




Meet The Neater Heater Team
Tony Sim and Richard Winter / Neater Heater Directors
Neater Heater is
based in Moraira, Northern Costa Blanca and has a team of English and Spanish
speakers.
Like most ex-pats moving to Spain we were shocked at how cold our houses became
in the winter.
We were also shocked at the price of installing a reasonable heating system.
We simply couldn’t afford gas or oil systems and decent quality electric
convector heaters were incredibly expensive to buy.
However, we had to opt for electric due to the prohibitive installation costs of
any viable alternative system.
We tried them all:
- Expensive
wall mounted oil-filled heaters - economical to run but not very
effective:
- Cheap
oil filled heaters from Ferreterias - cheap to buy, not very effective,
but incredibly expensive to run:
- Paintable
wall-mounted panel heaters – cheap to buy and incredibly ineffective.
For
our twelve year old son's bedroom, we bought the size of heater specified by the
manufacturer. It was totally ineffective, and unable to heat the room
sufficiently enough for him to be able to do his homework in there – even if he
wore his coat and gloves.
Then we had a lucky break!
While working in the holiday home of a British businessman, we were impressed
by his Beha electric heaters and asked him where he got them from.
He told us that they were Norwegian, and unavailable in Spain. It turned out that
he was the UK importer for Beha, and would happily get us some – which he did.
The improvement to our lifestyle was incredible. They cost no more to run than
the heaters they replaced, less in fact, but the whole house was warm in winter
for the first time since we had moved to Spain.
It was costing me less to keep my family warm than it had cost me the previous
year to keep them cold!
My son could now do his homework wearing just jeans and a teeshirt!
It didn’t
take us long to realise that these affordable, quality electric convector
heaters filled a gaping hole in the market, as
they not only provided economic running costs, but efficient heating as well.
Excited by the possibility of importing and
selling these fantastic heaters, we presented a business plan to our wives
Cathy and Nikki, who, with very little
persuasion, completely supported us.
To
paraphrase Victor Kiam:
We were so impressed with the product that we started a company.
Neater Heater was born.
Using the figures of our realistic competition we calculated that it would cost
well over €2,000 just to buy their most economic radiators to heat a (sample)
three bedroom villa, we would be able to supply and fit our convector heaters
to the same villa for less than €1000. Nine years later: We still can.
Many ex-pats obviously agreed with us and, despite beginning in the depth of the financial
crisis, we have grown to a point where we now have many outlets where
customers can view and purchase Neater heaters.
We have also
partnered with MRW couriers, to make these fantastic products available throughout
Spain, The Balearic Islands, France and Portugal when purchased through this
website’s online shop, with free delivery in Iberia, Portugal and France.
Always improving our service
For nearly a decade, we at
Neater Heater have striven to provide a much greater choice, with an impressive
expansion of our product range.
Neater
Heater customers are now able to choose from several manufacturers, styles, and
models. With the introduction of the Norwegian designed Adax range of heaters in 2013, and the Vigo range from Turkey in 2016, we can now offer a variety of
competitively priced heaters that neither compromise efficiency nor effectiveness.
The Beha, Vigo, and Adax are our most popular models due to their simplicity.
However, our Neo range, and
glass-fronted Clea heaters will
appeal to customers who have an eye for style and colour.
Our
latest exciting innovation is the introduction of the ADAX Wi-Fi App. This
allows our customers to control the timings and settings of certain models from
their mobile smart-phone. Using a user friendly App you can turn your heating
on from the Airport if you are returning after an absence, or check whether, or
not, you left the bedroom heater on accidentally, and then change its setting
if you found you have.
Whether
you want High Tech, or simple controls, Neater Heater is still Norway's (and
Turkey's) answer to efficiently heating your home in Spain (and France, and
Portugal).
Vigo operation instructions