A landlord's boiler blues just blew up!

Anybody that has read my previous posts on my longstanding spat with my plumber should know that things have finally reached an impasse. He has come clean that he is out of his depth. Having made his diagnosis that it was the PCB costing £150. Having got me to pick it up. Having installed it. The outcome was no hot water and no heating. Not the result I was hoping for!

Where can I get boiler insurance for less than a tenner a month?

I am starting to hear that phrase echoing in my head. "If you pay peanuts you get monkeys". Come to think about it, the plumber was quite hirsute. Maybe my judge of character is not what I thought it was. Landlords know that being a good judge of character is an essential part of being a successful landlord. My error in not being able to distinguish between the primate and the primitive will cost me dearly!

In an attempt to resolve the situation once and for all I phoned up Worcester Bosch to get one of their approved service engineers. "Yes Sir, we can get somebody out to you. We will change up to 3 parts and our price includes all labour and materials."

"The cost, oh yes that £185 call out unless its the heat exchanger in which case its £245."

At that point I was all for getting Miss Jones to knit the tenant a supply of pullovers and buying Masten an extra large kettle. She insisted that this was unacceptable. She feels responsible for the future matrimonial prospects of young Masten.

All I can say is that boiler insurance is starting to look good value.