' than a local plumber.

Annabee

dizziblonde wrote: »

.... and we as the tenants had endless bother with the letting agents wanting to cover themselves over the gas certificate and pushing that we'd have to move out until a new one was in place - thankfully it was all going on as we were mid-move into our bought house so we weren't turfed out on our ear but potentially we would have been (especially since LL was taking the line of "I've paid for this service to do all my boiler checks I'm not going to get someone out to do one if I need to since they're being prats").

I think your letting agents were being a touch overzealous! We rent, and have had gaps of several weeks between gas safety certificates, and nothing was ever said. (Maybe mine are too lax!)
How could they possibly have got you to move out? The legal processes would have takenmonths, and been bad for everyone. Strange ...

Martin81162

I wouldn't recommend British Gas. They refused to cover our 3 year old boiler and then tried to sell us £100s of extras.

kmmr

Can I just say that while BG are good, they are highly inflexible after your first year. And (having just experienced it) quite rude when you dare to ask why!

I have BG 200 on two properties. It is advertised as £19 per month in my area, but I pay £29.69 and £35.15 now. They refuse to explain why, and just continually bombarded me with generic statements. I tried to ask was there anything specific I had done (like use it a couple of times) and they said no - it's completely out of your control and we can't tell you how it works.

I do understand the premium changes, but with them not being able to tell me anything about it it's hard to change behaviour to get a better price.

So I'd say be a bit cautious. They are probably all like this, but after singing their praises on this website a few times, I am now not so keen. Nothing like a stroppy call with a rude customer services person to put you off...

geoffky

kmmr wrote: »

Can I just say that while BG are good, they are highly inflexible after your first year. And (having just experienced it) quite rude when you dare to ask why!

I have BG 200 on two properties. It is advertised as £19 per month in my area, but I pay £29.69 and £35.15 now. They refuse to explain why, and just continually bombarded me with generic statements. I tried to ask was there anything specific I had done (like use it a couple of times) and they said no - it's completely out of your control and we can't tell you how it works.

I do understand the premium changes, but with them not being able to tell me anything about it it's hard to change behaviour to get a better price.

So I'd say be a bit cautious. They are probably all like this, but after singing their praises on this website a few times, I am now not so keen. Nothing like a stroppy call with a rude customer services person to put you off...

vote with your feet..i would if i got that service