Boiler negotiations?

IvyFlood

Comms69 wrote: »

12-14 years isn't really old either to be fair.

Fair enough! I wouldn't have known that had I not asked, jeeeez

Comms69

IvyFlood wrote: »

First of all please can I make it clear that I do NOT expect the vendors to pay for any improvements, I never once said that.


All I was merely asking was whether the age of the boiler is something that could be used to claim a reduction in cost, from what I have read and understand (on here), sometimes it can. As it happens, we were told it was 7 years old but I'm guessing the vendors said this because that's how long they lived there and they didn't know its age prior.


I had a feeling it wouldn't but was just asking the question and seeing what thoughts were - don't appreciate sarcastic comments about the age of the roof.


The valuation came in fine but at the time the surveyor noted that the age and condition of the boiler were unknown. Now that I know the age that was the reason for my question.

Just to be clear, a reduction in price is the SAME as them paying for it.


It's like buying a car but knocking £200 off for new tyres. The seller is in essence paying for your new tyres by losing £200.


On a totally separate point: this is a public forum, you will get replies you don't like, some which are funny at your expense and some which are full of facts and spot on advice. If you cant handle a mix of all of those, you'll need to just pay someone to give you the advice you want.

Alfrescodave

Are you a FTB by any chance?

IvyFlood

Comms69 wrote: »

Just to be clear, a reduction in price is the SAME as them paying for it.

It's like buying a car but knocking £200 off for new tyres. The seller is in essence paying for your new tyres by losing £200.


Maybe I have worded that wrong, our solicitor seemed to think we could claim an allowance rather than a reduction as that would involve going back to our lender. But I have yet to hear from them so that was why I was asking in the meantime. They will probably say the same thing as everyone else!


On a totally separate point: this is a public forum, you will get replies you don't like, some which are funny at your expense and some which are full of facts and spot on advice. If you cant handle a mix of all of those, you'll need to just pay someone to give you the advice you want.


I accept that, and have taken a few, but its not really helping anyone making sarcastic and potentially hurtful comments. Not part of the forum etiquette! What happened to if you've got nothing nice to say then don't say anything at all! Maybe that's what's wrong with the world...

Thank you for your input all the same, I do generally find this forum very helpful!

SallyDucati

With anything like this you could look at it in the reverse - eg. would you pay more for the house if the boiler was say only 1 year old or brand new? I know I wouldn't, but it would be a selling point and taken into account in the OVERALL offered price along with other things. If the boiler wasn't working that would be a different matter.

My old boiler was 17 years old when I replaced it, it was still working but my elderly mother moved in with me & I didn't want to take any chances and she also found it difficult to use the controls.

IvyFlood

SallyDucati wrote: »

With anything like this you could look at it in the reverse - eg. would you pay more for the house if the boiler was say only 1 year old or brand new? I know I wouldn't, but it would be a selling point and taken into account in the OVERALL offered price along with other things. If the boiler wasn't working that would be a different matter.

My old boiler was 17 years old when I replaced it, it was still working but my elderly mother moved in with me & I didn't want to take any chances and she also found it difficult to use the controls.

Thanks for this.


Yes I have looked at it reverse, which no one seems to have picked up on! The boiler being 'older' shall we say could work out quite well as I've said because we wish to relocate it and its advised that moving a new to middle aged one could cause it break down and any associated guarantees would be lost. So better if its older in a way!

jennifernil

Comms69 wrote: »

12-14 years isn't really old either to be fair.

Ours is 30 years old, positively geriatric, and still works fine.

Obviously not as efficient as a new one, but it would take us a very long time to save enough gas to pay for the new boiler.

They don't make them like they used to according to our heating engineer!

IvyFlood

jennifernil wrote: »

Ours is 30 years old, positively geriatric, and still works fine.

Obviously not as efficient as a new one, but it would take us a very long time to save enough gas to pay for the new boiler.

They don't make them like they used to according to our heating engineer!

That's good to know! I thought 14 years was old. Well I questioned it because really I had no idea!

AnotherJoe

IvyFlood wrote: »

I had a feeling it wouldn't but was just asking the question and seeing what thoughts were - don't appreciate sarcastic comments about the age of the roof.
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Well, there's also the windows as well, don't forget them. And all the flooring you better knock off another five grand for that. Then if they haven't decorated in the last18 months, a bit more for that. Ask How much they will pay you to take it off them and save all that expense.
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sheepy21

Just to put it out there, my parents still have the same boiler from when they built the house 30yrs ago, never been serviced and still runs perfectly. No 14yrs isn't that old imo.