Boiler broken ,exchange tomorrow.

Grenage

Yes I agree.

I'd certainly not walk away from a house sale because of a defective boiler. The hassle and costs involved at such a stage would probably exceed any repairs or replacement.

A boiler is a drop in an ocean that is a house.

KRB2725

Get someone out to look at it, unless I've missed something why are you assuming it can't be repaired?

societys_child

why are you assuming it can't be repaired?

I was thinking the same :huh:

Debtslayer

Surely it would be worth getting a qualified boiler engineer out to have a look at it? It may be something perfectly simple and fixable
After all the money you have spent getting this far along the chain it would cost you a lot to pull out now.

Marvel1

Cherry_Gale wrote: »

Without wishing to sound patronising - is there a mysterious switch that appears to do nothing anywhere near the boiler, the previous location of the boiler, or the wall thermostat?

I called out a heating engineer to fix my broken boiler after moving into my flat

(I needed him to check the safety and service it, so it wasn't a totally wasted visit, but I did feel like a bit of a plum).

Reminds of the time my boiler stopped working, pressure fine, error code searched online and possible frozen pipes or something :eek: then read as someone mentioned to check the gas meter if pre-paid. Thought it can't be only topped up 2/3 weeks ago and not once ever been £0. I looked and it was £0 but also :eek: how much was used, topped my card up and what had happened was I didn't fully transfer the card into the meter from before so I had double than usual.

bigfreddiel

foxy-stoat wrote: »

You haven't exchanged yet, so you can walk away if a non-working boiler is a deal breaker for you or renegotiate, but as the other poster stated, £2,000 off the mortgage will be very little in your pocket.

I don't understand why the £2k comes from the mortgage, surely there is a cash part of the deal it could come from?

kinger101

foxy-stoat wrote: »

You could ask your plumber if he would fit a secondhand boiler, plenty for sale on the ebay.

If you do not have a spare £1000-£2000 to replace/repair the boiler maybe home ownership is not right for you at the moment.

Most of the cost of the boiler replacement is the installation cost. It's a spectacularly bad idea to put in one you find on e-bay. They'll be about as useful as pre-owned toilet paper.

patman99

If the boiler already in place is a combi-boiler, then a new one would not cost to much to install as the pipework will not need much rework. A new boiler can be had from £600 if you can find a heating engineer to fit it.

kinger101

^^
New system boilers are available too. Combi boilers are not the solution for every home. Changing between the two is more expensive the exchanging the same type, particularly where you need to decommission cylinders and cisterns.

arbrighton

And this is where you say 'if the boiler isn't functioning and we can be shown that it is, we will not exchange and will drop the price we'll pay by 2k'

We basically had a conversation like this on selling our last house over the cost of the buildings insurance (which they knew about at the start of negotiations, as it was an underpinned house, and we had insisted they were informed)