Buying House -No central heating ??

Kazzam1984

Looking at he following house at the weekend, long story short we were due to exchange contracts on another property, however the people we were buying from have pulled out , so looking at the following house. It looks like there is no central heating , although the listing states gas heating???

4 bedroom end of terrace house for sale in Verwood, BH31 (rightmove.co.uk)

Any ideas how much it would cost to fit it -i guess new boiler and radiators?
Many thanks 

parkingadvice1212

It will need rewiring as well - from the photos you can see there's just one single socket per room, electrics probably date to the 1960s.

Kazzam1984

it was built in 1979

parkingadvice1212

Kazzam1984 said:

it was built in 1979

Not as bad then but probably still not sufficient for modern needs

kasqueak

Looks like it just has a gas fire, so no boiler or rads. 

The good thing is there is a gas supply to the property. 

I would think it would probably cost between £5-7k depending on the type of boiler and how many radiators you’d want. 

twopenny

A lot of potential but also a lot of investment on the basics.
You know the value of the area but i would doubt such investment would bring reward unless you plan to stay there some time.
It's also a lot of upheaval just after a move and plumbers etc with a long waiting list. Depends on your situation and how much you like the area.

donemedosh

A boiler is about £1000 and depending on number of rads approx 7 or 8 which on average are £80/100 each.then all the fittings pipework & a couple of local gas fitters/plumbers (not british gas etc) who will cost you £40 /hr each & about 3 days. But you can do a lot to cut the cost by having everything worked out beforehand like having the carpets up floorboards ready to be lifted etc. So you are looking at £5000 hope this helps