Is it worth installing a dishwasher?

[Kiter]

Hi,

Just about to start planning the kitchen for a IP in Ashfield, NSW. (3 bed unit) which I hope might rent for about 480 -540pw. I had planned on putting in the dishwasher, bu whilst pulling out the old kitchen i can see the waste from the sink runs diagonally across and through a wall to a waste pipe in the laundry next door. (about 1.3m run) And it does this through the middle of the cupboard. This therefore goes across where i had planned for the dishwasher. Now i am sure I could redirect the waste, but i might have to chase out the wall at the back to fit it in so the dishwasher can go back far enough.

So with the extra work - do you think it's worth it? It's not like it's an Eastern suburbs property where it might be expected, so the kitchen will be a basic Ikea jobby, but then it does have 3 beds?

any thoughts?


thanks

 

[Propertunity]

.... an IP in Ashfield, NSW. (3 bed unit) which I hope might rent for about 480 -540pw.

A 3brm unit in Ashfield will not rent for $540pw with or without a dishwasher in an Ikea kitchen IMO. You might get $500pw if it was top floor or something really special.

Dishwashers only cost $500 these days for a SS one. No biggie one way or the other.

 

[Kiter]

thanks - appreciate I was aiming high with the rent.

My main concern with the dishwasher is the work to get the sink waste to run behind the dishwasher. (the $500 for the dishwasher i can live with). As we are doing all the reno's ourselves the more jobs i have the longer it takes.
so just trying to work out if there is really any benefit to adding the dishwasher, or does anyone know of a method to get the sink waste to run behind it? (to my knowledge sink waste is normally 40mm, which i don't think would fit behind the dishwasher without chasing out the wall). Are there any other plumbing solutions?

 

[tobe]

what about one of those drawer type dishwasher they advertise ont he telly? Would that solve your pipe problem?

 

[handyandy]

Suspect that chasing out a 40-50mm pipe in the wall is asking for problems as you are going to remove a substantial amount of the brickwork.

An alternative could be a "Saniflo - macerator and grey waste water pump"
which would allow you to remove the large pipe running through the cupboards altogether. I think they are over $300 so a bit of an expense.

An additional advantage, depending on your set up, is that you could install a 1 1/2 sink or even a double sink as generally with the extended run you loose height and can't fit the dual plumbing required far a double sink. We just had this issue and we simply installed a single sink with double drainer as the plumbing for a double would have ended up lower than the waste pipe allowed.

To give the kitchen a wow factor you might want to consider using stone bench tops. If its a simple straight design then you can get pre done slabs that are relatively easy to fit and give an instant impact. We fit these to our kitchens at a cost of $500 per but we fit them ourselves.

Paradise Kitchens out at Wetheril park were selling the slabs for about $250 - 2600 x 600mm


Cheers

 

[melbmeg]

I wouldn't risk...

...not having a dishwasher if you are aiming high for the rent. If there are two similar properties available, the one with the dishwasher will be more appealing to almost all tenants.

 

[jeffb5ltr]

Dishwasher is a must, Especially in a 3br where a family is likely to rent it.

Had a similar problem in a unit we owned, I just move the pipe in as far as possible, did a little bit of chasing of the brick work.

I then bought the slimest dishwasher i could find at 2nds world. It stuck out a fraction more than normal but it beats doing the dishes for a family of four.

Maybe you could down size the pipe in that section a fraction?

 

[Kiter]

thanks all - some excellent suggestions to consider.
Once I have the old kitchen fully out at the w/e (makes too much noise in the evening), I'll be able to better assess the space.

but i think somehow i will try to fit a dishwasher....

 

[snivag]

Don't want to hijack this thread but are you going to put the dishwasher in or just make provisions for it. I am in the process of building my first ip and have made provisions for the dishwasher but wasn't going to put one in.(more to go wrong I thought)