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moving - no fridge or cooker

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laga · 04/09/2010 21:48

Hi. We are moving into a new house in 4 days and I only found out recently that they were not leaving the cooker or fridge. Any ideas on how to manage with this or how to pick up these mega cheap please! The house is a bit of a wreak hence I want to put in a new kitchen so don't want to pay out twice but with a young child I need to make it as practical as possible! Many thanks

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rebl · 04/09/2010 21:49

Ebay? Or Freecycle.

belledechocolatefluffybunny · 04/09/2010 21:54

Did it say on the inventory/legal pack that they were leaving them?

tribpot · 04/09/2010 21:55

Well you can do a lot with a combi microwave if you were planning to get one of these anyway (or already have one) plus maybe a cheapy hot plate. On the fridge front, you can maybe try to dispense with as much chilled stuff as possible and keep milk in a bowlful of cold water but a bit more tricky at this time of year.

If you're in Leeds, you can have my cooker - seriously, have been meaning to get rid of it for years but it's so narrow that getting a replacement is going to be a total hassle of cutting counters back.

solo · 04/09/2010 21:55

Definitely freecycle.

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laga · 04/09/2010 21:58

They left it blank on inventory! Didn't say yes, no or not applicable! It has been a very difficult purchase so I didn't feel able to push it but as they were so old (the appliances) I thought (hoped) they might end up leaving them which would tide us through but they are not! More fool me really but doesn't change the situation!

Could try ebay or freecycle, thank you, just picking them up is tricky or maybe that is just me being stressy!

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belledechocolatefluffybunny · 04/09/2010 21:58

Can you get hold of an electric steamer? You can cook loads in this.

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laga · 04/09/2010 21:59

Thanks for the offer Tribpot - Leeds is a long way away though (we are in London) - I have spent many fun times in Leeds in younger days..!

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NL3 · 04/09/2010 22:00

Double hotplate for about £20 from Argos and a mini oven for £25 from lidl - you should be able to manage with this for a little while.

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laga · 04/09/2010 22:00

My mum has brought me up a steamer so I will have to get to grips with this! Bit more worried about fridge issue, never wished for winter before.

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tribpot · 04/09/2010 22:06

laga - yes a bit far to come for a crappy old cooker!

Are you wanting built-in appliances eventually? For the fridge I'd be tempted just to buy the one you want and then sort the kitchen around it.

Short term, daily trips to the shop, plus a reliance on dry stuff, is presumably how our grandparents dealt without all this modern technology :) (The ice cream deprivation must have been particularly harsh).

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laga · 04/09/2010 22:13

tribpot - you are right - they all dealt with far more in the olden days! I am being a bit dramatic as moving from a lovely flat to a skanky house so all rather emotional. It will all turn our ok when done but I fear that could take months (drama queen setting off again). Yes, I hope to get built in oven but I don't think I would get built in fridge again as current one rubbish but a quick decision on what to buy seems beyond me at the moment, white, silver, big, small, etc. My brain seems to have departed! ANy tips on how to get that back?!

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tribpot · 04/09/2010 22:45

Nope, moving house is an absolute nightmare, this is why we still have the shitty cooker 3 years on. We did buy a fridge, not sure how that happened, but we also had to borrow the previous owners' fridge for at least a week first (seem to recall getting a friend to haul the old one to their new house, then haul it back again when it became apparent ours wouldn't turn up for days, I'm sure he's fine with it - he hasn't mentioned it anyway and we work together!).

Definitely ask on Freecyle, you never know. Other than that, cheapest thing in Argos you can manage with for a few months.

Fiddledee · 05/09/2010 08:44

Try freecycle, ebay but then realistically when can you put a new kitchen in probably months so cheapest stuff you can find really and ebay it afterwards so you probably won't lose much money.

SparkyUK · 05/09/2010 23:07

Gumtree also. You could probably get an undercounter fridge/freezer that can hold you over for a few months. I've just coming through this and didn't realise how much I would miss a proper freezer (for bulk cooking) and a microwave for heating up leftovers. Didn't realise how impatient we all were!

theyoungvisiter · 06/09/2010 20:12

oh laga I clicked on this because I too am (hopefully) moving from a lovely flat to a wreck of a house with no appliances!

We are actually taking our fridge but have nothing else, and like you will have to redo the kitchen immediately following extensive dry rot treatment. Yum.

Perhaps we should start a wreck renovation support thread...?!

massivemammaries · 06/09/2010 20:18

gumtree is wicked

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laga · 06/09/2010 21:55

Thanks to everyone for your replies. Our neighbour (that I don't know) has just put a fridge in the front garden! Am considering asking if it works and if I can have it - oh, the depths of depravity!
theyoungvisitor - best of luck with yours too, I hope it all goes well! look forward to hearing about it.

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LadyBiscuit · 06/09/2010 22:06

I had no cooker for 4 months doing building work and cooked on a camping stove and in the little Lidl oven (they were carrying them recently though so you won't get one now). The other place you could try is the British Heart Foundation furniture and electrical shops. You can buy cheap from them and the cash goes to a good cause too :)

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