[quote=jpinpb]BG – yeah, that cooktop/range is not cheap. I just got a Frigidaire stove/oven and that ran me 2k. I was considering not getting a slide-in range and just get a countertop stove until I saw how much that was going to cost me. A little shocking.[/quote]
jp, my own Jenn Air 30″ convection “wall oven” (to replace my “dead” standard 1993 model) cost me nearly $1100 4 years ago (and that was less than half-price) for a “Lowes out-of-box display model.” My (circa 1993) Maytag 30″ glass gas cooktop (which cost my former owners $430 at the time) currently has a broken “automatic ignition” on 3 burners. Therefore, it simply leaks gas into the house when you turn them on to ignite them (very dangerous). Its gas is currently turned off. Two weeks ago, I ordered a $215 (incl tax) replacement from Best Buy but is on backorder and will not be delivered until after 10/23. It is a black enameled steel gas cooktop (MUCH cheaper).
I would love an “induction cooktop” but my neighborhood has fabulous well-built homes (over 60 years old) that are not worth sh!t in this “current RE climate.” There is no way I would invest in what “I really want.”
In the current “RE climate,” it’s not about what the homeowner “really wants” in their home and totally about “if it’s really worth it to invest this amt of money.” :={
