New kitchen appliances

Posted by SpiceWare, 28 June 2011 · 178 views

I paid off my car this month so decided it was time to replace the kitchen appliances from 99. Main incentive was the old dishwasher's racks were rusting out, plus it was super noisy.

The new dishwasher is nice and quiet. The fridge has slick looking LED lighting + an in-door-icemaker. Microwave has a pop-out vent and the new stove has 2 ovens
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batari
Jun 28 2011 3:55 PM

I'll bet that set you back way more than a month's car payment. My dual-oven range alone cost me about four car payments...

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SpiceWare
Jun 28 2011 4:36 PM

That it did, the oven equaled 3 car payments.

My original plan was to save up the cash and buy a new appliance every 2-3 months. I'd been checking the various stores to figure out what I wanted. I checked Home Depot's just as they started their July 4th sale. With free delivery/haul away, half off installation, etc, it resulted in well over $1000 off. Add 12 months with no interest on top of the savings and it made sense to get them all at the same time.

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batari
Jun 28 2011 11:54 PM

Well, getting them all at once is a good idea if you want to switch color schemes. It's probably something I should have done. When I bought my house, the appliances were over maybe 12 years old at the time, and I've just been replacing them as they break and matching the color of the existing appliances, and now only the dishwasher still works. I would rather have stainless than white, but at this point I have too much money into them to switch.

As you'll probably find, fridge water filters are a racket. They last maybe a month and cost $30-$40, so every few years, you've bought a fridge worth of filters. I got tired of this and just installed an external filter.