Electric central heating - so ugly!

[CornishKK]

We're renovating a 200 year plus granite cottage in Cornwall with the end goal being to let it as a five star holiday let.

I have no option but electric central heating, there is no gas in the village and the cottage location means that we can't get oil deliveries etc. etc.

All electric radiators are massively expensive - I've found some lovely cast iron replicas but to use those is coming in at £5.5k and my electrician thinks they will be very expensive to run and inefficient.

I don't want modern looking and I don't want ugly!! Has anyone ever seen an attractive electric heater??

Help! Am I going to end up with ugly ones hidden by radiator covers?

Bump.

Anyone? Another fruitless evening of Googling, I have to make a decision soon anyone?!

What about alternatives, people love this and you can get a eco-mark.

Solar panels for heating can come in around £3k + boiler, there is ground source but the groundworks side can cost - say £10k

Will you get 5 rating with elec heaters? Have you had an inspection - sorry to be nosey but have you checked all the credentials for acheiving 5? Electric is a very expensive heating choose and agree that the amount of heat emitted may not meet the mark. If you rent 5* people expect to be very comfortable.

It depends, I would invest now and reap the rewards later as you may be renting out but the time you cover the electric bill, the profit margin may be pathetic.

Our 2nd property which we live in while renovating the farmhouse runs on calourgas and its mighty expensive as only use hot water for heating and washing - £100pm. We are looking at alternative as we agree that natural resourses are going to increase in cost.

Hi Bacon, thanks for your reply. I will definitely investigate the solar panel option further - I'd like some eco cred , you are right about non-renewable energy resources.

We already have one five star holiday let so I'm familiar with the criteria - the electric central heating we are looking at is a new German (not sure why that matters but it mentions it a lot on the marketing guff!) super efficient and cost effective system. Sounds great it's just FUGLY.

I'm yearning for the beautiful cast iron radiators that I just can't have.

Good luck with your renovation!

if the ground source is an option, Worcester have a cash-back scheme running till the end of the year.

I wonder if you're worrying about this too much, and whether the radiators will actually be quite unobtrusive in practice? The reason I say this is that our village installed radiators in a 600 year old church, and they are quite unnoticeable - they just blend into the background behind the pews and so on.

Which radiators are you looking at?

I agree that renewables would be a bit of a selling point - presumably you have a wood burning stove and so on?

Is electric underfloor heating an option?