Dishwasher lessons

Hey,

When I read the title I thought you meant the tenant needed lessons on how to use the dishwasher...

We have a tenant that also complained the dishwasher wasn't working, it was still under warranty so the RE got them to go out and have a look. Turned out the tenant actually didn't know how to turn it on! We weren't charged at least and it's a dishlex. It's now about 6 years old (same tenant) and no further problems.

I hope you can get your sorted without too much expense.

 

Lucky they didnt ask why the washing machine wasnt spinning their clothes.

 

Sounds like me yesterday - we're staying in an apartment in Surfers at the moment, and I wanted to wash my daughters clothes. Turned all the dials on the washing machine, checked it was all turned on... nothing. Damn thing's broken I thought.

Called the wife over to have a little rant, and she lifts one of the dials up, and the thing turns on. She just smiled and walked away. I was convinced it was broken.. im just dumb lol.

 

In the IP we bought last year, tenants moved in and dishwasher didn't work.

Our PM called out a technician and they found egg shells in the drain pipe. Yes, egg shells.

Obviously, the seller (it was the PPOR of a grumpy old lady) had removed the filter and inserted the egg shells in there. We are pretty sure it wasn't the tenants as they are lovely people with high integrity.

We were tempted to seek compensation from the seller but knew it was a waste of time and money.

 

I am also sceptical of what any repair-woman tells me.

I was going to say 'more sceptical' but I thought that would get me into trouble .

 

The three Bosch dishwashers I have seem to be pretty tenant bulletproof.

However, whilst I normally think extended warranties/service contracts are a rort. I did have a $500 Haeir (now own F&P) which was a terribly noisy machine for my tenants. However, since it was so cheap, the five year extended warranty was also cheap and they got called at least 3 times. No cost and then I threw it out.

Unless very high end, I am reluctant to pay a lot to repair a dishwasher as it generally makes sense to replace financially.

However this is one appliance where those extended warranty / service contracts could make sense....

 

I knew my PC (political correctness) would upset you .

The technician who found the egg shells was female.

 

Sellers of my friend's house swapped to old/non-functioning aircon & dishwasher after selling . Aircon was caught at pre-settlement inspection and got some money back but they found out about dishwasher much later. It wasnt even connected, they spent some money to be connected but to find it not working... after that story, I lost faith in humanity a little bit .. coincidence or what, appliances at my ip were broken down/found not to be working by new tenants...

 

This is a common story... I've had the same. Partner wanted to take our new (maybe 12 month old) dishwasher to our new home as it was really quiet... I said don't. In any case the dishwasher at our new home is still a good one, only slightly more noisy.

 

Does anyone have a recommendation for a repair person for a dishwasher?? I know, everyone says just buy a new one but if it can be fixed for a reasonable price I would rather do that.

 

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Thank you!!

Does anyone know if there is a company that you can get a warranty for a property for repairs? In the US you can buy a service for say $500/year that covers repairs for dishwasher, washing machine, dryer, refrigerator and A/C repairs.

 

RACQ have a callout service (price is per house per annum) but I dont recall whether it covers appliances. See their website.

 

Why does the $1 man not go around look at dead machines , say it will cost $300 to fix that only cost $30 to fix ?

 

Maybe I am crazy, but I rinse dinner plates and heavily soiled saucepans before putting them in the dishwasher - might be the reason I haven't had to call a repairman ...

 

Same! I like things semi clean before going in dishwasher.

In our investment we have an IKEA fully intergrated dishwasher that is going on 5 years. Had 1 problem early on, (touch wood) but whirlpool are the parent company and was covered under warranty. All the appliances in that house are ikea actually, all same age and no problems (induction cooktop, oven and rangehood).

For our current investment-to-be, have picked up a dishwasher from Bunnings (discontinued stock + trade discount = cheap, however, yet to be installed )