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Log burner - would it put you off buying a house?

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HelpMeHiveMind · 19/01/2022 20:27

Sorry another thread from me tonight!

I hadn't realised log burners were quite so controversial in terms of health risks and housefire risk...and of course the environment. The cost doesn't put me off hugely, but the other factors do worry me.

Is a log burner in a property a deal breaker or not a problem? (It does have perfectly good central heating too but would be a shame to have a log burner and not use it when it's the main focal point of living room)

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Allsorts1 · 19/01/2022 20:29

For me it would be a positive!

vickyc90 · 19/01/2022 20:29

@HelpMeHiveMind

Sorry another thread from me tonight!

I hadn't realised log burners were quite so controversial in terms of health risks and housefire risk...and of course the environment. The cost doesn't put me off hugely, but the other factors do worry me.

Is a log burner in a property a deal breaker or not a problem? (It does have perfectly good central heating too but would be a shame to have a log burner and not use it when it's the main focal point of living room)

Nope but then we intend adding one, I think it depends on the buyer. We move in a few weeks and intend replacing everything over the next few years so adding a log burner to the ever growing list wouldn't be a concern.

If you get a buyer who wants to put their furniture down (our buyer) and do nothing who doesn't want one it might be off putting.

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HelpMeHiveMind · 19/01/2022 20:30

@Allsorts1 I thought it was until I started reading more about them!

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CurtailingChaos · 19/01/2022 20:30

Yes it would put me off.
I wouldn’t want to go through all the faff of ripping it out.

As our neighbour has now fitted one (that stinks our house out with the smoke. Even the cat smells of smoke when she comes in!) it would also put me off buying a house if I viewed a house and the neighbouring property had a log burner flue.

lljkk · 19/01/2022 20:30

Are you buying or selling, OP?

Is the existing CH electric, gas or oil-fired?

IamwhoIsayIam · 19/01/2022 20:31

I recently bought a house with two! Even if you don't like using them a fireplace can still be an attractive focal point to a room so no idea why it would put someone off buying.

Feelingoood · 19/01/2022 20:32

Er, just don’t use it? Stick a few fairy lights inside?

SickAndTiredAgain · 19/01/2022 20:32

Umm I guess I’d be looking into how much of a faff they are to remove. I’ve no idea so if it is a pain to do, then yes it would put me off a bit because it would never get used so would just be there like an odd feature.

Wombat98 · 19/01/2022 20:42

I'm very sensitive to smoke & currently sat next to an air purifier...

However, we have one as it sorted out the massive draughts from an open 10 in chimney & Baxi grate, which was pretty much open to the outside. So I wouldn't take one out but on the rare occasion I use it, burn dry wood, burn at high temperatures, etc. Never burn rubbish or fence panels or shite given away free.

It's really the coal getting burnt that's making me ill. Tho the wood smoke is not great either. Shit treated wood is terrible for the environment.

It's really bad round here now, lots of fires getting installed. Just got an advert on FB from the local fire installer saying logburners save on bills, so it's only going to get worse.

We used to live right by a pair of dicks who lit a fire every single day, including every day of summer. I think that's why I have a smoke allergy now. They were fine, we used to sit there with all the windows shut in the height of summer as we were in their plume. Bloody hated them with a vengeance. Moved to get away from them and the twats next door had a chimney built on a tatty bungalow & installed a wood burner. Turned their garage into an homage to firewood. We moved again...

OwlNoises101 · 19/01/2022 20:43

It's a positive for me.

buckeejit · 19/01/2022 20:46

I love ours. We get well seasoned wood & house would be freezing without it

LubaLuca · 19/01/2022 20:48

It wouldn't put me off, but it would have to be a decent ornament and surplus to requirements for heating because I wouldn't want to use it. We had one in our previous house, and the novelty wore off very quickly.

TheLazyBeagle · 19/01/2022 20:50

No it wouldn’t put me off. I wouldn’t intentionally have one installed, but I think they’re a nice feature and would maybe have a couple of fires a year.
Far better than the ugly gas fire we inherited when we bought this house… we’ve lived here 4 years and have never had it switched on. I would rip it out but it would involve replacing the carpets and there’s nothing wrong with the carpets.

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HelpMeHiveMind · 19/01/2022 20:51

@lljkk gas

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LesLavandes · 19/01/2022 20:51

I used to live in the country with my wood burning log burner. It was the heart of the house. Now I live in a city with underfloor heating. I hate it. Enjoy

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HelpMeHiveMind · 19/01/2022 20:51

What about living in close proximity next door to one...I read they make it really unpleasant for the neighbours with smoke

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passionfruitpizza · 19/01/2022 20:52

Yes would definitely put me off.

Anothernamechange3 · 19/01/2022 20:52

We have one we don’t use after realising it exacerbated dh’s health issues. We bought some fairy lights designed to flicker like flame and sit them on the bed of the fire with logs on top. It looks great and we don’t need the heat as central heating is enough in our house. Visitors to our house always compliment the fire and if people were viewing to buy I’d switch our fairy lights on and it’s still a great focal point to the room. If we ever decide to remove it we could sell the stove plus the flue liner and get at least a couple of hundred to put towards a replacement. People spend hundreds of thousands on a house, I can’t see that a nice looking fire that you’d either not use or spend maybe £2k changing would be a deal breaker

DisforDarkChocolate · 19/01/2022 20:53

Not at all. I'd need to know what the quality was like, some are a lot better for the environment than others. I'd also be buying the good wood and not using that often but I could live with that.

lakeswimmer · 19/01/2022 20:57

No it would be a positive. We're looking at moving to a house without one and we will put one in. We've had them installed in our last two houses.

Only on MN have I ever heard anyone say they're smelly/unsafe etc. Mind you, I live rurally in an area without mains gas where they're very common.

stockpilingallthecheese · 19/01/2022 20:57

I'd be put off a house that didn't have one, or space and option to install one. Or an open fire, bloody love our log burner so cozy!!

Anothernamechange3 · 19/01/2022 20:58

Only got the lights recently, need to sort out getting the wire tucked away but it’s just as good as a real fire for us

Log burner - would it put you off buying a house?
JohnStonesMissus · 19/01/2022 20:59

It's a plus for me in a normal house but if the property was thatched it would put me off..

lljkk · 19/01/2022 21:00

is it gas cooker, too? Smells so much when I go in a house with gas hob, now.

A wood burner would make zero difference to me in an urban location house, I should think. When you think how much a property costs, just not important.

JohnStonesMissus · 19/01/2022 21:02

Sorry I meant to say if the log burner was in a thatched property it would put me off, otherwise I love them..it came out a bit wrong!

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