How much did you spend on all new appliances of for new gourmet kitchen? My wife picked out

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Had a Bosch dishwasher, mid range model, and it had ridiculous amount of high dollar amount repair issues. Googled and found there was a bunch of others with the same issues. Their customer service is notoriously bad, would never buy again. Their quality has gone down hill as they have become more popular in the U.S.

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Anonymous wrote:She picked out a $12,000 thermador fridge, a $10,000 blue star range , $3,000 hood and $1500 dishwasher. Is it crazy to spend this kind of money on appliances or is it par for the course for a gourmet kitchen? House is probably worth 1.2 million or so.

Thanks.

It all depends on where the house is. If it is in Bethesda and you now have a Wolf stove no problem. If your in gorgeous SFH in petworth that has all the bright and shiny stuff, not yet. Some homes in western edge of Petworth are getting pretty pricey but wouldn't put a Wolf stove in just yet. Bloomingdale....you could get away with it if you are in one of the big pricy Victorians on 1st St or one of the few SFH there. If you a few blocks from the Capitol by all means that is more than reasonable. Few blocks East of Lincoln Park...not just yet.

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Anonymous wrote:I recently bought a $1.4M home and did the entire kitchen over. Spent $19K on appliances. Feels like the right $ amount for the home.

What did you throw out and what did you replace with?

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I moved into a home that had a SubZero Fridge that was about $8K-$10K when new. I honestly don't see the benefit over the $50 fridge we bought off Craigslist in our old home. Total waste in my opinion. It has a nice Viking stove that I can see the worth more because it has some nice features and heats up food well. The fridge just keeps the darn food cold. They all do that.

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Our $900k house has no appliance that cost over $1500. They all seem to work just fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Our $900k house has no appliance that cost over $1500. They all seem to work just fine.

+1 (well, we did spend more to get the GE double oven range, but that was more a space issue than a "I need to spend a certain percentage of my home value on kitchen appliances).

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Anonymous wrote:I moved into a home that had a SubZero Fridge that was about $8K-$10K when new. I honestly don't see the benefit over the $50 fridge we bought off Craigslist in our old home. Total waste in my opinion. It has a nice Viking stove that I can see the worth more because it has some nice features and heats up food well. The fridge just keeps the darn food cold. They all do that.

When we got our subzero (1999) it was the only true counter depth fridge. That was worth it for us in a narrow kitchen. And we've had no problems with it in 15 years.