Brand new central heating system installed - any ideas how much?

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Spotted a gorgeous, 18th century 4-bed cottage that we like the look of in a very lovely village. Its a brilliant price, needs some work doing, the most obvious thing being an entire new central heating system. Reading the particulars - its got a night storage heater in every room.

Anyone have any idea about costs?

I'm thinking 10's of thousands for brand new central heating....am I right?

hopefully not!

first question: what fuel will you use, i.e. is there a mains gas supply? This affects both price and running cost.

but my ballpark for a complete start from scratch would be under 10k.

Oh right, not bad then! No gas,its a village, so oil all the way! But we've had oil before and it doesnt put me off (until we run out in the middle of winter because DH forgot to call up and get new oil delivered!)

in that case I can be of some help, as had a new Worcester oil boiler last year for a bit over £2k fitted. BUT I had the tank, the system and the pump which will obviously add quite a bit lot of cost!

thoughts; think about pipe routings, tank siting (remember the stuff gets nicked but the tanker still needs to access it) pipe sizing (hopefully they don't use microbore any more!) and of course INSULATION.

Our central heating system is in dire need of an overhaul/replacing and we are expecting to pay £6000/£7000 for that to include a new boiler and a number of replacement radiators.

We just had entirely new megaflo central heating installed for 6000. Including all radiators plus Woscester bosch boiler. We are in commuterville in the SE. Two other quotes were 9000.

wow, I was assuming it was going to cost £20k or something, I'm surprised at how cheap!

I'm now scouring the environment agency website to work out whether the house is mega cheap because its at risk of flooding, rather than lack of central heating.

Sigh....I really do pick tricky properties to love!

mega cheap does mean something wrong. run some insurance quotes to see what happens.

ask around the neighbourhood re flooding. Ask direct questions of the vendors - they must tell the truth.

visit at several times of day and days of the week.

is it listed?

happy investigating and hope it all works out!

Thanks special, helpful advice. I've done a land registry check and its at 'moderate' risk of flooding, the environment agency website shows flood defences in place in the fields at the end of the garden (v long garden I might add!) to prevent flooding. I've read nearly all the parish council meeting notes going back several years to check if they mention bad flooding in the village - they have flood plans, but no mention of people's houses flooded.

Also, my husband has spotted a lack of parking (his big bug-bear, current house has a driveway which he said was a KEY criteria in our last house hunt). He might concede the parking for the hugely long garden (its on a village road with no parking restrictions, but buses do go past so not sure if you could park on road easily).

But just not sure if I could swallow the moderate flood risk....
I've not even blinkin' viewed it yet!! I almost want to rule it out so I don't have to visit it, otherwise I KNOW i'll fall in love at first sight.

it's only the most expensive thing you ever buy...

that flood risk is concerning. Have you tried some insurance quotes?

I used to live in a house with a river at the end of the long garden - never a problem as the river was controlled. It is a really tricky one.

I would really recommend getting a quote from a plumber as the type of system, how much new pipe work is needed, how many radiators etc can lead to huge differences in cost. I would guesstimate £10k plus if it's a total new installation. We've just had some work done and a new boiler plus 3 new radiators was £5k

not necessarily a plumber - for an oil fired system you need an installer registered with OFTEC. Their website will show you the local ones.

and as the answer is almost always 'Worcester' make sure they are Worcester accredited too.

10k incl new boiler I would think. Unless you want a megaflow power shower system or underfloor heating or solar panels on top of a standard install.