i'm probably going to buy a fridge, oven/stove and dishwasher in the next week or so. anyone have any pro tips i should be thinking about before i do.
the only things i probably care about are the ice-maker and price, i think. we're probably going to sell the house in less than five years, so i don't want to give the next owner stuff that's too good (unless it pays off in closing a sale, i guess).
On dish washers, I think it’s worth it to get the really quiet ones.
You didn’t mention clothes washers, but never ever buy a front loader washer again. I made that mistake. I will soon replace my expensive front loader with a cheap as eff top loader and be blissfully happy again. The front loaders smell bad, the regimen to keep them from smelling is arduous and ineffective.
On ovens, be sure to find out how fast it takes them to fully warm up. I have a stainless steal good looking oven Thant matched perfectly and all that, and it takes a bagillion years to warm up. Terrible. Live and learn on that one as well.
On the stove top, many different theories by fancy cooking folks. For me, the reality was “which one is the easiest to clean.” I bought the glass top, and glad that I did. I even cracked the corner of it, and I am still glad that I bought it. I would have never thoroughly cleaned the other kinds.
