white goods for a new home

DWhite

Hi all,


Not sure if this is the best forum to post on but worth a try.
I'm in the process of buying my first house, it will be myself and my 10 year old living there.


We will need all white goods as there aren't any being left in the property.


I will need a decent, reliable, but not expensive washing machine and fidge/freezer.


What would people recommend in terms of brands and places to shop from?
In terms of washing load for the washing machine we will only need 7kg capacity for the 2 of us so we can get away with a small machine. But I don't want to go too cheap and have it break down in 18 months. Also in the past I had an indesit machine and struggled to get plumbers to look at it when the heating element went, apprently they don't like working on them??


With regards to the fridge/freezer there's room for a full size one in the kitchen. I do buy lots of fresh fruit/veg and use the freezer to store extra portions of meals so it will need a proper freezer and not just a top part.



Thanks in advance

Savvy_Sue

What's your budget? If very limited, I'd look for reconditioned models from local furniture projects and charity shops, but make sure they come with some guarantee.

Brands: when my washing machine died our engineer recommended Bosch.

-taff

I usually go to AO online. There's a pick list at the side for you to choose by budget, manufacturer etc, and the reviews of the appliances have always been spot on.

Red-Squirrel_2

If you aren't bothered about appearance, Currys have clearance stores where appliances with cosmetic damage are sold at big discounts. Usually dents or scratches.

Kynthia

People usually say good things about Bosch washing machines and dishwashers.

I have one of those larfe American style fridge freezers and I hate the freezer section. It's very narrow and stuff always falls out of the shelves. It's terrible for batch cooking and isn't even wide enough for a big pizza. Our last fridge had big freezer drawers at the bottom and these were much much better. My parents have a full height one-door fridge in the kitchen and a separate full height one-door freeze in the utility room. This gives them loads of storage. A friend has a small chest freezer in their garage for their batch cooking.which I think they picked up fairly cheaply.

chelseablue

I currently have a Samsung washing machine and I must say its the best I've had. Had it for 3 years and no problems yet.

Our dishwasher is from Ikea and is about 10 years old (left from previous owners) and not had a problem with it yet either.

Hope I haven't jinxed it now saying that!

Red-Squirrel_2

Kynthia wrote: »

People usually say good things about Bosch washing machines and dishwashers.

I'm really happy with my Bosch appliances, would always get them again.

room512

We bought the lowest price Bosch dishwasher years ago and it's still working. That was from AO. We got our fridge freezer from Currys and John Lewis was the cheapest for our washing machine. AO was more expensive for the fridge freezer and washing machine, which surprised me as when looking for the dishwasher they were the far cheapest.

worried_jim

I get everything from https://ao.com next day delivery and if needed will fit and plumb in appliances. Keep it simple.

Only pain is the "friendly" call you'll get trying to flog you a warranty, a quick foxtrot oscar does the trick.

Tiexen

+ for AO


I bought a Hisense as it was one of the few that a was a 50/50 split Fridge/Freezer was frost free for both, and has temp lights for both (light up on opening fridge). and a fan to keep fridge temp stable, had it 2 years with no problems, so pleased I bought one of their TV

Rubik

Why not look on Freecycle for some of the appliances? You'd be very surprised at what people are happy to give away free. You could then save a bit each month to replace them with good quality appliances as when you need too.