Well..... progress on the house may be slow but we have now got a cooker for it!!You might remember from a previous blog that we want wood fired to run central heating, hot water and cooking. We looked into several makes - Esse, which I thought were beautiful but they could not produce enough BTU for our needs. Aga - dont do wood fired and dont run central heating (strange really when Aga is the first range cookers everyone thinks of.) Italian ones, you name it, we looked at it. I looked at a company in the Midlands who would sell us a Rayburn (Woodfired) and export it for us so that we didnt have to pay VAT on it. It would still cost us £4,200 including delivery.
Finally, just after New Year, Simon found a local business who reconditions ranges so we went along and had a look. We looked at his showroom and he has so many to choose from of all different ages and prices. He's also converting oil-fired to wood as he is finding that is what everyone is going for. If anyone reading this is looking for a range - go and see this guy at AGA House, Scorrier, Cornwall.... The only additional item that we paid for (other than reconditioning) was to have two brand new chrome lids.It's now finished and has a rap round boiler which has a capacity of 65,000 BTU - excellent!
And.....it looks fab. Unfortunately, as it was only just finished and still in their work shop, my photography is not doing their work justice. (BTW we plumped for a matt finish, rather than the enamelled finish and I think that it looks more in keeping to go into a 200+ year old house - you be the judge!)
It'll be delivered whilst we are out there in a month or so - Sooo - we need the house to crack on now!! :-))
