From 181c8069a1192ed9587fe8ec0a49ff24d78b57e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Khalim Conn-Kowlessar <kconnkowlessar@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 12:19:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] adding baseline heater cost

---
 recommendations/Costs.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/recommendations/Costs.py b/recommendations/Costs.py
index cb67a90f..bd8f160a 100644
--- a/recommendations/Costs.py
+++ b/recommendations/Costs.py
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ class Costs:
         :return:
         """
 
-        removal_cost = ROOM_HEATER_REMOVAL_COST * n_rooms
+        removal_cost = ROOM_HEATER_REMOVAL_COST * n_rooms + 200  # Adding a baseline £200 cost after commercial feedback
         removal_labour_hours = ROOM_HEATER_REMOVAL_LABOUR_HOURS * n_rooms
 
         vat = removal_cost * self.VAT_RATE