Buying a house with no central heating

spenceeyftb

Thanks guys for all the replies. I think as a nation we've gone soft when it comes to heating!!

We went to look at the property last night - around commuting time so we could judge how busy the road was.

It needs work but It's lovely in side and the garden is huge! Some of the rooms only need new carpet and paint as we expected anyway. It's got some of the original big doors we love and we've already got plans to knock the kitchen and dining room in to one big room.

As we are first time buyers we we're both keen to purchase a house that we can grow in as a family and not worry about moving when children come along. Obviously affordability is of up most importance to us as well. Keeping back the 5k for central heating would add on another 20% to our monthly payments.

We can live without the heating for now in other words.

FireWyrm

spenceeyftb wrote: »

Thanks guys for all the replies. I think as a nation we've gone soft when it comes to heating!!

We went to look at the property last night - around commuting time so we could judge how busy the road was.

It needs work but It's lovely in side and the garden is huge! Some of the rooms only need new carpet and paint as we expected anyway. It's got some of the original big doors we love and we've already got plans to knock the kitchen and dining room in to one big room.

As we are first time buyers we we're both keen to purchase a house that we can grow in as a family and not worry about moving when children come along. Obviously affordability is of up most importance to us as well. Keeping back the 5k for central heating would add on another 20% to our monthly payments.

We can live without the heating for now in other words.

Sounds like an absolute bargain. You can always put central heating in later. I grew up in a house without CH and indeed I was 20 before I lived in one that had CH at all. Just a minor thought...we have a Rayburn in our kitchen and boy does it warm the whole of the bottom of the house. We're well into October and still no need to turn the 'heating' on at all. We burn coal/anthracite and wood which costs about £340 through the winter months. Best of the lot, you can cook on it too. Not so long ago, couples would buy a house and expect to live in it for at least 10 years. They would spend money improving it, decorating and putting modcons in....perhaps patience is a virtue when it comes to a cheap house, easy to run, good for a commute etc...sounds like it has a lot going for it.

Lovelyjoolz

I'd be less concerned with the lack of CH than I would with the overall lack of a gas supply. Cooking without gas??? Dreadful notion - cakes just aren't the same cooked in an electric oven

I am being serious here. No gas supply would be a deal breaker for me because I LOATHE cooking with an electric hob & oven, and couldn't stand a lifetime of it. But if that's not a problem for you and your OH then the house is a bargain. That garden will be fantastic for the kids.

spenceeyftb

You'll be glad to hear that it's got a gas supply then!!

We didn't count on it having one but the tap is in the cupboard under the stairs. Mrs. Spenceey has already said she'd like a gas oven and since I like a good bit of cake after cycling I'm inclined to agree!

diywhynot

spenceeyftb wrote: »

You'll be glad to hear that it's got a gas supply then!!

We didn't count on it having one but the tap is in the cupboard under the stairs. Mrs. Spenceey has already said she'd like a gas oven and since I like a good bit of cake after cycling I'm inclined to agree!

But where is the meter?

Fire_Fox

Sounds great, are you going to put in an offer?

spenceeyftb

It looks as though the pipe ends under the stairs - perhaps it doesn't have a meter yet? Is that easy to rectify?

We've put an offer in and It's been accepted. We're currently going through the searches and mortgage procedures.