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If you were renting would you rather have ..?
kingshir
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A dishwasher or a tumble dryer?
Am getting a flat ready to be relet and am intending install one or the other. Can't afford both at the moment, so it will be one now and the other in 6-12 months time. So please tell me which you would prefer?
Am getting a flat ready to be relet and am intending install one or the other. Can't afford both at the moment, so it will be one now and the other in 6-12 months time. So please tell me which you would prefer?
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A dishwasher or a tumble dryer?
Am getting a flat ready to be relet and am intending install one or the other. Can't afford both at the moment, so it will be one now and the other in 6-12 months time. So please tell me which you would prefer?
Our rented flat has a dishwasher and a washer/dryer. To be honest I only ever use the dryer for towels but couldn't live without the dishwasher.
So I'd say dishwasher 1st and dryer second (if at all - I don't have one at my real home!).:A MSE's turbo-charged CurlyWurlyGirly:A
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Is there somewhere to dry clothes? A garden with a washing line? No - go for the tumble dryer. Yes, go for the dishwasher."Mrs. Pench, you've won the car contest, would you like a triumph spitfire or 3000 in cash?" He smiled.
Mrs. Pench took the money. "What will you do with it all? Not that it's any of my business," he giggled.
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If no outside drying for clothes, then definitely a tumble dryer. That will also protect the property from damp, provided the tenants use it. If you put in a DW, tenants may buy their own condensor TD and put it somewhere with inadequate ventilation, which will also cause you problems0
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I would prefer the tumble dryer... regardless of whether there is somewhere to dry clothes or not.
A flat is likely to be occupied (assuming it's 1 or 2 bed) by at most 2 professionals, not making too much mess in terms of washing up.
However, two people's washing can take a long time to dry, and if the tumble dryer was there, it's half the hassle.
I have a tumble dryer in my flat and wouldn't be without it. I deliberately haven't got, nor missed, a dishwasher.0 -
I don't have anywhere outside to dry clothes so use airers in bathrooms etc to dry them.
I would never dry clothes in a tumble dryer.:A MSE's turbo-charged CurlyWurlyGirly:AThinks Naughty Things Too Much Clique Member No 3, 4 & 5 0 -
brazilianwax wrote: »I don't have anywhere outside to dry clothes so use airers in bathrooms etc to dry them.
I would never dry clothes in a tumble dryer.
Hope you don't mind me asking why you wouldn't use a tumble dryer. Is it the cost that puts you off or some other reason?0 -
However, two people's washing can take a long time to dry, and if the tumble dryer was there, it's half the hassle.
I disagree. My brother-in-law has to take his washing home to his mother because the people he shares a house with use the washer dryer and it takes hours for a load to be done.:A MSE's turbo-charged CurlyWurlyGirly:AThinks Naughty Things Too Much Clique Member No 3, 4 & 5 0 -
Dishwasher, a million times over! I think too many people see Tumble Dryers as too expensive to use, and enviornmentally unfriendly. I read somewhere that a good dishwasher can use less water in the long run than washing by hand...0
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Hope you don't mind me asking why you wouldn't use a tumble dryer. Is it the cost that puts you off or some other reason?
My parents had one when I was growing up and I lost count of the number of things that got ruined by them (shrunk, torn, bobbled).
I use it for towels because they do take ages to dry on their own and they come out fluffy, but I don't have a dryer at my proper home and don't intend to.:A MSE's turbo-charged CurlyWurlyGirly:AThinks Naughty Things Too Much Clique Member No 3, 4 & 5 0 -
brazilianwax wrote: »I disagree. My brother-in-law has to take his washing home to his mother because the people he shares a house with use the washer dryer and it takes hours for a load to be done.
My mum has a washer/dryer and it too takes ages to wash and dry a load of washing which is why I'm looking at a separate dryer.0
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