Sold our house and ice maker isn't working

[Anonymous]

I would wonder what else is not working
How long has it not worked? How is it that you only now find out it is broken

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would wonder what else is not working
How long has it not worked? How is it that you only now find out it is broken

I would wonder if you even read the thread? It was all answered.

[Anonymous]

Is it a Samsung?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get a quote to replace the ice maker. It can be very expensive, like $400. But don't just assume it will only cost $150.

That was about the cost to fix ours. The part alone was over $200.

[Anonymous]

also, depending on manufacturer and where your fridge was in the product cycle 4 years ago, the required parts may not even be available

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For this sort of thing just write a check for like $150 at closing.

$150

that doesn't being to pay for the fridge issue. As the buyer i would demand the value of a new fridge, it's clear the current one is past it's life expectancy.

OP write a check for $500.

Insane. No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For this sort of thing just write a check for like $150 at closing.

$150

that doesn't being to pay for the fridge issue. As the buyer i would demand the value of a new fridge, it's clear the current one is past it's life expectancy.

OP write a check for $500.

Insane. No.

As a buyer, I want it fixed or money towards a new fridge. I don't want $200 to fix something that may not even be fixable

[Anonymous]

No one needs an ice maker. Put some trays in the freezer and move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The day we signed our listing agreement we discovered the ice maker wasn't working. We emptied out a large chunk of ice, reset it and expected it to be working the next day. We discussed this with the realtor and decided we would get it fixed therefore we did not disclose it wasn't working. However, we have replaced 2 parts and are waiting for a third to come in and it still isn't working. We obviously want to be fair to the new owners, how do we determine what the fridge is worth at this point? I have seen numbers on depreciating an appliance for a rental, is it the same for a personal home?

Fridge is 4 years old.

TIA!

OP you're subject line, and post are confusing. Subject line says SOLD, yet you're still talking about your listing agreement and working on repairing the fridge.

Please define SOLD, so that we understand the exact status of your home.

It’s not hard to understand. OP is talking about when the problem started, planned to fix it so didn’t disclose, house has sold but the repair isn’t complete yet.

OP Here. This is exactly it. We were trying to do the right thing by fixing the ice maker. However, we have replaced two parts and tried the unplugging trick and the ice maker is still not working. I am waiting for a third part to arrive, which I hope fixes the issue. No other issues with the fridge ever. Lesson learned: disclose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:also, depending on manufacturer and where your fridge was in the product cycle 4 years ago, the required parts may not even be available

Appliance guy said it would be 1 of 3 parts causing the issue. We replaced two but are waiting for the third to come into stock. I have been assumed the part is still being made.

[Anonymous]

Just buy a cheap replacement fridge

[Anonymous]

Ice makers are pretty discrete individual things in a fridge, and just because the ice maker doesn't work, that's hardly an indication that the whole fridge needs to be replaced. I wouldn't replace my own fridge if the ice maker stopped working but the rest of it was fine, and it's probably 15 years old, based on what we know about when the owners before the ones we bought the house from renovated the kitchen.

At any rate, OP, this might cost you a few hundred bucks to repair, but shouldn't derail your plans at all.

[Anonymous]

Hard to imagine the buyers would not have purchased the house if the fridge did not have an ice maker. We recently bought a fridge (no ice makers) and everything we read said the ice makers are vey likely to go long before the rest of the fridge and to expect that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just call an appliance repair handyman. Shouldn't cost more than a couple hundred to fix, if that.

Good one. We have a 3 year old Kitchen Aid fridge and we have been trying to get the ice maker fixed since January with no real luck. The factory repairman has been out 4 times so far and has replaced 2 different parts and it still doesn't really work. Each time they order a new part it takes 8-10 weeks to get the part in as well. Something is wrong with the electronics and so far they have replaced the power supply board, and the main CPU board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For this sort of thing just write a check for like $150 at closing.

$150

that doesn't being to pay for the fridge issue. As the buyer i would demand the value of a new fridge, it's clear the current one is past it's life expectancy.

OP write a check for $500.

Insane. No.

As a buyer, I want it fixed or money towards a new fridge. I don't want $200 to fix something that may not even be fixable

Be careful how you behave. I live in an old townhome community (Howard County), townhomes in the 300's, so not ultra expensive housing, but in a good school zone. Two weeks ago, he listed the home on Thursday. Friday-Sunday they had 63 showings. Monday 5pm, they had 29 offers. If you want to win the bid and be stickler like this, be prepared to keep renting or living in your current home for the foreseeable future. If you tried that on my neighbor, he'd decline your counter, and move on to the next offer.

And for most of DCUM, they are living in much more expensive parts of the area. Most are spending $800K to over $1M. Many have been searching months or years and frustrated with the lack of inventory. You really want to FINALLY have found a house, bid on it and won it, and then quibble over $300-400 when you had to bid $50K or more over listing price just to win the bid?

Grow up and stop acting Veruca Salt. Negotiate like a mature adult instead of a pampered child and you'll probably get a better deal.