Storage heaters to Air Source?

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We hopefully complete on our new house this week. It's is fairly rural, although actually only 2 miles from a main town. There is no gas, and the property currently has ancient storage heaters.
Before we tackle the patterned carpets and walls, we know we need to decide on the future of our heating. We are considering air source and a log burner, but what would you do? Currently electric only, no oil either.
Any advice welcome!

*It's fairly rural...

oil, as our London-based government don't notice that. Much cheaper per unit heat as electricity prices rocket.

log burner too for backup and to use less oil - wood not pellets.

air source - possibly. And a ton of insulation, especially if it is an older property.

You need to consider the house as a whole in terms of its energy needs.

For air source to work, you need to first focus on reducing energy demand - internal and external wall insulation, loft and underfloor insulation.

You also need to think about fitting underfloor heating or suitable sized larger radiators to get the best out of a heat pump.

Would recommend joining the Facebook group Heat pumps UK and Ireland and asking there for local companies who will come and do an assessment of the energy needs of your property.

I'm in a similar dilemma.

My electrician says that unless you have excellent insulation, electric heating is uneconomic and GSHP wont supply enough heat unless you have excellent insulation!
A friend had a GSHP and found it too noisy, a lot of mess to bury it all in too.

So i am improving insulation, fitting DB (the rooms i ve done so far have made a huge difference) and then a woodburner (definitely) still not sure on solar and hi efficiency storage heaters.

Really helpful feedback thank you. It's a very old property and not insulated well at all at the moment - that is definitely the first job! Although we have also read horror stories of wall insulation creating damp so may need to be careful.
I've been wondering who could come around and give us some advice independently without trying to sell us a certain product. Think I need to look into that more!

@thecatsatonthewall DB? Sorry... It's been a long week!

EnerPhit is a scheme for architects retrofitting homes to super efficient standards and reducing energy usage .
You could start by looking for an architect's firm that participates in the scheme and have a chat with them as you then know they are an architect who knows a lot about it

(PassiveHaus is the scheme for new builds, EnerPhit for retrofits)
www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/members/architects_and_designers/

@MojoMoon great advice, thank you.

[quote Cartref26]@thecatsatonthewall DB? Sorry... It's been a long week![/quote]
Sorry meant double glazing.

I ve kept the origin frames but changed the sashes.

Old solid walls need to breath, cavity insulation can bridge damp.