Advice on new boiler please

[fridaynightdinnerandbaileys]

Hi my dad's boiler needs replacing. He has a two bed semi detached house and I think it is a combi boiler. He has been quoted 2.5k with eon for a Worcester boiler, and for it to be moved from the bedroom to the bathroom. Does this sound reasonable please? Many thanks

I think we paid about £3k for a Worcester boiler to be moved from kitchen to bathroom and a roof flue installed. That was about 5/6 years ago. We are in SE.

I would usually ask a plumber rather than a power company as they often charge over the odds.

Impossible to say if the quote is reasonable without knowing about how big the job is to move the boiler.

However, a combi boiler is good for most 2 bed houses and that is a good brand.

I think when my boiler was replaced (same brand) it was around £1300.

Sorry have just spoken to my dad he's said he's now keeping it where it is as it won't fit in the bathroom so should be £2k. We're up in Yorkshire if that helps. Many thanks for the replies

@fridaynightdinnerandbaileys we are in Yorkshire and had a new boiler and all our radiators replaced by HelpLink a few years ago. Could not fault them or the price. My friend had hers done first and I was happily surprised at the cost so went ahead and booked mine. They replaced about 15 radiators and the boiler.

He could get a quote from them www.boilersprices.co.uk/help-link-boilers-prices/

Also I would consider the repositioning due to it not being in an ideal place.

Dh just reminded me, they are now Homeserve

www.homeserve.com/uk/

Still a Yorkshire company though, Leeds then Castleford.

Still a Yorkshire company though

Homeserve is based in Walsall, and was started as partnership between South Staffordshire Water and Richard Harpin.

What can sometimes be good is either the local 'trusted trader' scheme if your council has one - it'll have reviews on it - or asking in a local fb group.
My plumber is consistently recommended whenever anyone asks in my local group, alongside a couple of others who are also decent.
Reliable trades are busy just now but for me it was worth the wait.
And I didn't have a working boiler at all for a few weeks - it was not nice.

@SuperLoudPoppingAction

What can sometimes be good is either the local 'trusted trader' scheme if your council has one - it'll have reviews on it - or asking in a local fb group. My plumber is consistently recommended whenever anyone asks in my local group, alongside a couple of others who are also decent. Reliable trades are busy just now but for me it was worth the wait. And I didn't have a working boiler at all for a few weeks - it was not nice.

sadly that is one of the results of a combi boiler.

I like a regular boiler, when my old one failed I just turned on the immersion heater for a month or two and there was no hurry or inconvenience. The new one is surprisingly small and fits in a 400mm kitchen wall cabinet.

Mine's regular actually. But I have a bigger house.
The reason the old one was knackered was because nobody had done any maintenance on the house for goodness knows how long - it was a regular condensing boiler but ancient.

But OP, PigletJohn is basically a boiler related genius
He will see you right!