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[NotanOtter]

its a minefield

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I was going to buy a new one - all singing dancing with power flue fitted 10K then AGA say heres a £1000 off due to recession s0 £9.....

Then we had supper on NY day with some friends who say 'why oh why are you buying new?'

So then i wonder why i am?

why am I?

BUt i look on the internet and cannot even find where to buy re conditioned ones - bar ebay which is just not an option really

Advice from thosed more learned than me PLEASE!

Thanks

Kristina what colour is yours

you might have to post 1000 pics of your kitchen so i can copy get some ideas

its cream. old style cream is nearly buttermilk . photo on profile [sad person emoticon]

i can post more photos if you want [even sadder]

are you not an otter ria?

I spent ages looking through magazines of expensive kitchen to see how I could copy the look for A LOT less [ person with no original thought LOL ]

[[http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=311 some aga porn for you Ria )
dh is a food photographer... hence the book.

some aga porn for you Ria
sorry crappy link.

wow i am impressed ingles

Kristina yes I am!

I wanta plainenglish kitchen have you seen them? gooing to get a joiner to look at it..

goin tomorrow to see re conditioned ones so it will be decision time - i will know when i see them

Plain English are gorgeous! But you could have similar from a local joiner for the cost of a Magnet one.
Be cheeky and get lots of posh firms to do you a plan, then base your design on that.

thats the intention Katch

My kitchen design is very very simple

one full wall of plain simple modern units - wall ones sitting on base

an island

a sink unit

a window seat matching

plain english are lovely but ££££

we got ours here as you will see....

we paid a kitchen designer to do a plan for us as i didnt feel i could have the posh kitchen companies do a home visit and draw up a plan when I had no intention of buying from them

Rayburn? My sis has one and I think they are fab.

What about an Everhot if you are going electric. Or is that just not as good (cheaper to run I think).

You need Mary Berry books not Amy, and the best baking one is the new Lucy Young. All the quantities of ingredients just to put straight into the half roasting tin or the HUGE one!!

oh my aga saga!

Well friday we went to the aga shop ( i have pmt and dp was being nice to me) i fell in love all over again and convinced myself i needed new

loved all the colours - was tempted by purple

wanted AIMS the computer thing that alters temp

was totally sold

Saturday comes (PMT raging) we set off after dps early surgery and me alone with 10 000 children - to the 45 mile trip to the reconditioned aga man

we get there

back of beyond

farm

look at agas

me non plussed

and then my world changed - I overheared him talking though all the different ages and styles of the agas in his showroom to another couple ( who bought one whilst we waited)

One of them sort of has a little shelf at the back ( will try to find pic somewhere) do any of you know it??
Well I am not having a fitted kitchen and therefore work top space may be at a premium and this little shelf somehow just does it for me...so i think the decision MAY ....MAY be made

I may sound fickle but i so like the look...plus the four oven top is all one piece with this one - no ledge between main aga and hotplate which looks all smooth and nice

i am very nervous!

So did you actually sign on the dotted line?

My parenst AGA saga is as follows, they are moving house and in process of renovating old mill, just bought new AGA has been delivered and installed (they weren't there) and is the wong one. Mother is now panicking.

Sorry, x-post.

FWIW, I have a reconditioned cream one. It's so beautiful and it was completely like new when bought 2.5 yrs ago. Cost less than 4k new! Now I'm especially pleased I didn't buy new as it now looks used. (IYKWIM).

I will quickly put a pic of it on my profile page for you to see, bear with me a minute...

When I said 4K new I didn't mean new new. Reconditioned new.

Mooseheart .......

err no

I am libran things are never that easy!

fivegomad - how awful!

It was wonderous in his barn - proper old farm barn - rows and rows of cardboard covered doors etc labelled '2 oven red' '4 oven black'

every different type of top and lid and vent - just an aga lovers dream!

Moose that is just what i need to hear!

Waaahhh... on its way, just having a bit of trouble with it. Bear with me...

Here we are, from one Libran to another...

And yes, I was crap at making the big decision too...

what a beauty!!!

you are swaying me.....

I can honestly say it was worth it... and think what you could do with all the money left over!

Am pulling photo from profile now, very paranoid about being spotted! Good luck in your quest and keep us informed!

thanks for your input and pic Moose

dp was impressed - he is desperate for re conditioned