Should I install gas central heating or electric radiators?

I have just bought a house that needs a heating and hot water system installing. There is no mains gas in the property but there is a supply to the street. I have researched modern electric radiators and it seems that they can be controlled individually and to a high level of accuracy, which is attractive to me. It strikes me that it would cost the same amount to install electric radiators as it would to fit gas central heating. I know the cost of electricity is more than mains gas, but I have always found thermostats and TRVS less than accurate. So should I go for gas central heating or modern electric radiators?

However sophisticated the control system, electric radiators are still a form of electric resistance heating, so they will cost about three times as much to run as gas. For the foreseeable future, carbon emissions per kwh of heat delivered will also be higher. All modern gas boilers have timers and thermostats and you can have TRVS in each heated room to ensure that you are not warming spaces unnecessarily. ere are even digital versions available these days. If you have the option to use gas, I would definitely get it connected – it will repay you within a few years for space heating and even less time for hot water.