Selling a Gas AGA

heleng9

Has anyone had any success in selling their Gas AGA at all? If so, would you mind letting me know how much you got for it or what you were offered. Currently my highest offer is £600! plus I would have to pay for a gas engineer to disconnect it.
Our Gas usage is ridiculous, for a 4 bed detached with gas central heating (switched on twice a day), water tank in loft + AGA (on all day) we are using 57,000 kwh a year.
Our smart meter only shows our electric consumption, despite both my meters having been converted to smart meters. Octopus said, there is noting they can do about that. The AGA is just not affordable anymore plus a water system that I suspect is not economical. We are, like many properly worried any need to get shot of this AGA. Any advice would be much appreciated. Many thanks

phoebe1989seb

We sold the one at our last house  (a four bed, detached, period property) for the same reason. Back in 2016 we got £800 for it, from a company I found online that buy them to recondition. They dismantled the whole thing as well as disconnecting the gas. Ours had been installed by the previous owner and was approximately 8-10 years old.

Unfortunately I can't remember which company it was, sorry 🙁

heleng9

Thank you. I know AGA have stopped selling gas AGAs. So frustrating with how much they cost x

Rdwill

These are quite local to me, and if my rayburn ever dies I'll be on to them, apart from that I have no knowledge of them

https://burtonsranges.co.uk/

But maybe worth a call

J_B

Ourselves and our near neighbours both took out gas Rayburns several years ago - both are gathering dust in a shed with nobody interested in buying them.

🤷‍♂️

Wkmg

Hi OP. You have to realise that all the reasons you want to sell your Aga apply to everyone else. Personally I got a brand new Aga last year (electric, on all the time R7) and couldn't care less about the bills as I love it. I would have thought most people who want an Aga are buying a house with an Aga or are buying a new one. The only people who want a used stand alone Aga will be people who can't afford £12,000 for a new Aga but don't care about their gas bill (probably not many people), resellers who probably don't have many customers at the moment, or people who are committed to having a gas Aga (instead of electric) but can't buy a new one because they aren't manufactured anymore. You should consider an Electrikit conversion if you like your Aga but are worried about bills. Do you have an alternative cooking method at the moment? You could just turn your Aga off if you do. If you don't after disconnecting the Aga, getting it dismantled, buying an alternative, getting it installed and tidying up you probably won't spend that much less than a conversion. The I love my Aga facebook group is also a helpful place to post.

https://www.blakeandbull.co.uk/pages/cost-to-convert-an-aga-range-cooker-to-electric

Section62

heleng9 said:

We are, like many properly worried any need to get shot of this AGA.

Can you keep it, but only use it on special occasions like Christmas?

The points made by others including Wkmg are valid - now is not a good time to be selling a gas AGA.  The situation may change later as and when the economics of energy shift again.  AGAs at least have the advantage of looking quite good - so could be 'stored' in-situ until you can either afford to use it again, or someone is willing to pay a more realistic price for it.

I imagine that a lot of removed AGAs are going to be purchased cheaply and put into storage - it is the kind of product that has longevity and (usually) a decent second-hand value.  You can play the same game by keeping yours where it is and figuring out a cheaper way of doing your day-to-day cooking.

GDB2222

Why convert from gas to electricity? Gas is surely far cheaper?

Woolsery

I sold my oil-fired Aga, much to my surprise, as none of the reconditioners would even look at it.

Three burly men turned-up complete with rollers, so I knew they had previous. The first said, "Boss says collect Rayburn from here."

They got it out without damaging my new floor. Speaking to one of the more loquacious personnel I was informed, "Boss wants it in a cottage he's doing up. It has to look like it's been there ages. Building inspector."

It was a 1957 model and I'm sure it fitted the bill. You never know your luck. £200 cash and no questions for something no one else wanted for weeks.

Woolsery

GDB2222 said:

Why convert from gas to electricity? Gas is surely far cheaper?

LPG possibly. Not priced like the mains.

GDB2222

Woolsery said:

GDB2222 said:

Why convert from gas to electricity? Gas is surely far cheaper?

LPG possibly. Not priced like the mains.

Thanks. I really hadn't thought of that.