Price of replacement boiler

[rubble2]

Need some reassurance here please. We have recently put my late Mother's flat on the market (small 1-2 bedroom purpose built about 30 years ago) Anyway, guy comes round to do the energy audit for the HIP and says justifiably that the boiler (probably installed when originally built) will be recommended for replacement by a more efficient model. He then goes on to say that it would cost between 5 and 7 thousand quid to fit a replacement.

I know he isn't a heating engineer (neither am I) but I would have thought more like 2K.

Please tell me he is talking through his a**e

 

[gas4you]

Yes he is talking out of his proverbial

£2K should cover a basic boiler replacement easily

 

[Deleted member 105431]

he's talking out of his @rse! Bg can charge those sort of prices but only if you are stupid enough to pay it. Tell this guy to sling his hook and get 3 local heating engineers round for quotes.

 

[rubble2]

Thanks chaps,

Suitably reassured

 

[Whitespirit66]

Don't get suckered into this. There is no obligation on you to replace the boiler. All it will say n the HIP is what the efficiency of your current system is, and what it could be if a modern system was in place.

I know several estate agents who all say that very few potential purchasers even open a HIP report, let alone wade through the pages of mostly meaningless guff thats inside.

The crucial point that will either add value and desirability to your flat, or make it less valuable or desirable is whether it actually has FULL CENTRAL HEATING.

Thats what purchasers look for in an agent's details. It will be extremely unlikely that an older but safely working boiler will but anyone off. Its a 30 year old flat, they won't expect everything inside to be brand new.

Spending 2 or 3 grand will not increase the value of your flat by the same amount.

 

[glasgowgas]

Don't get suckered into this. There is no obligation on you to replace the boiler. All it will say n the HIP is what the efficiency of your current system is, and what it could be if a modern system was in place.

I know several estate agents who all say that very few potential purchasers even open a HIP report, let alone wade through the pages of mostly meaningless guff thats inside.

The crucial point that will either add value and desirability to your flat, or make it less valuable or desirable is whether it actually has FULL CENTRAL HEATING.

Thats what purchasers look for in an agent's details. It will be extremely unlikely that an older but safely working boiler will but anyone off. Its a 30 year old flat, they won't expect everything inside to be brand new.

Spending 2 or 3 grand will not increase the value of your flat by the same amount.

seconded.

 

[bengasman]

Joining the line of people telling you he is talking through his ass.

What might be useful for you to know is that the whole Energy Performance Certificate scam is just a PC point scoring scam to get people of the dole statistics and rake in more tax.
The vast majority of "inspectors" are useless idiots that go around ticking boxes and don't have a clue what they are on about.
You need the piece of paper to sell or let a property, but apart from that, it is not worth the paper it is written on.

As long as it works, keep your boiler.

 

[Agile]

When selling a property it often is worthwhile replacing the boiler if its old.

If you dont then ytou will get purchasor's surveyors saying it will cost £5-7k to replace the boiler and they will expect that to be knocked off the price.

A nre boiler with a five years manyfacturer's warrantee is a very positive selling point, all for about £2k.

Tony

 

[Whitespirit66]

When selling a property it often is worthwhile replacing the boiler if its old.

If you dont then ytou will get purchasor's surveyors saying it will cost £5-7k to replace the boiler and they will expect that to be knocked off the price.

A nre boiler with a five years manyfacturer's warrantee is a very positive selling point, all for about £2k.

Tony

That is extremely unlikely to happen. A survey deals with the structure of the property, it doesn't examine or test appliances fitted. I have just had a survey on my new house, and it specifically excludes fixtures and appliances that have no bearing on the structure of the building.

Its the fact that you have working central heating that is crucial. Going around replacing older appliances will do very little for saleability or value. If the buyer likes your flat, a new or old boiler won't make a jot of difference.

You have to be sensilble. Selling any property is now a very expensive undertaking. Don't run around spending money that you don't have to. Plenty of people will advise you to spend money, because it isn't their money!

 

[Agile]

That is extremely unlikely to happen. A survey deals with the structure of the property, it doesn't examine or test appliances fitted. I have just had a survey on my new house, and it specifically excludes fixtures and appliances that have no bearing on the structure of the building.

I cannot comment on your survey, but what I can say is that I get a lot of enquiries from purchasors who have negative comments on their surveys about the heating system.

Tony

 

[bengasman]

I have never had anybody ask me anything along these lines other than to find things to drag the price down.
If there is a brand new boiler, they will moan about the colour of it, or the location, or the make, or the size, and if that would all be perfect, they will want a discount because the front garden is too large compared to the back yard.
You make an offer on a house, you find as many points as you can to justify selling it to you for 40 grand less than the asking price; it really doesn't matter what, as long as you have a long list of things to moan about.

And even if it were true that an old boiler reduces the price, it would be even more reason not to replace it.

 

[cashjob]

When selling a property it often is worthwhile replacing the boiler if its old.

If you dont then ytou will get purchasor's surveyors saying it will cost £5-7k to replace the boiler and they will expect that to be knocked off the price.

A nre boiler with a five years manyfacturer's warrantee is a very positive selling point, all for about £2k.

Tony

Surveyors don't very often give prices for replacement boilers.
I would doubt the honesty or competence of any surveyor who quoted £5-7K for a boiler swap.

 

[bengasman]

I would doubt the honesty or competence of any surveyor who quoted £5-7K for a boiler swap.

I question the competence of most surveyors. period.
I know of cases where the "survey" is nothing more than driving past to check that the property exists.
Or at least that was so when houses sold themselves. As the market has keeled over, I suppose surveyors are trying to make themselves look more important.

 

[Boilerman2]

Don't repalce the Boiler unless it is a) Broken or b) Dangerous

HIP is just a load of PC Claptrap, I wouldn't choose one property over another just because it has a SEDBUK A boiler,

It dosen't end there, what about insulation, windows etc etc etc!!!

By the time you have brought it up to the Goverment standard you would have spent more money than the place is worth!!

 

[fatplumber]

Hokey dokey, I had a long discussion with the energy bloke doing some rented stuff for me. He said that boiler efficiency was one of the smallest factors in his assessment. Controls, lagging, insulation and windows were the main factors.