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Possibly Buying house with no central heating??-Link to house in thread
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We moved into a house about 5 years ago with no CH.
Thankfully we had a months lap over with a rental property so managed to get it replumbed, rewired and CH fitted in that month before moving in.
Life isn't about the number of breaths we take, but the moments that take our breath away. Like choking....2 -
They also look like unswitched plug sockets in a few of the rooms. They are not illegal, but almost certainly old, and so if you are going through the hassle and mess of installing central heating it would be a very good opportunity for a full rewire at the same time if you can afford it.1
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100% blow air heating, Rip it out get a proper system.0
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How much does a rewire cost ? I know Central heating could be anything up to 7k0
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Problem is house is at top of our budget ,so was going to borrow to do the central heating then do other bits gradually, as it looks livaeable0
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We lived in a flat with no heating, previous owners had taken out the storage heaters. We lived there for seven years and only had central heating installed the year we moved. But being surrounded by other properties helped, and it was on the south coast.
If it has blown air heating get it replaced. We had this in one of the houses we lived in when I was a child. My dad put central heating in.
To put central heating in it cost £400 to get gas into the flat (we had no gas at all) and then 3k to get the boiler and rads done. But this was for five radiators and was back in 2006.Debt free Feb 2021 🎉0 -
Thanks I am in bournemouth!. I think it has mains has as it has a gas oven?!0
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I completely replcaed the heating on a 4 bed house 3 years ago. New boiler, pipes and radiators. Cost 6k. Rewire cost 3.5k1
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Bournemouth is not cheap. I don't know the precise area you are looking for but would suggest its a reasonable amount of house for £300k.Kazzam1984 said:Thanks I am in bournemouth!. I think it has mains has as it has a gas oven?!No man is worth crawling on this earth.
So much to read, so little time.0 -
You may not need a whole rewire, you could always pay for an electrical report- eicr to say what is needed? We decided to update our fuse box, the electrician said a whole house rewire wasn’t needed.0
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