Homes With High End Appliances in Greater Vancouver

Check High End Appliances Before You Book the Showing

High End Appliances in a Greater Vancouver kitchen are worth verifying on the MLS® listing and again in person — confirm the brands, the ages and whether every unit is actually included before you write an offer.

Panelled and integrated units are the ones to watch. A fridge or dishwasher hidden behind cabinetry is normally treated as a fixture and stays, while a freestanding range or a wine fridge can be a chattel that leaves with the owner. If a named appliance is part of why you are buying, have it written into the contract by make and model rather than assuming the photographs settle it.

Ask About Service, Parts and What Each Unit Costs to Repair

Premium equipment is not premium forever. Ask when each unit was installed, whether any warranty transfers and who has serviced them, because parts for imported brands can take weeks to arrive and a technician call is not a small bill. A kitchen full of aging Miele appliances is a future cost as much as a present feature.

Check what the appliances need to run. A commercial-style range wants gas and a hood that ducts outside; a large fridge and a wet bar together want circuits the panel may not have spare. Ask whether the electrical and the ventilation were upgraded when the kitchen was, and look for the permit.

Weigh High End Appliances Against the Rest of the Kitchen

Appliances are the easiest part of a kitchen to upgrade and the most photographed, so a strong lineup can sit in a room whose cabinets, layout and lighting are original. Look past the steel: check the millwork, the counter, the plumbing under the sink and whether the space works when two people are in it.

Then compare across neighbourhoods. In Kitsilano, Shaughnessy, Point Grey, Kerrisdale and West Vancouver, a fitted gourmet kitchen is close to an expectation rather than an upgrade, while elsewhere in the region it still moves the price. Ask your agent for recent sales of similar homes with and without one before you decide what this kitchen is worth to you.