50cm cooker in a 60cm gap - yay or nay

dizziblonde

We've got a cooker smaller than the gap - it's not really a problem as long as you're careful and clean down it occasionally. If it's a good deal, and it's an improvement on what she's got - go for it... ours will get replaced when the kitchen does - we can live with the gap until then as it would be daft paying for a new cooker or worktops in the short term.

Ames

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

I thought that was quite reasonable if it's in full working order and just needs cleaning. Seven years isn't particularly old for a cooker.

I don't know much about cooker costs (I don't have room for one in my kitchen so I don't have one), but I just think that if there's anything that can be got free or very cheap then £60 is a lot. I know last time I was looking for them, which is a few years ago, then you could get them either a lot cheaper or a lot newer for the same price.

Hootie19

Thank you for the reminder of having to get it properly wired in. Will call the guy who rewired our house tomorrow and see if he can do it for her. I'm sure DH is quite capable, but when it comes to my daughter, living alone with a small baby, I don't want to take any chances.

I have got someone who will collect the cooker (together with the bed frame and matress) and deliver to my daughter's flat next Saturday, for £30, as long as there is someone at each end of the journey to help load/unload, which I'm quite happy with.

Thank you all for your responses. DH will infill the gap somehow, so hopefully there won't be too much spillage.

And thank you to *redhead* for the tip about the height. Our own cooker (bought from Ebay) was a bit short for our kitchen so it's standing on a piece of wood to bring it up to the same height as the neighbouring worktops! Something else for DH to think about!

hostertlady

i have a gap either side of my cooker and i store my trays down there... just the perfect size..:)

BitterAndTwisted

Me too. Except my cooker was free 30 years ago and it was an antique then. Probs 1950s. It's never let me down and I've never thought that a gap twixt worktops and cooker was unusual. Lots of handy and bulky things go down in that space and saves valuable cupboard space for other things. £60 doesn't sound like bad deal for halogen especially coming from a home where the owner likes nice things. Probs looked after them too. Cracking deal on that bed.

Paul_Varjak

Hootie19 wrote: »

OK. It's a 7 year old cooker, 50cm wide, with a halogen hob, and it "needs a clean". She wants £60 for it. Does that sound reasonable?

I have no idea what "it needs a clean" entails - could be a professional job, or it could be a wipe over with some Mr Muscle!!

I sold my 1 year-old oven with four halogen hobs for £100 and it was spotless!