Originally Posted by PeanutButter (Post 9025175)

Oh cool, didn't know stuff like that existed. Not sure if I like the studio concept of it though. I was like, where's the bed?

Originally Posted by EvoFire (Post 9025181)

Legit, where does the guy sleep? That doesn't look like a sofa bed either.

Originally Posted by Hondaracer (Post 9025057)

Chalk that up to ignorance more than anything it’s not really a “cultural” thing to not understand the stock market or investments lol

I know people who were exactly the same and think the stock market is a “fools game” or some how is manipulated to the point of your average person can’t make money on it

These same people then proceeded to buy a couple condos in Calgary as their “safe” investment in RE and then proceeded to lose 100k+ on each of them because shitty market, not desirable location etc. Lol

Originally Posted by Ch28 (Post 9025186)

I always thought it was interesting that a bunch of staged homes had the TVs removed. A lot of the furniture layouts just didn't make sense.

Originally Posted by sonick (Post 9025196)

Speaking of TV's, I hate how so many floorplans have a spot for TVs placed above a fireplace. Seems like such an uncomfortable and awkward position.

Originally Posted by sonick (Post 9025196)

Speaking of TV's, I hate how so many floorplans have a spot for TVs placed above a fireplace. Seems like such an uncomfortable and awkward position.

Originally Posted by PeanutButter (Post 9025202)

This is quite common. I've seen this so much. The TV mounts are way too high off the ground.

Though, it's fine when it's staged because people walk around the unit when they're looking at the TV is eye level so it's fine, but no one sites down at the couch for five minutes to look at the TV. If they did, it would be so uncomfortable.

Originally Posted by Hondaracer (Post 9025205)

The Center of your TV should be pretty much eye level when sitting or however you watch mostly. There’s actually a lot of science behind it when I was looking at mounting heights in terms of eye strain and even retention of some things due to poor heights

Originally Posted by sonick (Post 9025196)

Speaking of TV's, I hate how so many floorplans have a spot for TVs placed above a fireplace. Seems like such an uncomfortable and awkward position.

Originally Posted by quasi (Post 9025164)

We just bought a new dishwasher, went with a European brand I've never heard of but the sales guy at Coast sold it pretty well, lol. Asko, so far no complaints looks good and it's quiet.

https://www.askona.com/

Right now my Dryer is doing it's death roll so now I can decide if I want to just replace the dryer or replace both even though washing machine is working fine.

Originally Posted by 68style (Post 9025217)

Been dealing with this for like 10 years, my living room is only like 12' wide too... electric fireplace built into a big wall thing... what prevents me from tearing the entire thing out is that 1) I got voted down on it, the other half INSISTS the place is worth less without a fireplace (which, btw, doesn't work and never has) and 2) Have to re-do the hardwood floors as they stop where the wall comes out and there'd be nothing there if I ripped the whole thing out.

I've gotten used to it but I fuckin hate it.

Originally Posted by Alpine (Post 9025235)

No one's heard about asko but my wife told me it's a really good dishwasher brand. Higher end Bosch/Miele level.

Originally Posted by EvoFire (Post 9025179)

I think if they asked about the washer and dryer, or even the dishwasher, sure.

It's a god damn gas stove. It's got no moving parts inside and no computer and electronics to run. There's a valve and a spark.


We did the same thing when we did our renos 5 years ago. *knock on wood* nothing has broken, but the delivery. Holy shit the delivery.
The first time they delivered the washer dryer, the washer had a huge scratch on it and they said they'll take it back and deliver a new one.
The second time they delivered they dropped the washer and destroyed it so they had to take it back.
Now they are back ordered across the country and had to wait 3 weeks for a washer to be delivered.
Finally they delivered and everything was setup. The dryer broke on the second use. The motor was defective.
Then the moisture sensor borked and it needed a new control panel.

It's been good since no problems, probably the BEST dryer we've ever used. But damn the washer dryer ordeal was a massive pain.

Originally Posted by Alpine (Post 9025152)

Honestly, don't overly complicate the decision. I went through the same decision last year, researching virtually every single product @ Trail appliances, only to realize that it was all a waste of time.

If you want to maximize value, go for a North American label (ie. whirlpool, Maytag, Frigidaire, GE, etc) without the bells & whistles. If you want something that looks a bit nicer, go for Kitchenaid.
If you want the vanilla Euro brand, go Bosch.
If you want the "look", go Fisher & Paykel.
If you want high-end, go Miele / wolf / subzero.

After spending days going back and forth on appliances and feature sheets, we just said Fuck it, and went with Fisher & Paykel because they offer the "look" that we wanted, but for the lowest price lol. Integrated F&P fridge + F&P dishwasher, F&P cooktop, F&P wall oven, Panasonic microwave.

Originally Posted by roastpuff (Post 9025259)

The stoves' ignition system and oven control are electronic nowadays so that's just more stuff to break. I'm getting a dual fuel one as well so now you've got me worried with the horror stories! KEKW

I ended up going with a full Bosch set (dual fuel industrial-style 36 inch range, 500-series dishwasher, 800-series French door fridge) and it's backordered until the end of June. Good thing is that it gives us time to get the rest of the renovations done.

The washer/dryer from the previous owner looks to be quite new as opposed to the fridge/stove (he didn't have a dishwasher) so we won't replace them just yet, as we are not doing a renovation on the laundry room. But for future reference, which brand did you go with for your washer/dryer?

There's just so much conflicting information out there it's hard to make a decision, haha.

As I said above, we ended up going with full Bosch. But I wanted a Thermador so bad... couldn't justify spending $13k after tax on a dual-fuel 36" Thermador (with free dishwasher) when the whole Bosch kit cost $9.5k after tax.

Originally Posted by Hakkaboy (Post 9025262)

Did you order your Bosch thru Perkopolis? If not, then I would get it there asap

Originally Posted by JDMDreams (Post 9025210)

I honestly think you won't break even on a $600k property unless you go to like Calgary or nanaimo. You can't get more than a decent one bedroom in Van BBY. Strata will be $300+ a month plus you need to see if you can even buy insurance. That's like $500 gone a month already. And you will get like $2000 a month tops on a one bed in Brentwood? Unless you get something cheap in Surrey for like $400k it's hard to recoup the cost.

Originally Posted by roastpuff (Post 9025259)

The stoves' ignition system and oven control are electronic nowadays so that's just more stuff to break. I'm getting a dual fuel one as well so now you've got me worried with the horror stories! KEKW

I ended up going with a full Bosch set (dual fuel industrial-style 36 inch range, 500-series dishwasher, 800-series French door fridge) and it's backordered until the end of June. Good thing is that it gives us time to get the rest of the renovations done.

The washer/dryer from the previous owner looks to be quite new as opposed to the fridge/stove (he didn't have a dishwasher) so we won't replace them just yet, as we are not doing a renovation on the laundry room. But for future reference, which brand did you go with for your washer/dryer?


There's just so much conflicting information out there it's hard to make a decision, haha.

As I said above, we ended up going with full Bosch. But I wanted a Thermador so bad... couldn't justify spending $13k after tax on a dual-fuel 36" Thermador (with free dishwasher) when the whole Bosch kit cost $9.5k after tax.

Originally Posted by PeanutButter (Post 9025267)

+++

Also, I have the Bosch 500 series dishwasher, it's pretty awesome. The top pull out tray is amazing for the cutlery, it really saves room. We completely removed the cutlery caddy below to give us more space and it's been great.

Interestingly, if we were to design the kitchen again, I would put in TWO dish washers...

Also, my moms ikea dishwasher has an auto door open to let the moisture out so the dishes will dry. My Bosch is almost twice the price of hers and it doesn't have that feature? I have to manually open my dishwasher and then wedge something in between to keep it ajar for the moisture to escape. Kind of peeved about that.

Originally Posted by EvoFire (Post 9025276)

We got Whirlpool for the washer dryer. It was between Whirlpool and LG at that time as we needed a ventless heatpump dryer as we were space limited. Wanted to push the machines as close to the wall as we could.

LG as a whole didn't get good reviews and Whirlpool seemed to be the better choice.

The stove is a Kitchenaid dual fuel and the dishwasher is also Kitchenaid. The dishwasher has been awesome as it cleans well and is super quiet. The stove is average. Nothing has broken on it, but there are better burner designs out there. The big burner that's a giant ring and leaving a deadspot in the center makes it not a very good stove for cooking in general.

We got a LG fridge as it was the biggest we could get that would fit. We considered a Kitchenaid to match the stove and dishwasher, however Kitchenaid's fridges that are not their top model looks and feels super cheap inside. You pay for the fancy exterior, but the guts are the same as a Maytag that's hundreds cheaper.