cheapest way to heat a house?

lemon1

Apologies if this is in the wrong section :j

We are looking at renting a rather large old stone property that has not got central heating, could anyone advise what is the most cost effective way of heating such a house? It's on 3 floors, ground floor is the hall way, 1st floor kitchen, office and living room, 2nd floor 3 bedrooms and a bathroom. There's no gas, just electric!

ormus

pillage the countryside for any free wood.

Hintza

How hardy are you? The older I get the softer I get, think I would look elswhere unless you were just looking at +/-6 month rental.

Otherwise as Ormus suggests coal and firewood with perhaps a cheap blow heater to take the chill off a smll room.

lemon1

:rotfl:We do live in the countryside so wood is plentiful, however a chimney is required unfortunately!

I'm pretty hardy along with my 7 year old son but my partner isn't and we've got an 11 week old baby too :think:....

ormus

as hintza says, id be looking elsewhere unless i had a small fortune to pay for the electric.

ps
a large old stone property without a chimney???
unheard of.

lemon1

Thank you for your advice
There probably IS a chimney, it's just not in our section of the property, the other tenants must have that bit!