Moving House - buy vendor's white goods or not?

NicoleW

Howdy all

Can anyone give me some advice please?

Moving into a house soon (I hope) and the vendor wants to sell me some white goods. I have no idea what is realistic to pay! There is a washing machine, dishwasher and fridge/freezer, all purchased in 2006. Only warranty is on dishwasher until 2011.

Do you think it's worth buying them, and if so, how would I get an idea of what is reasonable? Or should I get down to Curry's for new? Thanks for reading.

DKLS

No more than £50 each at best. Unless they are maytag appliances.

LandyAndy

If they are only 3-4 years old then definitely worth buying them at the sort of price DKLS suggests. they should last you many more years.

Is the vendor wanting rid of them because they are buying a place with new appliances already installed? If so, make them a low offer as they will not want the hassle of disposing of them.

MORPH3US

New you'd be looking at 3 x £200 each (ish) so would save you a fair bit if you could get them all for £50 each.

Being 3 to 4 years old though, I would disagree with Andy that they should last "many more years"... things aren't built like they used to be (to coin a phrase) so they could go next week or they could last another year or two.

Having said all that you could possibly get stuff off freecycle to keep you going for now if money is tight so don't go too high for them IMHO.

princess_loki

nearly five years ago i bought washing machine, tumble dryer, fridge freezer and microwave for £150 from previous owners. washing machine lasted until just after christmas so a bargain and saved me the hassle of waiting for delivery etc. :money:

space_rider

NicoleW wrote: »

Howdy all

Can anyone give me some advice please?

Moving into a house soon (I hope) and the vendor wants to sell me some white goods. I have no idea what is realistic to pay! There is a washing machine, dishwasher and fridge/freezer, all purchased in 2006. Only warranty is on dishwasher until 2011.

Do you think it's worth buying them, and if so, how would I get an idea of what is reasonable? Or should I get down to Curry's for new? Thanks for reading.

I have always sold my white goods when I`ve moved house. I asked for £50 each 3 years ago. She never paid, she was a nightmare buyer so just couldn`t be bothered to pursue it. House before was £50 each and they paid. That was back in the day when things were much more expensive.

DKLS

I should add, when I sold my last house, I was very fortunate to have buyers who loved my tastes and had just returned from working overseas so they had nothing, so I flogged them the lot, beds, sofas, house full of oak furniture, curtains, tv, dvd player.

Was very therapeutic to start again.

Kirri

I personally wouldn't buy them as things don't tend to last too well these days, especially dishwashers. They might leave them anyway if you don't buy them as they obviously don't want to take them. I'd rather buy brand new or get for free from Freecycle.

The previous owner to me left her white goods but left them for free, I didn't even want them but they did until I got new.

Kirri

DKLS wrote: »

I should add, when I sold my last house, I was very fortunate to have buyers who loved my tastes and had just returned from working overseas so they had nothing, so I flogged them the lot, beds, sofas, house full of oak furniture, curtains, tv, dvd player.

Was very therapeutic to start again.

I like the idea of doing that though, getting rid of the lot for a new start!

NicoleW

Thank you so much to everyone who has replied! :beer:

That answers my question perfectly! I love this forum!

ET1976

Personally I would not buy them and hope that they just leave them anyway! This happened to us :-) If they are offering to sell it's unlikely they would take them with them if you don't buy them, and they may just decide disposing of them is more hassle than it's worth when it actually comes to it.

I few years ago I had to replace my fridge, freezer and washer/dryer all within a few months of each other when I had had them from new less than 6 years before. You might be lucky and get plenty of use from them or they might pack up this year.