I can add to the boiler woes. It's my own fault, i've spent more time test driving a car when I buy it than I did buying a bloody house. boiler is crap here, sounds like a jumbo jet, fires up only when it feels like it, stinks of oil, oh and the pipework is done in such a way that if you only want hot water in summer but no heating forget it as the water is pumped round the upstairs radiators regardless so it's boiling upstairs and cold down. We are having a new worcester bosch fitted for 3k all in. Bang go my granite worktops and I daren't even mention new wheels for the Z......