I am buying a small house, one bed, bathroom, kicthen and lounge.

Has anyone any experiece or guidance as to how much this is likely to
cost?

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:56:11 -0700, Wilmslowwhite
wrote:

I am buying a small house, one bed, bathroom, kicthen and lounge.

Has anyone any experiece or guidance as to how much this is likely to
cost?

£1500 should be absolute tops. Shop around for quotes and don't ask
BG.

On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:22:50 +0100, wrote:

On 26 Sep,
EricP wrote:

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:56:11 -0700, Wilmslowwhite
wrote:

I am buying a small house, one bed, bathroom, kicthen and lounge.

Has anyone any experiece or guidance as to how much this is likely to
cost?

£1500 should be absolute tops. Shop around for quotes and don't ask
BG.

Or ask BG first, and shop around for quotes half (or less) of their figure.

Yes. That would be best. Anything about half theirs would be par. )

"Wilmslowwhite" wrote in message
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I am buying a small house, one bed, bathroom, kicthen and lounge.


What? No (seperate) toilet?
No garden? No ORP (off road parking) as the local Estate Agents' say?

Has anyone any experiece or guidance as to how much this is likely to
cost?


Location? Location? Location?

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Brian

On Sep 25, 8:56 pm, Wilmslowwhite wrote:
I am buying a small house, one bed, bathroom, kicthen and lounge.

Has anyone any experiece or guidance as to how much this is likely to
cost?

DIY?

MBQ

On 25 Sep, 20:56, Wilmslowwhite wrote:
I am buying a small house, one bed, bathroom, kicthen and lounge.

Has anyone any experiece or guidance as to how much this is likely to
cost?

Thanks for all your comments.

I am looking at a small/cheap boiler - £300, with 4 rads and I reckon
the materials will cost £800 from a DIY chain.

I will speak to a few plumbers, my ideal scenario would be for it to
work out cheaper alround for me to buy the materials and get a plumber
to fit for £500 cash.

I'll let you know how I get on.

Thanks to everyone once again.

"Wilmslowwhite" wrote in message
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On 25 Sep, 20:56, Wilmslowwhite wrote:
I am buying a small house, one bed, bathroom, kicthen and lounge.

Has anyone any experiece or guidance as to how much this is likely to
cost?

Thanks for all your comments.

I am looking at a small/cheap boiler - £300, with 4 rads and I reckon
the materials will cost £800 from a DIY chain.

I will speak to a few plumbers, my ideal scenario would be for it to
work out cheaper alround for me to buy the materials and get a plumber
to fit for £500 cash.

I'll let you know how I get on.

Thanks to everyone once again.

With a small cheap n nasty boiler & Screwfix rads (pretty good value for
money and look OK) and a straightforward installation i don`t think you`ll
see any change from £1700 ish. BG will want double and probably more.

richard
www.fullflow-plumbing.co.uk

Wilmslowwhite wrote:

I am looking at a small/cheap boiler - £300, with 4 rads and I reckon
the materials will cost £800 from a DIY chain.

I don't think you're going to find a (new) boiler that cheaply. For a
start, these days you have to fit a condensing model, which has caused a
step-shift in prices.

I will speak to a few plumbers, my ideal scenario would be for it to
work out cheaper alround for me to buy the materials and get a plumber
to fit for £500 cash.

You'll find that's not the plumbers' ideal scenario though! They
usually expect to supply and fit, which (a) lets them add a mark-up and
which your plan deprives them of, and (b) prevents the real issue of
what happens if/when it doesn't work properly - is it down to him (bad
installation) or you (bad equipment), whereas if he provided everything
there would be no question.

Can be done, though - have done it myself! ;-)

David

On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:46:33 -0700, Wilmslowwhite wrote:

I am looking at a small/cheap boiler - 300

I take it you're going to flog the place immediately after then?

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John Stumbles

A backstreet vasectomy left me sterile

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:28:18 +0000, John Stumbles wrote:

On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:46:33 -0700, Wilmslowwhite wrote:

I am looking at a small/cheap boiler - 300

I take it you're going to flog the place immediately after then?

Inside the guarantee period I would hope. See Boiler Choice FAQ.


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