Woodstock and hearthstone are the only players in the soapstone game. I burn a heritage but would gladly switch to a woodstock if I could make it fit. See, the woodstocks have huge clearance requirements unless you are stuffing the stove into a fireplace. That is a factor in many homes that are small enough to be heated by woodstock's largest stove which is rated for 1600 SF. Your 1100 SF home should be very easy to heat with any of the woodstock stoves and the absolute best feature is the long burn times. I do not consider a local dealer to be important so the mail order route is only difficult in that you need to deal with a truck dock or some other third party to get the stove to your home.