Which appliances 2012

[essayer]

Looking to get the full set for a kitchen refurb (single oven, gas hob, dishwasher, washer/dryer, hood, microwave)

What brands to buy .. Bosch .. Neff .. AEG .. etc ? They all look much of a muchness and I am not fussed about any mega OTT features. A pryo oven would be cool but not essential.

Priced up some midrange Neff kit and it comes to about £3k at "cheapest google search" prices.

If I all buy it from one place can I expect a significant discount over the likes of appliances direct ?

[jke11y]

I have a kitchens-worth of Siemens gear recently installed and it is amazing the benefit of decent appliances. Even at trade (account so buy direct from BSH) it was £3.3k, but they are great to use. Glass 5 burner gas hob is nice (if a pain to keep clean)and the vented dryer has been a joy to use and cuts washing time massively.

The kitchen appliances came ahead of new telly / other gadgets as we couldnt afford both right now, and I am glad we did now its in and we are using them daily.

Reading this back its not that much help to you but I guess I am saying that should you be swaying, we found it worthwhile getting premium gear.

[flipflop1]

To be honest mate, appliances are dead to all but the higher end kitchen outlets nowadays.

The internet has killed any margin on them and most companies I work with just charge an installation fee now and let the customer source their own when they start querying prices.

Shop around the net, you could also try your local friendly kitchen installer who may advise on a trade outlet although in many cases these struggle to beat internet deals also.

Sorry I cant be of any further help

Flip

[Simpo Two]

jke11y said:

I have a kitchens-worth of Siemens gear recently installed and it is amazing the benefit of decent appliances.

Same here - and I don't even cook!

The only one that didn't come up to expectations was the 500mm built-in microwave (the only one made in Britain) - but maybe they've improved it since 2008.

[RC1]

I thought siemens and bosch shared the same production facility for many of their items?

[essayer]

flipflop1 said:

To be honest mate, appliances are dead to all but the higher end kitchen outlets nowadays.

Thanks for this, makes sense as the guys quoting were very open for us buying our own appliances.

There is a shop not too far away that sells graded stock, this is probably something I'll investigate too. Seems to be approx 20% saving for minimal damage (which may not even be visible on a fitted unit)