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old boiler, will it affect house sale

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tink123 · 06/02/2011 00:42

My house has a 28 year old back boiler, still in good working order, serviced every year.

If we cannot sell house, we are going to replace with a new back boilers as loads less upheaval than gettin combi fitted.

Will an old boiler put buyers off...

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nineyearoldsarerude · 06/02/2011 00:49

I don't think it would.

cat64 · 06/02/2011 01:00

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itstheyearzero · 06/02/2011 06:11

Those old back boilers go on for ever, and the parts for them are really cheap compared to the ones you get today. May be worth slipping that in if a viewer asks about it.

tink123 · 06/02/2011 09:56

We have never had any problems with it and loads of parts have been replaced over the years by BG when being serviced.

We want to market the house very competitively as we have fallen in love with other property

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frenchfancy · 06/02/2011 09:56

If you are concerned get a quoqte for a new boiler, then you can show that quote to potential buyers. As a % of the house price it is unlikely to be alot, but buyers don't like unknowns.

UC · 06/02/2011 10:04

I wouldn't have thought it would put people off buying the house - but be prepared for them to want to drop the price offered by the amount it will cost to replace the boiler. That's what happened to me - the day before exchange...

figcake · 07/02/2011 10:29

depends - my old back boiler did not have a heating only option so you had to boil up a whole tank of hot water at the same time. My new condenser does have separate controls though and is in a more normal place than the living room.

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