Relocating boiler under stairs?

[Sorbustree123]

We've just run through the possible locations for our new combi boiler with our plumber and one of the options is under the stairs in a cupboard accessed via the kitchen. It would occupy about half of the reduced height area under the lowest steps of the stairs, but would be out of the way visually and would avoid using a wall cupboard in the kitchen to house the boiler. Just wondering is anyone has any thoughts/advice on this? Thanks so much!

What about the noise ?
We put ours outdoors.

Ours is in the loft 👍

I think it sounds ideal as long as it isn't too low down. Just make sure you can see the pressure gauge, it's underneath on mine.

How low down would be too low down? The plumber explained the flue would go outside through the external wall and we would then need a pipe to take it up to a certain height and/or if it's low it needs a wire basket cover around it. This may be a little unsightly but it's were the bins are kept anyway so perhaps not such a big issue. The house is an interesting shape with the kitchen in a side extension. Image attached that should explain better than I can. There's not a lot of room in the attic due to reduced head height, but we did discuss this as another potential location. Perhaps this would be better?

Are you short of kitchen cupboard space? Will it make a big difference having the extra cupboard?

What do you use the under stairs cupboard for, and how much space will be left in there once the boiler is in there? If there's bigger stuff like vacuum cleaner, mop ad bucket, ironing board, will they still fit in there or do you have somewhere else to store them?

What is the difference in price between leaving it in the kitchen cupboard and moving it under the stars?

Too low down is if you had to lie on the floor to read the pressure gauge.
My boiler is in the attic and it's a pain if anything goes wrong.

I put one under the stairs. It was fine, high enough to see the guage. We had a lot of pressure issues, so it turned out to be helpful that it wasn't in the loft, the only other option

Is it a floor mounted boiler?
My combi is, so the controls are at the top (therefore easily accessible) rather than at the bottom as on wall mounted ones.
If your installer thinks it's a good idea and is happy to install then my only thoughts would be what else the cupboard is presently, or maybe in the future, used for.

Ours is under the stairs and I find it ideal, it's hidden but still accessible, I'd find it tricky to go up and down to the loft. There's still plenty of room for the ironing board, coat hooks and a ton of shit that I should probably throw away 🤨

Thanks everyone. I should have explained that we've only just recently got the keys and haven't moved in yet and won't do until a new boiler is installed. The current one is a back boiler in the fireplace that is not safe to use. I think that under the stairs is sounding like a good options and it is also the easiest option in terms of installation (access to pipes, etc) and will still leave at least have of the under stairs cupboard free to use for all those items it's nice to tuck away. Thanks!

the condensate should preferably go straight to an indoor wastepipe, for example, the sink waste, so the kitchen is a very convenient place.

I don't know how big your boiler will be, but mine fits inside a 400mm wide, 300mm deep kitchen wall cabinet, which is no hardship.

Putting it close to an external wall corner means air turbulence tends to disperse the plume of steam in winter.