Dick Smith Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 When the mice knackered our washing machine (France) we took to driving 25km to the 'nearest' launderette! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkkent Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 We stayed with a French family about 30 years ago. They had a dishwasher and I thought it was wonderful - the other half didn't agree though.Then I had a pay award with some back pay and I decided - without her agreement - to buy a dishwasher. She was soon convinced. I am now on my third.Over the years, I've been treated to some wonderful objections from friends and acquaintances:- Doesn't wash as well as doing it by hand- Can't deal with egg stains- The salt attacks the glaze- Uses far more water than doing it by hand- You run out of teaspoonsBut they all get one in the end. Like Dick, I think it's the best household appliance I've got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owens88 Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Firstly. yes we do have a dishwasher in our gite. A family/group gite needs it. Loading the dishwasher in the evening interrupts the flow of 'conversation' a lot less than half an hour with Marigolds.But. If the kitchen isn't big enough... well the gite may be for smaller groups anyway. And when I am on my own I may well wash up by hand for economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyF Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Not a gite owner, but at present renovating a holiday cottage in Normandy. We've now fitted the kitchen and the next item to go in is a dishwasher! We have one at home and wouldn't be without it. It does a whole day's dishes using the equivalent of one sinkful of water and the dishes are far cleaner. If I were renting a gite I would want a dishwasher, even just for the two of us. After all, when I'm on holiday I don't want to do any more housework than absolutely necessary. We used to have a holiday cottage next to our home in Wales and put a dishwasher in it from the beginning (about 15 years ago now). Believe me, the guests appreciated it and said so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 We too have a tiny kitchen but my plumber mate found me a small one (about the size of a lave-linge top) which copes well with the dishes from an average meal for 6 and with two of us is perfectly adequate for all the dishes/plates/cuttlery/mugs etc which we use in one day. Then we put it on over night during the heures creuses - it has a delay timer built in. Excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 I have a dishwasher and wouldn't want to be without it but I do find that my plates seem more brittle, I have quite a bit of Denby dinnerware. I think in France I'd just keep buying the supermarket sets which always look pretty good value to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alnmike Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 We have a dishwasher - we get good feedback from our visitors saying it did influence their decision. We have quite a large kitchen so no space issues. Personally, if I was in self-catering accomodation, I would prefer one! [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le 47 Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 As potential cutomers we only looked at gites with a dishwasher.Now renting out a gite we would not dream of not having one. It is a standard item IMHO. There is a lot of competition out there unless you want to compete by being the cheapest.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqui Too Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 I used to run a holiday cottage (gite) here in Shropshire and that had a dishwasher and I supplied the tablets, I think that 98% of people used it and the ones that didn't were the ones that didn't have one at home!Now we have closed the cottage I have got most of what we need for our new holiday home in France and the dish washer will be one of the things that will be installed first or my 'other' dishwasher will not happy!! (he always washes up then we are on holiday)[:)]Our biggest problem isn't filling it up or emptying it but SWITCHING IT ON!!!Chipie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 if money were no object, i'd have TWO dishwashers. then i'd put dirties in one and, when the things are clean, i'd take the stuff out and use them as and when i need them without bothering to put them away in cupboards. the dirties then always go in the empty dishwasher. after all loading and unloading is SUCH a chore, n'est pas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 That's what husbands are for. The hassle is getting us properly trained. After 20 years I've almost got the hang of it. Jude gave up trying to teach me ironing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Yes, saus, this is the only benefit of doing the ironing really. So I can say "I do all the ironing so you can empty the dishwasher, mop the floor, cook the dinner, dust, etc etc..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 [:D] Sounds like a good balance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted March 3, 2007 Author Share Posted March 3, 2007 Or you buy an iron that is like a big boys toy and is fun and then all the blokes in the house use it sans probleme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Where can I get one T/U? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Like the iRon?[IMG]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f338/dick_at_aulton/0200404108700.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted March 4, 2007 Author Share Posted March 4, 2007 I have a laurastar iron, expensive and worth every penny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsi Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 There can't be too many homes in the UK nowadays without Dishwashers, so why would they not want a dishwasher whilst on holiday? Having said that we are only just putting them in this year as we've had to re think what to do with the washing machines! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alnmike Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 mitsispot on re the washing machine space!!! Our cottage had existing plumbing in the bathroom for a washing machine, so ours had to go there. I'm not very comfortable with this - but I just hope guests find it quaint, and very French!!! [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 [quote user="alnmike"]Our cottage had existing plumbing in the bathroom for a washing machine, so ours had to go there. I'm not very comfortable with this...[/quote]Why? That's where you get undressed for a bath/shower and where the laundry basket is usually kept...I've always thought it very unhygienic to have dirty smalls/socks in the kitchen, which is where most washing-machines are in the UK (or you carry the laundry through the kitchen to the utility) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 I wouldn't worry about the washing machine in the bathroom - we saw quite a few when we were househunting. We're thinking of resiting our own there when we remodel our own bathroom (one day, one day), as the bathroom is big and the mudroom/freezer room/boiler room isn't!TU - your Laurastar - is it one with the ironing board etc integrated? They look pretty impressive. What are they like to set up/put away? They've got one on offer for 449€ delivered.I never rated vacuuming until we got a Dyson, shortly after they came on the market. When we used it for the first time, as we went through the house there was a different coloured layer for each room, like one of those tubes from the Isle of Wight which are filled with layers of different coloured sand. I experienced a previously unfelt sense of achievement!Hmmm. Just re-read this. I really am becoming a sad old git in my forties, aren't I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alnmike Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Clair - spot on ref the washing etc, I think it's the electric socket that makes me twitchy!!! [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanche Neige Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/882422/ShowPost.aspxre. washing machines in bathrooms see post above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted March 4, 2007 Author Share Posted March 4, 2007 Cassis, I would buy one again. It isn't light, but I manage OK to open and close it, in fact it just open and closes like an ordinary ironing board. Ideally if I had a buanderie I would leave it up all the time. Everyone said I was mad for paying that much, and that was 10 years ago now, but I have never regretted it. My husband buys quality appliances and tools for his woodworking/metal working, so why shouldn't I have something of quality too. I get volunteers to do the ironing and it is quick as it does both sides at once on most things. It doesn't leave shiny marks on fragile things either.I am more than satisfied with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judyc Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 This has been a discussion point several times for my husband and I for our three gites, as I think we should look seriously at having them but my husband isn't keen. We have run our gites for nine years and so far, only one family said a few years ago that they would have liked a dishwasher, but as they have carried on coming each year it didn't have too much of a negative effect that there wasn't one. Having read the thread, I realised perhaps how many people were not even considering us because of the lack of!Husband's argument against is that, for a gite for six people, we either supply twenty plates, bowls, cups etc in each gite or expect renters to use it three times a day which he feels will be expensive. How do other owners equip their gites to take into account a dishwasher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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