scrawni

He got soooo used to using a dishwasher in Oz that he decided that HE couldn't live without one back here in the uk!!!

The fact that I have been asking for one for years didn't matter

Mandy

Pants

you lucky lucky lady...we haven't the room for one in our pommie kitchen...!!so hubby is my dishwasher bless him..!!!

peacelover

Funny how that works.

heading downunder 2002

Hi Mandy,

My hubby would never let me have one so I went out and bought one myself then when we went to Oz we didn't take it with us so didn't have one, guess what the first thing was that we bought on our return and whose idea it was


Susan

P.S I didn't object

Debs70

I'm jealous too!!! we had one in the UK before we went to NZ then had one there too.. back now and have the tiniest kitchen and NO ROOM!!! I tell ya, I spend so much time washing up!!!

Don

Sorry to butt in on the Little Women thread but dishwashers are cheap as chips these days and come in all sizes so what's stopping you?

callé

My daughter always says she wish we would buy a dishwasher and I tell her I already have one, why else would I have a daughter?

Seriously, nice for you Mandy. I think I will be happy just to get a decent washer/dryer when we arrive as my family goes through sooo much laundry! then next will come the dishwasher......

scrawni

It is a god send really. Our son's job is to empty it which he thinks is better than washing up!

The thing is we brought it out of the local paper for £50 and it matches all my other appliances in make and model, how good is that. It works fine, the lady we brought it off was moving to a smaller house that all.

So for all you heading back after a long time away there are bargins to be had, for instance:

Brought

Dishwasher £50 (nearly new local paper)
Fridge £40 (nearly new local paper)
Chest freezer £10 (old but to be kept in garage)
Iron £10 (tesco's)
Ironing board £15 (Argos)
Kettle £10 (tesco's)
Tumble Dryer £150 (out of town superstore)
Washing machine £200 (but didn't buy)

Hope this will help someone it budgeting for the move.

Mandy

scoobydoo

Great!

My husband has gone a bit further than a dishwasher....he is doing decking at the moment, wants a hammock and a big gas BBQ!!!!

Just let him get on with it really...He did move back to the UK for me and my son!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

scrawni

Ha! Ha! Mine is doing the same. He already did the decking before we came but he is now doing the garden, he even wants a fridge outside for the beer And a pergoda thingy (spelling?) so we can sit outside even when it is raining.

And guess what? No way am I going to stop him

Mandy

jad n rich

Lets hope he doesnt miss the prado and the double garage, you could end up with a very large 4WD parked in your front room

Debs70

Our kitchen is seriously small.. and we can't do anything to it because it's a rental

emmals

can you not buy a slim line dishwasher that you could perhaps take with you when you move?......

Vegemite Kids

Have you thought about a benchtop dishwasher ?

something like this perhaps http://www.infolink.com.au/articles/8d/0c02f48d.asp

of course the catch is that you will loose bench space which I would imagine is at a premium in your small kitchen, but it might work

Pants

yes Debs mine is the same but we are not renting. Do they do ultra slimline ones that go rounds curves...!??believe me if I could get it in our kitchen and on the correct side for plumbing reasons then I would have had it as top of the want list...but also for now it's "hands that do dishes"!!