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I have just viewed a 1960's maisonette that needs quite a bit of modernisation and decoration and has electric storage heaters.
Are they as uneconomical as I'm lead to believe, or not that bad in terms of running costs?
they can be very expensive to run esp if there aint no insulation in the walls and ceilings. You also have to predict the waether 2moz all the time. They charge up overnight releasing a great deal of heat at 8am in the morn just when you leave for work. When you get back home it aint so warm but you have no opportunity to turn them on until 12 or 1am. Some have an override facility which gives a blast of warm air whenever needed. I know a guy who fiited them to his new build 5years ago, he put loads of insulation in the walls and ceilings and hes says that only half of the heaters are turned on.
Waveydave sums it up
I had them in my first house - if I'd stayed there any longer I'd have ripped them out and put proper gas central heating in - far easier to control and regulate
I have them. Just burn stuff in the garden and huddle round, better and cheaper in any weather.
Cheers, the vendor had a gas fire in the living room and said she used that to warm the room up rather than use the storage heaters.
There was also the fact the kitchen needed replacing (probably original, some might say retro), new bathroom, lilac carpets...did however have a nice garden and a garage.
We had them in a flat. Woeful.
Weasel - provided you put in an offer that allows for all those costs plus installing central heating (not that bad if you have gas in the property), the nice garden and garage will do nicely!
Factor in money for gas Central heating as soon as you move in , had them in an earlier bungalow I had and they were expensive and also ran out of heat very quickly