Refrigerator

Our house is a spec house so we didn't really get to choose anything that went into it (we did get to choose our blinds and lighting fixtures), though there were 2 other spec houses we could have chosen but we chose the one that we did because we liked the location and the colors that were chosen for it already. The fridge wasn't one of the appliances already included in the house and we opted not to get our fridge from the builder because they were quoting us prices much higher that we wanted to pay for a fridge.

The other appliances in our kitchen are black GEs so we decided to find a black GE that we liked. This one below we found at place that we can get it for only $1500, shopping around they are standardly $1600. The other perk about where we are going to buy the fridge is, it is in unincorporated Pima County so the tax rate is 2% lower than in Tucson proper. So not only are we getting a good deal we're saving money on taxes too!!! Sweet.

I really like the freezer on bottom models but didn't necessarily want to pay the extra $500 or more to have the water dispenser on the door. We've lived 4 years and more without it so we're not really going to miss it. This fridge does have the ice maker in the freezer which is enough for me.



Now all we need to do is decide on which washer and dryer we want. We were originally looking at a mid-grade set from LG but the sales man told us that they weren't selling LGs anymore because it takes too long to get parts from the manufacturer (which makes them as an independent store look bad). He mentioned that since Maytag was bought by Whirlpool they have gotten much better (the whole Neptune fiasco really drug their name in the dirt). Either way we are trying to figure out what we want in our price range.