Aga or LPG oil for central heating?

[BunnyWilliams]

The house that we are buying currently doesn't have central heating. It's heated by two wood burners in the main reception rooms and electric heaters in the others. We viewed when it was cold outside and the house was very warm with these things on. I don't want electric heaters though, due to the cost, the faff of having to turn them on/off individually and the potential fire risk.

We are retaining some money so we can install a central heating system when we move in. We'll also be moving the existing kitchen to the dining room. During this work, I'm wondering whether it would be better to consider something like an aga to run the heating (and also cook on obvs) or if we should just go with an oil fired boiler? The property isn't on mains gas.

If you have experience of either, I'd love to hear your opinion. In addition to the cost, I'm wondering about the efficiency and the mess/upheaval when installing.

We're in a 1835 property. Oil fired central heating and range cooker is LPG hob and electric oven.

Oil here and 21 years experience, with boiler regularly serviced each year. We have a calor gas hob, electric oven, oil for heating and hot water, with an emersion for back up water, or just to put water on. Our heating engineer, who covers all heat systems, does not recommend other sources of heating for us or others and has had a few people that have moved into new homes with systems that he has had to change due to the cost and lack of efficiency. He says that due to the nature of the construction / fabrics of the home, you can't just put the heating in you want, as the fabric of the building very much affects the efficiency of the heating source. We have a double bunded tank, cost is about gas or less. We do not have a regular delivery, but as oil is a commodity use a few suppliers when we need to refill, as the price per litre can vary by supplier and ordering a 1000 litres each time means it can make a difference.

You should check out the ECO4 scheme as they are targeting properties with inefficient heating (oil and off gas properties are heavily funded). If anyone in the house has a health condition (asthma or anything else) or low income (less than £31K) it provides heating upgrades to a heat pump, sometimes solar and insulation aswell. The Gov are targeting off gas properties also might be worth checking if the new house qualifies - see https://energysavinggenie.co.uk/eco4-scheme/ - hope the purchase goes smoothly