We bought our house last year, knowing it was a complete fixer upper in terms of needing moderisation. Basically everything (right down to decoration) was last done in about 1985. It's a large 5 bedroom house, 3 storeys. Insulation rubbish because it's in a conservation area so needs pricey windows that we need to save for (currently have those rubbish 80s secondary glazing panels bolted onto the windows).
We had a careful budget and timeline which has been blown out of the water by an unexpected issue with the roof which has to be fixed urgently and is going to cost five figures. FML. Anyway.
Our current boiler looks fairly new, but just doesn't work. I can't see the model but it's a Worcester-Bosch. Radiators on third floor never come on properly and water pressure in third floor bathroom really low (not sure if this is a boiler issue).
BOXT look almost too good to be true. We are all cold and having to run electric heaters (we also have electric throws, oodies, etc etc) so bills are distressing. The highest quote I'm getting from them is £50 a month and I suspect we'd save that on heating easily.
Does anyone have any experiences, thoughts etc?
Just to add, very likely we need a complete rewire in the near future (which is what the roof repair money was to be for....)... a bit worried about whether they will install a boiler if rewiring needed?