Tips on Choosing the Best, Top-Rated Home Appliances for Your Home
As the adage goes, you get what you pay for. This rings particularly true for high-end items, including household appliances. Choosing household appliances that meet your needs in terms of style and performance is key for any homeowner, but particularly when you’re remodeling, redesigning or building a home. This is the perfect time to do your due diligence and read reviews as you prepare to purchase these expensive items.
Choosing quality appliances can have a two-fold benefit: They can make your home more efficient and welcoming, and they can also potentially increase the value of your home if you sell it.
Check out this list for a complete roundup of the top-scoring appliances of 2016, according to Consumer Report’s 2016 Buying Guide. Among the items listed are the Whirlpool WOD93EC0AS double wall oven, the Maytag MEW9530AW single oven, the LG LDE3037ST range, the Frigidaire Gallery FGHI2164QF freezer and the KitchenAid KDTM354DSS dishwasher.
Above all, it’s key that the appliances you choose for your home speak to your style and your needs. Luckily, we’ve done some of the legwork for you. Read on to learn more about 2016’s top-rated appliances, as well as some tips for choosing the right appliances for your home.
Ovens
For those who decide not to go with a traditional range setup, you’ll likely need to choose an oven and stove top separately. This can be ideal for those who love to cook, because it opens up more creativity and possibility for cooking — including the potential for a double oven or even an oven that is inserted into a kitchen wall.
Refrigerators
Top-line refrigerators are as pretty as they are functional, like the one in a remodeled home from Plekkenpol Builders.
When choosing a refrigerator for your kitchen, you should give special consideration to the space you need to actually store your family’s food. This can guide you in the buying process and offer more possibilities for creative space usage. Check out this refrigerator buying guide from Lowe’s for more in-depth advice on getting the perfect fridge for you.
Microwaves
Smaller ticket items like microwaves should still complement the overall look of your space. Microwaves are all but a necessity today and the color, style and placement — whether a countertop variation or one that is built-in — can also play a role in the look and feel of your kitchen.
Protect Your Purchases… and Your Pocketbook
There’s never a good time for something to break down, especially when that something is an expensive appliance that is used by your family every day. Being without a stove or washing machine, for example, makes life more challenging — buying takeout food and heading to the laundromat is both expensive and time-consuming.
When you invest in high-quality items, it’s equally as important to invest in a home warranty that protects you in the event an appliance breaks down. Check out the typical costs to repair or replace home appliances and systems when they break down from everyday use — usually, a home warranty pays for itself after just one breakdown.
This way, you’ll never be caught off guard when something (inevitably) goes awry.