On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 02:24:40 -0800 (PST), Man at B&Q wrote:

Hum, with a boiler that old it's going to knock a few grand off
the
price of the house or at least give any buyers a reason for
making
reduced offers. It's also not a good selling point, where as a
new
boiler is...

Point taken, but it's a floor-standing beastie with a huge flue
terminal.

The new occupants will probably want to remodel it all anyway. If
they've any sense they will appreciate it being left as it is.

That is also valid. There is no right answer. If the kitchen is
otherwise "modern" rather than also 1960's then a new boiler is
probably worth it even with the disruption of switching to a balanced
flue wall mounted jobbie. It's something that the new occupants
"won't have to do". How ever if the place is in need of general
refurbishment, plumbing, wiring, kitchen. bathroom etc leave it as a
blank canvas on which they can make their mark.

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Cheers
Dave.