What would be an acceptable offer to make for range cooker and american double fridge freezer?

[sillyily]

Put an offer on a house which was accepted. (House on for 149950, offer 145000)

There is a brand new kitchen in the property, with a gorgeous range cooker, and massive american fridge freezer (beko) the kind with the ice machine etc. Hadn't really thought too much about it when we put the offer on, but then realised that if they didnt come with the house, ours wont fit the spaces. Enquired as to whether they were available, vendor said he would accept an offer. I have asked agent to ask what sort of offer they would want, as I have absolutely no idea. Both appliances look brand new, although I haven't seen inside them.

When the vendor comes back with a figure, I will have absolutely no idea what is too high for effectively second hand stuff.

What would you pay? Bearing in mind it will make life much easier by not having to wait for new applinces to be delivered etc.

fridge looks similar to this: This

cooker similar to: <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1429&bih=644&tbm=isch&tbnid=PmICwkf6q9vRgM:&imgrefurl=www.bigappliances.co.uk/range-cookers/falcon-continental-df-silver-range-cooker&docid=f5Uxs4NyC6LH9M&imgurl=www.bigappliances.co.uk/product-images/range-cooker-falcon-continental-1092-silver-xl.jpg&w=480&h=480&ei=soAiUPanH87FtAaZyYDwDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=338&vpy=133&dur=918&hovh=225&hovw=225&tx=114&ty=138&sig=111093057360321641683&page=1&tbnh=133&tbnw=144&start=0&ndsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:73" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This

*included... not 'available'... :o

I fitted out a kitchen for a house to make it look nice for resale. I reckon the appliances are now worth about 25% of retail price. Apart from the FF (mostly used for milk for making tea) none of them have even been plugged in. I got all Siemens which is like upmarket Bosch.

I did take the precaution of buying stuff that I would like to have in my new home, but that gives me all the cost and inconvenience of transport and installation, and of course the guarantees have ticked away during the sale process.

The initial prospective buyers have now dropped out, but they planned to refit the kichen to their own taste and were happy to accept my cash offer for the solid hardwood kitchen units and fittings (10% of what they cost) which I also took care to choose so they would fit in the new house, just in case. I know a good local joiner who will strip out and refit.

Make sure you like the appliances and they are what you would buy yourself. If not they are not worth much to you. They might not fit in the vendors new house, or they might be rolling in money and want to buy new, or might be going abroad, so maybe they don't want them.

We bought a fairly new Bosch range from our vendor. Cost about £1100 new. We paid £150. Remember that if you say no, they have the hassle of selling them and getting them removed.

Beko is usually a budget brand, though I was impressed to see they have some Which best buy FFs.

Try to find the best price for whichever model it is. It doesn't seem to be in John Lewis though they have some others

my dm&d have a beko, about 8 yrs old... theyre always complaining about it... have done since they bought it. dmil has one, about 1.5 years old... she thinks its the best thing since sliced bread, so i'm guessing the brand has got better recently?

the fridge isn't really to my taste, but no fridge is particularly attractive, not sure what my fridge taste is tbh :o

The range cooker really is beautiful. it fits in perfectly with the rest of the room, and I just found one very similar that was 1500. When we went to see the house, the agent told us that the vendor had all of his food cooked and clothes washed by his mum (wasn't even a washing machine there) so I would imagine the cooker had very little use. :) I will see what price the agent gets back with, then report on here for your opinions!

Range cookers hold their value better than standard cookers and you need to know the exact model as you can't tell the value by just finding a similar one. Our old one was a budget brand and would cost about £800 now. Our new one looks similar but is a better brand and cost twice as much.

People often sell them on eBay so have a look on there for selling prices. If it's in great condition expect to pay over 50% of the new price.

eBay is a good idea thanks!!

Our vendor left our American style FF and a range cooker. They weren't brand new but are in good condition. It never even occurred to me to make an offer on them as they are very much built into the kitchen and would have been a pain for the seller to remove....and for us to replace.

Chances are they would fit into your sellers new place anyway and it would be too much hassle to move them. You probably shouldn't have mentioned it until you had the fixtures and fittings form to see if they were being left anyway.

If you really want them and it would be difficult to replace then maybe offer about £500 for the two?

I know I shouldn't've(?) am kicking myself now for mentioning it - forgot about that list. Oh well see what says....

Vendor bought both in January for £1800. He accepted £700 so I'm happy with that :)