What was you BEST purchase for the house or otherwise

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Light hearted to counter the worst stuff you've bought thread.

Me - two Kirby vacuums for under £200 delivered from eBay rather than £4k - one for each floor as they're bloody heavy. I may think of more as we go along

I dont get the need for two as others say, but there again maybe we arent a typical family

3 adults, a slimline dishwasher on every other day. Dont have piles of dishes waiting to be washed needing to be hid in another

I cook from scratch daily

Weirdly a pair of rubber/silicone heat pads … shaped like turtles from Ikea. I use them every day. Built in under stair storage.

Photo please. We want to get one of those

@Bluevelvetsofacould you tell me the make/model of your water softener please? I’m baffled trying to work out which one to go for DH wants one that can move with us as you have done.

It’s Harveys. We have a new one now, which is smaller than the previous one. We left the last one when we moved, but we’d moved it twice. It was working when we moved and left it. We’d been in the house for ten years and it was in the previous house for three years and had been bought a couple of years before. As far as I know, the one we left is still working, but obviously less efficient.

We have a water softener sales place a couple of miles away and we ordered the new one from there, together with a Quooker tap.

Those look lovely, very helpful to see in situ, thank you.
Will tripple measure to be on the safe side.

Great thread OP.

They look a bit weird on the photo, it was just to show you the different permutations, as it were. But they do work well. Sorry about tatty shed thing in the background 😬

Agree with the air conditioning had it fitted in the bedroom a few years ago no more hot sleepless night it’s bliss. We have a virgin pure water machine similar to the bibo.

My goose down duvet. Like being wrapped in a fluffy cloud.

My shower drain hole is smaller than the one featured, so I don't think it would sit correctly. Do they sell other sizes?

Some years ago, I bought DP a water feature for his living room. It was a Red Indian reservation as he likes everything native American. Unfortunately, every time you put it on, it makes you want to run to the loo for a wee!

Air fryer. Since buying it in March every single meal I have eaten (apart from salad) has been cooked in it, I have not used the oven or the hob in 3 months.

Mini chopper
makes cooking so easy to just whizz up a chopped onion etc in seconds

Vegetable chopper - about £20 from Amazon. I use it almost every day for dinners and packed lunches and just pop it in the dishwasher after.

New windows. Our heating bills were nearly halved, and there’s silence now when we close the windows. We back onto a pub and every Friday and Saturday night it was loud. Now we don’t notice and I wouldn’t be able to tell you if there was a match on anymore.

Steamer for clothes. It's an upright like they use in shops. Absolutely brilliant, I never iron anything. Vax steam mop, I know people often don't like them but I wouldn't be without it. I run it over my carpets too because I think it kills any lurking moths. Not sure if it does but it makes me feel better. Air fryer, which I resisted for ages but now I hardly ever use the cooker.

In terms of value per use, a tower airer on wheels from Lidl. I’d never seen one before & bought it for DS who was moving into a new house share, but as soon as I got it home I thought ‘ooh, hang on a minute …’ and ended up keeping it.

It was an absolute bargain and gets used every day - takes a large load of washing really easily, even a king size duvet, and just shuttles in and out for drying in the garden. Locking wheels if it’s a bit windy, hooks for hanging stuff, and folds completely flat against the wall when you’re not using it.

It’s such a simple bit of kit but so well designed.

@Cavello please tell me more about the pork belly!? Do you have a recipe please?

Not exactly a purchase, but moving into a flat that had a washer drier, now that was a revelation! I wouldn't entertain the idea of a drier when I previously lived in a house, thought it would cost a fortune in electricity etc, but they are a godsend when you don't have access to a washing line, and when things take forever to dry in the winter. It wasn't as expensive as I though too, and easy to track the cost with a smart meter.

Lol, good to know of these ‘unintended consequences’ before I commit to anything! 😁

Would love to know which oil dispenser you use please. My OH sometimes cooks and uses way too much oil.

My Ninjas, love them.

I have the Luxaflex pleated version which are much more expensive and you can't make them fully black-out. These look much better.

Thank you, I'm now drawn to the roller ones as realised the shutters ones have to completely come off to clean behind?

Edit: my mistake, they do come up as @CoubousAndTourmalet 's photo shows.
I mindful of making a mistake with so many choices out there.

We got a heated one of these from Lakeland, it's amazing! Holds almost a full load. They've stopped making them, sadly.