Chimney falling off house - Should I try to save it? SLC

[Austyn Victoria]

Hey BP!

How valuable is a fireplace/ wood burning stove to a home in Salt Lake City Utah? Is it necessary to have a secondary heat source? (Furnace is only a few years old)

I’m under contract on a buy and hold single family home and the biggest problem is the chimney is falling off. It is loose from the building down to the base but still standing. I’ve read it can be around $10,000 to rebuild it. I’m not sure if there’s other methods of saving it because none of the contractors have gotten back to me yet. Do you think it’s worth the money to get it fixed? Do you think a wood burning stove adds enough value to a house to consider keeping it? Or should I remove it and think of an alternative like a gas log set?