Costs - gas hob and washing machine/dishwasher

[dinkydonky]

I was wondering if anyone might be able to give a rough idea of costs of:
installing a gas hob - currently it’s electric, but there is gas to the property (but not to exactly the right spot)
installing a dishwasher in the kitchen (no current piping, but there is piping for a washing machine)
moving washing machine and adding piping in the downstairs toilet (no shower/bath so I believe no building regs issues with plugs)

thanks to anyone that can help

All of that depends on length of pipe-runs, finishes etc & choice of equipment. You could buy super cheap appliances or £££ ones. Round my way that'd be 3-5k ish.

The dishwasher and washing machine is easy as long as you have a drain for a tap, it will just get fed into the tap waste, so maybe 2/3 hours pay for a plumber. To drag the washing machine around your house you will probably need 2 plumbers, or can relatives/friends carry it into the right place beforehand to save you the extra expense? The gas is more evolved, it all depends where your boiler/gas mains is now and where you want it. I assume you'd need to chase into floors, walls and ceilings to do it, so even if the actual plumbing job is not that big it will likely create a massive disruption, dust and follow on costs for plastering, decorating, new floor coverings. I'd probably only consider this if you are planning a big renovation anyway. If this is because you want to save money on cooking, you'll never recoup your investment.

thanks both - I really had no idea what the ballpark for this is so useful to get an idea.

We could definitely move the washing machine, it would only be a few metres into the next room, it was more the plumbing I wasn't sure about. Presumably a new input pipe would be needed in the bathroom, I'm not sure how that works?

The gas connection wouldn't be to save money, just because we vastly prefer cooking on gas hobs over electric. The boiler is currently in the next room but I'd assumed we'd need to connect the hob to the mains outside?

When you say electric hob, have you tried induction? I only say this as I really really wish we had gone induction. I hate our gas hob. Husband chose gas as he does most of the cooking but then last year when we rented a holiday home with a decent induction hob he finally admitted we should have gone with that.

Yes I've used induction - we actually have a small portable plug-in induction hob we use at the moment when we need some extra space, and I've cooked on a "proper" one at various other peoples houses. I've not been particularly enamoured with them to be honest - one just didnt get that hot on the max setting (hot enough for most stuff obviously, but not enough to superheat something to really quickly boil down a wet pan or probably for a wok). And the rings often seem to be quite small, and the heat doesn't "spread out" on a larger pan the same way it does on a gas hob.

And touch screen controls drive me mad, every time I spill a bit of water they turn off or you can't adjust them without drying it up first. Although I guess it might be possible to find one without. What don't you like about your gas hob @Viggooooh ?