Buying a house - no boiler cert

Irishpearce26

AnotherJoe said:

Irishpearce26 said:

A lot of valid points here. A serviced boiler is a good one but also think of what type of system it is, is it gravity fed (tank in the loft that fills with water, that feeds the hot water tank, low pressure) or is it a combi which is instant hot water. We got £3k knocked off our purchase price as the boiler is 22 years old has been serviced but is passed the manufactures life cycle of roughly 15 years. The boiler is fine and works well but we want a combi system so will be changing it. 

instant ???   It has to travel from the boiler to the tap which can take just as long as from a hot water tank. 

Well yes but you catch my drift. However combi boilers generally have better pressure so technically it will arrive faster. Will not need as much space as there is no need for any tanks.

maisie_cat

comeandgo said:

My boiler is serviced every year and I’ve never got a certificate, I have an invoice though.

Assuming it's a gas boiler you should get a gas safe report

maisie_cat

We bought a house in 2006 with a 15-20 year old boiler that had not been serviced since 1997. It did work although we always expected to replace it. If nothing else because it was the size of a chest freezer and had a 1 square metre cupboard to house the damn thing. It was still working when we removed it in 2008 to replace it with a new Atmos boiler that lasted 5 years before being replaced again with a Worcester Bosch. Just because something is old does not mean it doesn't work

maxsteam

Abbey131 said:

We are in the final stages of buying a house. Recently found it has an old looking boiler with no service certificate. What are our options please to ensure the boiler is working well? Being sold through probate/solicitors and attempts to get them to book a service are very lengthy!

Generally old-looking boilers are kept until they go wrong and then they are replaced. If I was the seller and you asked me to book a service on an old boiler, I would refuse. I would simply state that the boiler has not been serviced recently and I would be honest about whether it was working well or not but I certainly would not book a service for you. There are plenty of sites where you can easily get a quote for a replacement (avoid the sites where you are asked for a phone number before getting the quote - some of these sites are fake). If it's a gas combi boiler, you will be looking at around £2k. You might be lucky and the old-looking boiler might keep going for many years or it might fail next winter or it might not currently be working. As you know that it's an old-looking boiler, you should know that there's not going to be a guarantee and your budget should allow for it to be replaced sometime in the next few years.

lesalanos

maisie_cat said:

comeandgo said:

My boiler is serviced every year and I’ve never got a certificate, I have an invoice though.

Assuming it's a gas boiler you should get a gas safe report

Not if he only getting a service

maxsteam

It's not worth spending money on old boilers, either for services or repairs or reports. If they work well, enjoy. If they don't work well, replace.

rik111

Did it look old when you viewed and made an offer ?

Not really understanding what has changed apart from you trying yo knock the seller.