Re: Appliances - Landlord Forum thread

Re: Appliances by Hari Seldon (Michigan) on July 10, 2012 @18:31

> One ting I found that seems to get a ton of use and makes life easier on my stoves is a convection toaster oven.

Interesting. While I personally use my toaster oven all the time, I hadn't considered a toaster oven
or microwave for the rental house (my previous tenant had her own appliances).

On the other hand, it's a small kitchen without a lot of counter space to begin with and nowhere
to put a built-in microwave and/or toaster oven.

I'm more worried about the lack of a dishwasher and no place to put one (without losing what
cabinet space there is). Sears has a small (18" wide) portable model for $570 but I suspect it
would quickly get annoying, rolling it around and hooking it to the faucet and plugging it in
to do the dishes every time?

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Re: Appliances by Micah on July 11, 2012 @13:42	[ Reply ]

DON'T USE THOSE DISHWASHERS IN A RENTAL!!!!! The ones that plug into the sink will be a hazard. Evidently my tenants above my art studio got one and proceeded to flood the place 2 weeks ago because they didn't plug it into the sink properly. They didn't even call or knock on my door to let me know about it. Instead they left a not which I didn't see until the next day. Tens of gallons of water sat on the floor of my studio all night long. The dehumidifier fuller 5 gallons of water out of the space over the next 3 days! Luckily the actual damage seems to be minimal.

Re: Appliances by Micah on July 11, 2012 @13:43	[ Reply ]

I hate autofill on my phone.... they left a note... the dehumidifier pulled 5 gallons of water....

Re: Appliances by Hari Seldon (Michigan) on July 11, 2012 @15:10	[ Reply ]

> DON'T USE THOSE DISHWASHERS IN A RENTAL!!!!! When the rental house was my home, washing dishes wasn't a big deal as being a bachelor who hates cooking, there wasn't ever much to do. On the other hand, a couple of my friends do like cooking and they said the lack of a dishwasher might be a deal breaker for them, if they were looking for a place to rent. But as I mentioned, it's a small kitchen and installing a regular dishwasher (in addition to the cost) would eliminate say 40% of the already limited cabinet space. But I can see a roll-around dishwasher resulting in the kinda disaster you've encountered. Anybody familiar with "mini-dishwashers", approximately the size of a single drawer / cabinet door section instead of taking out two drawers / doors, as conventional washers do? I found this article but it doesn't go into details; http://vraptormarketing.com/18-inch-dishwashers-small-yet-helpful/327 And I found this really cool gadget, which would have been perfect; http://dornob.com/compact-small-space-dishwasher-fits-into-kitchen-sink-slot/ Unfortunately, it's been discontinued (and it cost $1800).