We're going all electric!

That looks exactly the sort of thing I've been thinking about having. Although we have central heating, we kept the old gas fire in the living room "just in case", but we've never needed to use it.  I'd love to replace it with the type of fire you've just bought because I've read that you can have the flame effect on without the heat, and I that on summer evenings when it goes a bit cooler, it would be nice to have just the effect of a fire, and, perhaps, just very little heat. 
I'd love to know how you get on with it, it looks absolutely lovely.

I think that is lovely and totally in keeping with your beautiful cottage.    I changed mine 2 years ago, from a log burner stove in an inglenook , to a gas completely flat to the wall, about 18" off the floor.  Best of all it is totally remote, from where I sit on the sofa.   The sides and back of it are black mirror glass, so it reflects the flames.They are  so realistic these days.    I just could not manage on my own with a ton of logs arriving on a pallet along with all the daily routine of ashes, log basket, kindling etc.
No no no, this was definitely with way forward for me and I love it.    I am sure you will enjoy yours as well. GG.     regards  Mrs Bouquet, and  thanks for the cosy picture.   

Having a coal fire has been lovely but the cost of fuel, the mess it makes, having to riddle the grate and empty the ash-pan has got a bit too much so we thought we'd get an electric fire, but this was rather persuading to say the least! Before you read the next bit see what you think.

Actually it is an electric fire with overhead lights and an inserted grate comprising of look-alike coal and logs with a water container. When it's switched on you can't tell it from the real thing because the water evaporates that looks like smoke. Every time OH fiddles with it I don't want him to burn himself so that's how realistic it is.

Our coal costs over a grand per year plus slack so that will help towards the bill. The various operating buttons are hidden underneath a flap in the grate and it also has a remote control. There are two heat settings (medium and high), the lighting is adjustable, the water bottle fits into a little reservoir and just needs to be re-filled every day but that's no problem and we don't find the noise from the fan at all intrusive in our little main room; in fact it just sounds like a log-burner with a back-boiler when it's heating water. The only thing we're finding is that when the doors are closed they steam up somewhat. When we first filled the bottle there was a nice little amount of smoke coming out and they were ok but it began the next day, so maybe it's because it's not the best position because it should be flat against a wall whereas it's in front of our open fire. We put a fire-screen behind it but think it will operate better if the open fire was blocked off. As for my husband, he'll just have to find somewhere else to roast his chestnuts! 

Blimes, Goosey, you're on a winner there with coal costing that much!

I've just checked our fuel bills for a few years, and we never got above £700, and that may have included some logs as well, so good for you!

Mind you, we have these storage heaters, which are ugly but just sit there and do the job they're meant to do, and most of the time they're switched off anyway! The other power threads we all have going here are indicative of a real interest in the way the public are being conned by power charges, and while the coal suppliers are usually pretty good (I always 'negotiate' with the lovely lady in Corralls near Canterbury,and a few whispers in her ear saves me a tenner - bless), but it's our cash and I want it to go in the right direction, so well done you for doing what comes naturally!

Mind you, all that skirt raising in front of the new fire may have to be a Youtube..;0)

(And don't say 'in your dreams', like you did last time..;0)