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Around 40%[1] of the population rents, which means 40% doesn't make the purchasing decision for many appliances. We can sanity-check your argument with this: Th
by MichaelBurge 10y ago
Around 40%[1] of the population rents, which means 40% doesn't make the purchasing decision for many appliances. We can sanity-check your argument with this: That reasoning should predict no change in the quality of commercial appliances used in apartment complexes and laundromats, since these customers are used to making spreadsheets with a capital expenditures budget that they pay into for 30 years.
[1] http://www.citylab.com/housing/2016/02/the-rise-of-renting-in-the-us/462948/ http://www.citylab.com/housing/2016/02/the-rise-of-renting-i...
- tomlock 10y agoMy perceptions in most coin-op laundries has been that they use different brands to consumers! Additionally, at least in Australia, my perception has been that most renters are required to bring or purchase their own washing machines and refrigerators.
- lacampbell 10y agoAround 40%[1] of the population rents, which means 40% doesn't make the purchasing decision for many appliances. Do all rental properties come with appliances in the US? Here in NZ that's the exception rather than the rule.
- Merad 10y agoKitchen appliances are usually included. If the house/apartment has washer/dryer hookups it's usually up to the renter to buy them.
- user5994461 10y agoUSA is notorious for having fully equipped kitchens. In Europe it varies by country. From the same, to having only a bare sink with a tube for the gaz.
- ajdlinux 10y agoHere in Australia, my apartment came with a dryer (required by law), a dishwasher and an oven. We had to buy the washing machine and the fridge, though.
- lacampbell 10y agoA dryer is required by law!? I almost never use dryers in NZ. I couldn't imagine using one in Australia - even Melbourne is an arid desert wasteland by my standards.
- ajdlinux 10y agoI don't have a source other than to say this is what my real estate agent mentioned to me if I recall correctly, but at least in the ACT in an apartment block it's a requirement to provide a dryer if you don't provide a proper area for a clothesline.
- emodendroket 10y agoHave you never rented or something? Landlords don't expect tenants to take care of the appliances and buy the cheapest crap out there.
- rhino369 10y agoThis is the big difference between "luxury" apartments and "lower income" apartments. The Luxury buildings slap in high end appliances and some granite countertenors and BAM it costs 500 dollars more a month.
- emodendroket 10y agoI rented a "luxury" apartment for a while and despite the faux-granite countertops the appliances were still pretty low-end. They were newer but still about the cheapest models you could get of everything.