What type of range do you expect to see in a house priced between $1.5m and $2m?

[Anonymous]

House came with a Jenn Air, which I hate and want to replace. We are very basic cooks, so not picky in this area, but we may want to sell in the next couple of years. Do most people care a lot about this type of thing? Would it look odd to have what Consumer Reports calls a "midlevel" appliance?

[Anonymous]

I would expect a gas range with multiple btu selections one of which needs to be a very high powered burner. I would also expect proper ventilation. Probably a min of 6 burners.

I cook and name doesn't matter as long as I can do what I need. A standard 4 burner GE is not what I'd be expecting to see.

[Anonymous]

Wolf. Don't get Viking.

[Anonymous]

Kitchenaid

[Anonymous]

Our house is $1.5 + and we put in a 40 inch Kenmore--choices are very limited in that size range. The baking is absolutely fabulous--many comments on the Sears site on how good the baking function is on this range.

We didn't feel like redoing the kitchen, which could be a mistake, but we are perfectly happy with the layout and cabinets as they are.

[Anonymous]

As long as you can have gas 36 inch , double electric oven, range hood and separate microwave , doesn't matter

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wolf. Don't get Viking.

This. Viking is terrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As long as you can have gas 36 inch , double electric oven, range hood and separate microwave , doesn't matter

Ha! We can have none of those things, except gas and the hood, so I guess the answer to my question is that no one who cares about kitchens will buy our house anyway. Depressing yet liberating.

-OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As long as you can have gas 36 inch , double electric oven, range hood and separate microwave , doesn't matter

Ha! We can have none of those things, except gas and the hood, so I guess the answer to my question is that no one who cares about kitchens will buy our house anyway. Depressing yet liberating.

-OP

Everyone buying a home cares about the kitchen. no excuse for a crap kitchen. In that price range.

[Anonymous]

Well, we didn't.
-OP

[Anonymous]

Thermador. Better than Wolf and Viking. Regardless, I'd expect something high-end.

[Anonymous]

A "Pro" rangetop, range or cooktop-one that delivers some BTUs. Some like open gas burners (like Capital or prior Wolf) and some don't care and like new anything closed gas burners. Some like induction. 36" top is pretty standard in this house price range. I have a Wolf 2013 36" open burner gas range and love it (15,000 btu burners). Simmer and low are perfect. Oven cooks and bakes evenly. hth.

[Anonymous]

Why do you need to replace the oven if you don't cook that much? Yes, I think a mid-level appliance would seem strange if the rest of the house is not in line.

[Anonymous]

I want to replace it because the downdraft draws so heavily on the flames that cooking is extremely difficult, and it comes on automatically if you use more than two burners. Since there is also a hood, I'm not sure why they installed a range with a downdraft. I'm looking for gas burners with decent power and an electric oven. I looked at Consumer Reports, and the only "high-end" model they recommend is from Kitchenaid. I think a $2000 range would fill our needs, but we can go higher if something in that price range would really look odd--although the kitchen is tiny, so we're not going to get anything bigger than 30" in there, and the kitchen will never be a selling point anyway. (All of the value of the house is in the land.) I appreciate the feedback.

[Anonymous]

I definitely think a $2000 range would look odd. Will you be staying there long?