New, budget or second hand white goods for a new property rental? Advice please.

juliushibert

I’m moving into a flat that has no white goods (washing machine, fridge and freezer). I plan to buy a property of my own within 6-18 months.

Should I buy used white goods, or new low-end budget white goods or spend on something that I’d like to put in my purchased home once I’ve found somewhere?

I’ve found most properties I’ve looked at for rent this time (it’s been 7+ years since I last looked to rent a new place), most properties I viewed didn’t have white goods.

theartfullodger

Cheapo new.  

BikingBud

I would be minimising my expenditure now to focus on gathering the largest possible deposit I could and thereby achieving the lowest possible interest deal I could get.

Have a look on local facebook and free cycle to see what is around.

Do you have capability to transport and install?

Can always take the items with you when you buy and then see what options are available once you have a longer term budget. 

Be aware what deals can be achieved especially 0% but do not commit to any finance before you complete a house purchase as this will affect affordability and might inhibit your borrowing.

Grizebeck

Beko are decent and cheap

Mark_d

I was in a situation similar to yours a number of years ago.  You're going to keep the appliances when you move to your own place, so you want something of a reasonable quality, but your priority should be on saving money for your own place.

I would suggest buying good quality (but not premium) new appliances - such as LG or Samsung

Skiddaw1

Grizebeck said:

Beko are decent and cheap

Seconded.

Grumpy_chap

Get cheapo new stuff.
We have a BEKO fridge freezer bought as a stop-gap in 1999 and it is still going strong.  Far outlasted the later purchase of an American Style fridge freezer.

BonaDea

Another vote for Beko.

DullGreyGuy

juliushibert said:

I’m moving into a flat that has no white goods (washing machine, fridge and freezer). I plan to buy a property of my own within 6-18 months.

Should I buy used white goods, or new low-end budget white goods or spend on something that I’d like to put in my purchased home once I’ve found somewhere?

I’ve found most properties I’ve looked at for rent this time (it’s been 7+ years since I last looked to rent a new place), most properties I viewed didn’t have white goods.

It depends... do you have definite red lines that you know you absolutely won't cross when buying a property about white goods or not?

We ended up buying a bed whilst we were renting, having a good nights sleep etc is important to us so decided to buy what we wanted rather than cheap and cheerful. It's a great bed and still really happy with it many years on but it has meant some properties were a no go as it wouldn't have gotten into the room. 

Washing machines are fairly generic but maybe right now you need a freestanding one but your dream house is setup for a built in one... would you be happy to change the kitchen just to fit a freestanding one? Or would you be happy having a lesser built in machine and it looking odd in a free standing machines space?

Fridge/Freezer is much more likely to be complex to move given the vast array of formats they can come in. 

Personally, I'd get cheap and cheerful probably. That said, we'll probably move within 2 years and just sprung for top end washing machine and dryer (freestanding) but having a utility room/cupboard probably will be a redline for us going forward as its a pain having these in the kitchen. 

Slinky

I'm going to disagree with most postings here and say see what you can pick up cheaply on Facebook marketplace and the like. We bought a secondhand full sized dishwasher for about £40 which did us the turn we needed for about 18 months while the house was being done up, and after the 3 year old Bosch slimline packed up (repair man said it was part of a dodgy batch from Spain, according to the serial number we gave him, and not worth paying the money to repair).  The person selling it had just bought the house and the previous owner had left their machine behind.

Your new home could have anything in it from inbuilt, to freestanding to nothing at all. Save the decision about what you really need for when you have your bought home.

BonaDea

There's also measurement to take account of - you don't know the heights of worktops, available spaces for appliances etc at your eventual home.  I'd be tempted just to go with cheap and second hand for your rental, then once you find a permanent home you can decide whether to retain them or not.