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You can get modern, controlled by your phone etc storage heaters. EG Dimplex Quantum, They are likely to be cheaper to heat the house than other electric heaters as they’ll use the night rate to heat the blocks. IE replace old with new.
Alternatively you’re getting electric radiators (which come in a variety, look like regular rads or fancier looking “electric” specific vibes), convection heaters (probably a flat panel but quite thick, with a grill at the top that hot air comes out of), or an IR panel (flat panel thinner, zaps out infrared like the sun and warms “the things not the air” so the wall opposite or a sofa etc.)
As far as I can tell it is mostly marketing BS as to which is best and they all work fine but electricity is more expensive than using gas to heat your home.
I would say go for whatever you fancy, I went for a mix of cheap IR and convection (from eBay/Robert dyas sale can’t remember) that use the same Tuya interface, and then replaced my storage heaters with modern ones, but they’re branded (second hand) fancy Dimplex.
Edit: the disadvantage is that the Dimplex lot use one app and the rest use another. I could have bought all Dimplex panel heaters as well, but it was expensive. I think there are two other sublicensed brands that do the same Dimplex heaters for less. One is sun-something-or-other. #helpful.
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The sparky we had over suggested a wall-mounted heater install (where we previously removed a storage heater) that can be plugged into a normal socket and controlled by phone or whatever so remotely switched on. Anyone got any DO buy/DON'T buy comments on this kind of thing?
Also sounds like the 13 install of circuit breakers now needs a refresh to be up-to-spec - more RCDs or something so there's more moolah gone but safety first, eh kids?