[renna]

Re: Please help: replacement oven for tenants – inexpensive

Hello again. Could I ask you for opinions on these options:

1. INDESIT FI21KBIX Built-in Electric Single Oven (conventional)
2. INDESIT F131KBIX ” ” ” ” (conventional fan assisted)
3. NEW WORLD NW64FP Built-in Electric Single Oven

1. and 2. both have Energy ratings B & identical features & prices at £199.99 at Curry’s. However, 2. is a more popular seller, has slightly less oven capacity (4L less) and originally cost £50 more but is on sale now.

3. has “fan-heating functionality and an integrated variable grill” with ENERGY RATING A, and also costs £199.99 It also seems to have more features, but how important they are I don’t know.

Please see this link for a comparison of features on the Curry’s website:
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/s/comparom … ntid=30234

The cost of fitting it is now given as £60 excluding VAT.

I’d be very grateful for your thoughts, and thank you for your help so far!
Renna

[renna]

Re: Please help: replacement oven for tenants – inexpensive

Thank you, greaseater.

I’ll probably get a single oven fan-assisted, as it’ll be cheaper to run if it heats more quickly & seems a better product. Now to find a cheap one!

[renna]

Re: Please help: replacement oven for tenants – inexpensive

Sorry, but what is a STATIC oven? Non-fan-assisted, perhaps? Are they not as good as fan ovens, or better?

[renna]

Re: Please help: replacement oven for tenants – inexpensive

Thanks, greaseater. Never heard of Cata before. What do you think of them, Don?

I think the agents like to deal with a shop that will instal the new oven & remove the old one, rather than go shopping themselves, but I’m not sure & can ask them.

[renna]

Re: Please help: replacement oven for tenants – inexpensive

Thanks again. What about Bosch, might they have a bottom range model under £240? They have a good reputation in other appliances.

By the way, what does HTH stand for?

[renna]

Re: Please help: replacement oven for tenants – inexpensive

Could anyone offer advice as to which makes are GENERALLY best (most reliable) for the cheaper range of electric built in oven, say under £230 (excl. VAT)? Alternatively, are there any I should try to avoid?

[renna]

Re: Please help: replacement oven for tenants – inexpensive

Oh thank you, don, for the quick reply. I have emailed the agent for more details. As soon as I hear, I’ll post the info.

Does £100 for installation seem expensive? I’m very out of touch with UK costs now. I just worry that we (private, not BTL) landlords are sometimes easy pickings for contractors & agents. At any rate, I haven’t made a profit on the let for years! Always something needing expensive repairs, replacements etc etc. And it’s so hard to investigate these things further, when you’re not in situ.

I’m sure the heating element (on the oven which has now stopped working & is anyway only 7 years old) was replaced less than a year ago, too!

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