You are reading a single comment by @stevo_com and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
-
You can put boilers in bathrooms
This. The lasted rented flat I lived in had the boiler in the bathroom. Inspected every year for 6 years I was there and checked a couple of times by British Gas when they were doing metery stuff. No issues whatsoever. I think the main concerns are usually around proer electrical grounding and distance from the bath/shower. Ours was over the bog, one dude just said, "don't lean on it to take a piss if it gets a bit sparky".
stevo_com
Probably the best thing to do is pretend internally and externally that you don't know how any of this shit works but your builder says it will cost £xx to fix so you'd like the seller to contribute £X which is small beer and I hope that's OK.
Basically ^ this, wot @WjPrince says. It might be what they are expecting.
At a glance, there's nothing in the surveyor headlines that isn't shit that happens to houses. The boiler is an interesting one. You can put boilers in bathrooms, it just has to be done right. The Why it was put there is more interesting than the fact that it's there.