expectations of heating

Kitten868

Thank you all for giving me a laugh. It doesn't seem so bad now x

davidmcn

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I don't think I have ever seen - or even heard of - a house not having a bathroom and I was born in the 1950s. AFAIK - even in the 1950s every house had a bathroom and had got rid of any outside loo it had had.

Plenty of Glasgow tenements were still being upgraded in the 80s to add bathrooms. I bought my first flat in 1991 - it had only had its bathroom added five years earlier. Until the conversion the toilet had been out on the stairs (at least it had been exclusive rather than shared).

Here's a weird Edinburgh one recently on the market - one bedroom flat with the only washing facility being a shower tray plonked in the bedroom.

kingfisherblue

A friend of mine lives in a rented terrace and has no indoor bathroom. Her toilet (no wash basin, bath or shower) is outside. She's in her late 60s and has lived there her entire life, with the tenancy passing to her after her father's death. She could move out for a month while a bathroom is built on, but has been told her rent will increase considerably. She's also worried about her cat if she has to move out for a month.

I've explained that she would probably receive help with the rent via HB, as her only income is her pension, but she is adamant that she would rather stay as she is. I think she is afraid that she will be forced out of her home.

moneyistooshorttomention

kingfisherblue wrote: »

A friend of mine lives in a rented terrace and has no indoor bathroom. Her toilet (no wash basin, bath or shower) is outside. She's in her late 60s and has lived there her entire life, with the tenancy passing to her after her father's death. She could move out for a month while a bathroom is built on, but has been told her rent will increase considerably. She's also worried about her cat if she has to move out for a month.

I've explained that she would probably receive help with the rent via HB, as her only income is her pension, but she is adamant that she would rather stay as she is. I think she is afraid that she will be forced out of her home.

Crikey!

How does she manage without a bathroom? Genuine question - as in = does she wash her hair in the kitchen sink and have all-over washes standing by the sink?

Davesnave

Kitten868 wrote: »

Haha it's all in Dorset.

A county of huge contrasts, with just about the most expensive houses in the country at Sandbanks.....and then there's Drimpton, where I went to school for a year in the late 50s.

Least said the better about that. It was almost feudal!

JP08

My parents bought a new build bungalow in 1975. Coal bunker outside. Coal fire in the living room with a back boiler for domestic hot water. No central heating. In fact no other heating at all in the house.

pinkteapot

There's a big difference between no central heating and no heating!

What type of heating do these houses have?

If it's all electric, have you checked that gas is actually available in the area/to the houses. It's pretty normal for flats to be 100% electric. Less common with houses but may have been the case for a development. If there's no gas supply, you can't put gas central heating in.

I'd be surprised if a house had no heating at all. Less surprised by it not having gas central heating.

EDIT: That was my 6,000th post!

AdrianC

pinkteapot wrote: »

If there's no gas supply, you can't put gas central heating in.

Yes, you can. You'll need a bulk LPG tank, which can be rented from the company who you contract your gas supply from.

pinkteapot

Apologies - yes - fair point. You'd need to weigh up cost of that vs running the existing heating system.

GwylimT

This is our first home to have heating beyond an open fire on moving in.

Apart from this one our homes have ranged from 1840-1983 builds.

For us adding heating was never a problem, we always add central air, so having radiators or storage heaters would have been a bit of a pain.