Bungalow, hosted by Paul

We live in a 3 bedroom semi detached 100m² bungalow, which had a ~30 year old oil boiler which needed to be replaced. Enquired about ASHP mid August, and it was installed in mid October. I had all seven radiators replaced, and I don't have underfloor heating. It was a very simple install which took two days for the bulk of it, with a third day finishing up, and commissioning. In mid January 2025 I had 18.8kWh of home batteries installed, which have reduced the running costs significantly down to less than £1 per day during January and February, buy charging them on a cheap tariff.

It's pretty good so far. The cold weather is just starting, but I'm confident that it'll cost about the same as, or less than oil to run over the year. As with our previous oil boiler, we do supplement our daily evening heating with a wood burner. To run it efficiently there is a slightly steep learning curve to adjust parameters, but it's okay. Update: the home battery upgrade has significantly helped with running costs.