would this put you off buying?

[vinobell]

We need to redo our central heating pipes- currently arguing with DH about how. Plumbers have said it will be cheaper to run the down the walls, as we have a concrete floor. Would boxed in pipes put you off buying a house? I think they look a bit crap (sorry to those with them) but not sure we can afford to hire a concrete cutter and put the under the floor.

Appreciate any thoughts or words of wisdom by those that have been there!

If they are in the corner of a room and boxed in properly and the decorated to match it should not be an issue

I would and have ripped them out of a house. I'd offer less money knowing I'd have to do the work myself. It really depends on what price band you're in as well.

Depends which room. We have pipes like this in the hallway which I can cope with. Wouldn't like it in the sitting room or dining room.

Loads of houses have this - as long as it is done discreetly and boxed in well and well decorated it doesn't put me off but then I've always lived in houses when the heating was a later addition!

My previous house had lots of pipes on display along the skirting boards and I didn't like that, massive deist magnet. I'd have rather they dropped the pipes down in two corners for he 2 rads rather than ran pipes along the wall all the way round the room.

Yes would put me off- looks hideous and if it was newly installed I wouldn't put an offer in.

Do it properly- your buyer will thank you for it

Also totally depends on the value of your house - buying a £60k back to back in Leeds? External pipes. Buying a £1m south london Victorian terrace, do it properly.

We have some boxed in pipes in the hall and I hate them. It didn't put us off buying the house but I wish there weren't there. Previous owner had boxed them in with pine tongue and groove cladding which we removed and replaced with something less noticable. They were just in the one room but I don't think I would have bought a house with pipes in every room.

If it is going to cost a lot of money to bury the pipes I would leave it but be mindful of the fact that when you come to sell the purchaser may make a lower offer to cover the cost of changing it.

This is what i had thought....I can't seem to persuade him tho. We are talking a 4 bedroom detached, altho not super pricey we are trying for a nice finish and not a starter home.

It would be in every room downstairs, dropped down in the corner then boxed in. Complicated by the fact with have coving which can be difficult.

Has anyone dug up all their floors and actually done it? Any advice? Any ideas how i can put my argument across?

Our last house had boxed pipes. Didn't bother us.

Can you until hide some of the pipes behind skirting boards? That's what we've done in part of our house which had a concrete floor. It had pipes running up the walls, so we hid them, we have just done a complete refurbishment though, so the cost wasn't an issue.

In every room? No way.

What height ceilings do you have? Could you lay the pipes and then put floorboards over them?

I'm the opposite, mainly because we bought a house without central heating and had to have it put it later.
The pipes are copper and run down the walls, they are yet to be boxed in or painted yet I don't even notice them now.

Our house is about 15 yrs old and the pipes run inside our walls (3 storey house).
Not been an issue for us and no visible signs of pipes anywhere which is good

We had central heating installed last year - ground floor is concrete

All pipes have been laid under the floorboards upstairs and through the walls to the downstairs rads

I hate the look of pipes down the walls, but ever practical dp pointed out that leaking pipes under a concrete floor are a flipping nightmare and can hide for years. Sometimes I just have to bow to his superior knowledge and practicality over pretty decor

We've some in one room in an alcove. They're disguised by book shelves. Really don't notice them.

Our house has this in all downstairs rooms, they were a later addition and were boxed in and then boxing was plastered and then coving was put around the top to match, I had no idea they were there until (a year after moving in) I started looking at taking a wall down.

The dont bother me, are discreet and my DW still hasn't noticed them in other rooms in spite of me showing the dining room one.

Hugely

Could they be run under the bedroom/landing floors and then down in an alcove or behind a cupboard or something? Our house has thick stone walls and that's how it's done. The only place pipes show on the wall are in the utility room where it doesn't really matter. also, as none in the attic, no problems with freezing.

Around the sides they should be able to be hidden in skirting

We have boxed pipes and it didn't even occur to me when we bought the house, as it's done matching with the wall and doesn't stand out, so no it didn't put me off!

Leaking underfloor pipes are a nightmare to deal with. We had damp amd condensation for years before tiles started to lift and we found the source.

I like the idea of the skirting that can hide the pipes.

It wouldn't bother me if they were boxed in or hidden by the skirting boards. On display they are a bit of a mare as they collect dust very quickly.