How much of a turn off is a boiler in a bedroom?

PRAISETHESUN

My old 1 bed place in Australia had an electric hot water tank in the bedroom. It was only for DHW, not for heating so I didn't have the same issues with it firing off constantly to keep the house warm but I did still find it made a bit of noise on occasion, mostly dripping from the pressure relief valve. Not a deal-breaker for me personally but I can understand why it would annoy some folks.

another_casualty

I will be catching up on this thread in full later .
However, I have a boiler in my flat  . My flat is a Victorian conversion  (1900 build approx) , with 2 bedrooms . It is a small flat , with odd shaped rooms and bay windows etc.   I have to admit that I got a bit of a shock when I noticed it when I viewed it .
4 years later, I'm nearly finished with decluttering . 

Without knowing the size of your 1 bed OP, I'll try to see if there may be things that may help with my comparisons ..

For me , 2 bedrooms was the minimum I would go as although being on my own I have lots of " stuff" .( musical instruments , stereo, computer etc which soon mount up ) 
Plus , I have chairbeds for guests albeit for once/ twice a year . 

One of the worst things about a boiler in the bedroom , is that it is difficult to put things in as it takes up a corner of said room . 

My small bedroom with the boiler in there , is my music room / home office . Headphones , of course . Even buying a music keyboard has been problematic next to a computer desk .
( note to myself ..should have got MacBook instead of iMac ) 

For me that was the plan anyway . According to miss estate agent , she said 2 young children were sleeping in there in bunk beds . 

My flat has lots of stud walls , which although not i ideal is not the end of the world .

Thinking of a one bedroom with a boiler in there , if you were lucky to have cash to spend maybe paying a designer to make the flat into a fab studio ? Maybe knock down stud walls  if allowed ? 

Lots to think about ...

Pagw

Thanks for all the additional replies, this has been very helpful.

LAD917

Never would have thought of this as an issue.  I had a modern combi boiler in the main bedroom, actually inside a closet right next to the bed - the boiler was probably a foot from my head.  Never bothered me, and I'm a light sleeper.  I thought it was a great place for the boiler as it was invisible and I had storage above and below.

The boiler did have a condensate pump.  I was in the bedroom once when that went off, and it scared the bejeezus out of me. I never heard it go off again, but if happened in the middle of the night, that would definitely wake me up.

Redwino222

I would never buy a property with a boiler in a bedroom.

they make noise.  And I do know there isn’t a greater risk, but I really don’t want to sleep in the same room as one.

I viewed a flat many years ago and decided against it immediately once I saw the boiler in the bedroom

Ally_E.

I wouldn't consider viewing a property with a boiler in the bedroom, unless it was a house with plenty of space to move it to more appropriate location and the boiler was old and needed replacing anyway. 

Skiddaw1

The (replacement) boiler in our old house was in one of the bedrooms (albeit the wee third bedroom that we used as an office) just because there was nowhere else it would practically be placed. The previous one had been in the kitchen but the site didn't meet current H&S stipulations. We built a wee cupboard for it and it was very unobtrusive.

Sistergold

A boiler in the bedroom is a no no for me. I am a light sleeper and the on and off will wake me up. Switching it on and off to stop it firing will become a bother after sometime and I would want a boiler to just do it’s thing without me managing it for peace and quiet. 

Windofchange

Just to add another vote to the no way posts. I guess if it is just you in there you could set the thing to go on and off when you are awake in terms of central heating, so it wouldn't be running overnight, and with no other occupants in the property, it wouldn't be that others would get up and run the hot water tap or take a shower. However, even concealed in a cupboard or similar it would just be weird, and with selling it on, I personally would turn around and walk back out the door as it just doesn't belong in a bedroom in my view. Gives a bit of a view of things being squashed in where they shouldn't be, and if it was more than 1 person in there would lead to it clicking on an off as your partner goes about having a shower when you are trying to have a lie in or vice versa.