Dish Washer vs. More Cabinet Space
For all you renters out there, I want to get a true sense of what’s more important. A clean, well put together apartment w/ reasonable rent. or a more expensive apartment w/ a dish washer and less cabinet space in the kitchen? For Landlords with dishwashers in your rental, how much difference does it make…
For all you renters out there, I want to get a true sense of what’s more important. A clean, well put together apartment w/ reasonable rent. or a more expensive apartment w/ a dish washer and less cabinet space in the kitchen?
For Landlords with dishwashers in your rental, how much difference does it make to have a dishwasher in relation to the types of potential tenants that come?
Thanks
We have been using a compact 18″ Avanti water-efficient dishwasher in our rental. It gets used often and we have NO cockroaches!
GE makes the spacemaker dishwasher which goes under the sink
i use these in smallish kitchens to make sure that a dw gets in my one bedrooms or i use an 18″ if i don’t have space – several manufacturers
get the dw
Or another idea, you can mount the short cabinet higher up on the wall, and put an open shelf all along the wall underneath the cabinet. An open shelf at that height is great for spices and things that people need to grab quickly when cooking.
Good point about roaches. 1:58 is right too, that you get a higher income renter.
I’m with 4:46 about those cheap short cabinets on high brownstone walls. Homeowners even do that in their owner’s unit too. At the least, people should put wall-mount shelving units about prefab short cabinets. Not everything has to be matchy matchy. You can do Ikea cabinets and Ikea shelves that aren’t part of the same collection. Or you can do any kind of chrome metal or steel shelving above any type of painted or stained wall cabinet and it will look good. Experiment a bit.
Dishwashers and washer/dryers are the kind of thing were you “never go back” to not having them. With them, you will get a higher income renter.
I’m a landlord and vote for the DW (I’ve always found a tenant for my place in 24 hours max; we also put in a stacked washer/dryer). If space is really tight, you can opt for an 18-inch model.
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I have a three family brownstone and a couple years ago I added dishwashers to the apartments. The tenants love it, but the roaches hate it! I no longer see any roaches in the house because tenants do not leave dirty dishes out anymore. I have a washer dryer set up in the basement too for the tenants. Anything you can do to keep quality tenants is a smart move.
I think 4:46 has it right. If you use an IKEA cabinet system, you can cheaply do one full height pantry unit and also be able to get a dishwasher. You can probably have both.