6th “thing” achieved: 23. Treat the house to an upgrade

When I bought my house 6 years ago, it still had the original warm air heating system that it was built with in 1980. The boiler was ancient, the heating noisy and inefficient, and so I immediately got quotes for Central Heating.

£6,000! “It’s the piping and the radiators you see luv,” they said. It caused me a real dilemma. As well as the cost, I would need to completely re-jig my house which has special cavities built in for the warm air to circulate, and instead use up precious wall space to put radiators, and have pipes all over the place.

So I put it off, and put it off, thinking that if it ain’t broke, why waste the money? It got to 2016 and I decided this was my year to take action. Expensive or not, I would get new heating. And a shower that had normal water pressure instead of a dribble.

Well of course that is when it broke, and just as I had promised to get it sorted!

After a lot of research and steeling myself against the sting of parting with my hard-earned cash, I decided to retain the warm air system, but upgrade to a modern one. I’m really happy with the results, and my house hasn’t been trashed in the meantime! It didn’t cost £6,000 in the end (didn’t have to buy the pipes of or radiators, you see luv) but still was a fair chunk of cash.

Totally worth it as I sit in my toasty house (which even has an air circulation option for summer) and every time I have a proper power shower…. Bliss!