Boiler Service

[Mollypolly2610]

We got our boiler serviced today (once a year) and it cost a lot! Before I reveal can you please let me know what you pay for a boiler service. I feel we’ve been ripped off but it would be interesting to find out if we haven’t!

£35.00 plus VAT.

Around £50

About £70, I'm in London... I use an independent contractor who runs his own one-man business.

My DH charges £55 for a boiler service

£50 + vat.
I was quoted £78 + vat by someone else.

£45 but I did get quoted £85 I laughed and told them to forget it.

Around £100 in London but since moving to Essex pay £60

FFS. He’s sent us a bill for £200+. No parts ! Learned a lesson then

Even British gas is cheaper than that. 75 I think if you aren't already a customer.

We pay for homecare though so a service is included.

We pay £70 for a boiler service, it’s onky 3 years old but has a 5 year warranty which is invalidated if we don’t have a service.
Literally takes the plumber 10 minutes though!

I think a name and shame is appropriate here

£78

Did you agree that in advance? Or is that just the bill?

Also, if you have an oil boiler it will be more.

£55 plus vat outer London
200 is ridiculous!

Sorry it is an oil boiler but he was only here an hour max!

Did you agree it in advance?

If not, don’t pay it. We pay £100 a service for an oil boiler.

We didn’t agree a price we’ve used him before and he hassles my DH with emails to come and service so he just said ok. I said to him I hope there’s nothing to be done just a quick service or let us know so this seems to be his price for a quick service. Never again, I could cry.

My DH is an oil engineer he charges £70 for a service.

Say no to the bill. It was not agreed and you are not under an obligation to just pay any amount he fancies charging.

Is there a payment account on the invoice? Pay £70 and email, ‘there must be a mix up - you were here for less than an hour. I have paid £70 which is the price of an oil boiler service’. And then don’t engage with him again.

Make sure you find another oil boiler engineer though. Where I live they are quite rare so good to have one up your sleeve for emergencies.

For a standard domestic service for a single appliance we charge £70 plus VAT. Any further work is charged at £35 per hour plus VAT.

Just seen it’s oil. That will be more but nowhere near what you were charged.

Just checked the prices at work. An oil boiler service up to 70kw would be £140 plus VAT.

Thanks. Don’t feel so bad now