Refrigerator upgrade

[geri317]

We will be moving into our new CYV in three weeks. I want a side by side refrigerator with water dispenser and had hoped the builder would let me have an upgrade if I paid the extra cost but it isn't an option. I guess we will sell our new fridge and get what we want. Is their a market here in the Villages if I try to sell on TOTV?

[CFrance]

We will be moving into our new CYV in three weeks. I want a side by side refrigerator with water dispenser and had hoped the builder would let me have an upgrade if I paid the extra cost but it isn't an option. I guess we will sell our new fridge and get what we want. Is their a market here in the Villages if I try to sell on TOTV?

Maybe. We moved into our new spec home last Feb. with a promise from my husband that we could replace the side-by-side that came with it with a French door/bottom freezer model like we have up north. We bought such a one, put the side-by-side on TOTV and a couple of newspapers, a couple of times, to no avail. Finally, this fall, we donated it to Habitat for Humanity. I wish you'd had this dilemma a few months earlier!

Good luck. We got no calls on our brand-new, never-used stainless steel side-by-side with water and ice in the door. But oh well. I'm really sold on the French door/bottom freezer Whirlpool we have. And I hope some worthy person is enjoying our side-by-side in their new Habitat home. Actually, I'm kinda glad the way it worked out... although my DH is probably on the fence a bit. ;)

[PaPaLarry]

We will be moving into our new CYV in three weeks. I want a side by side refrigerator with water dispenser and had hoped the builder would let me have an upgrade if I paid the extra cost but it isn't an option. I guess we will sell our new fridge and get what we want. Is their a market here in the Villages if I try to sell on TOTV?
You might want to consider having extra refridgerator in garage for just "Happy Hours" hehe We bought new refridgerator, and put old one in garage, and utilize it every day. Great for drinks, extra frozen foods etc. (Suggest you have outlet installed for area of garage)

[philnpat]

You might want to consider having extra refridgerator in garage for just "Happy Hours" hehe We bought new refridgerator, and put old one in garage, and utilize it every day. Great for drinks, extra frozen foods etc. (Suggest you have outlet installed for area of garage)

If you have a gas cart, there's an unused dedicated 20A receptical ready for your fridge.

[geri317]

A villa comes with a small garage. No room to keep an extra fridge even if I wanted to.

[BobandMarilyn]

We closed on our newly constructed home 2 years ago and did not like the dishwasher or stove available in the offered packages. We dealt directly with the appliance subcontractor, and arranged for the original installed appliances to be swapped out the day after closing. They were very fair in the charge to upgrade, and we also purchased our washer and dryer from them. Something to investigate.

[JB in TV]

We will be moving into our new CYV in three weeks. I want a side by side refrigerator with water dispenser and had hoped the builder would let me have an upgrade if I paid the extra cost but it isn't an option. I guess we will sell our new fridge and get what we want. Is their a market here in the Villages if I try to sell on TOTV?

We closed less than 3 weeks ago on a new Designer series home, and have a Whirlpool black side by side with water and ice dispensor that we would like to sell, as we are planning on bringing our almost new french door to replace it. It has been lightly used for the 3 weeks as we don't have our furniture here yet. PM me if you want to discuss this..

Jeff

[JB in TV]

Maybe. We moved into our new spec home last Feb. with a promise from my husband that we could replace the side-by-side that came with it with a French door/bottom freezer model like we have up north. We bought such a one, put the side-by-side on TOTV and a couple of newspapers, a couple of times, to no avail. Finally, this fall, we donated it to Habitat for Humanity. I wish you'd had this dilemma a few months earlier!

Good luck. We got no calls on our brand-new, never-used stainless steel side-by-side with water and ice in the door. But oh well. I'm really sold on the French door/bottom freezer Whirlpool we have. And I hope some worthy person is enjoying our side-by-side in their new Habitat home. Actually, I'm kinda glad the way it worked out... although my DH is probably on the fence a bit. ;)

Had you tried Craigslist? Our next door neighbor upgraded his appliances after he moved in and sold his Villages supplied refreigerator in short order...

[batman911]

We will be moving into our new CYV in three weeks. I want a side by side refrigerator with water dispenser and had hoped the builder would let me have an upgrade if I paid the extra cost but it isn't an option. I guess we will sell our new fridge and get what we want. Is their a market here in the Villages if I try to sell on TOTV?

We deleted all the kitchen appliances except the microwave during our design process. You may be able to delete them for credit. Check with your sales agent.

[graciegirl]

We deleted all the kitchen appliances except the microwave during our design process. You may be able to delete them for credit. Check with your sales agent.

I think this is an option only if you are building. In a spec home or a villa home already built you can't trade them out, at least that was so in 2008. We advertised here and sold our refrigerator as a beer fridge for someone's garage, but don't ask what it is worth or you won't sell it.

[SpicyCajunPugs]

We closed on our newly constructed home 2 years ago and did not like the dishwasher or stove available in the offered packages. We dealt directly with the appliance subcontractor, and arranged for the original installed appliances to be swapped out the day after closing. They were very fair in the charge to upgrade, and we also purchased our washer and dryer from them. Something to investigate.

We heard about that too and checked with Del-Air Appliances, the vendor for the villages in case we don't like the appliances when we do our design appointment next week. Unfortunately, they said they are no longer swapping out appliances for new ones. They said that they will install an difference appliance at builder prices, and remove the old appliance and place it in the garage, etc for you to sell, donate or dispose of. Too bad.

[PaPaLarry]

If you have a gas cart, there's an unused dedicated 20A receptical ready for your fridge.
Don't have gas cart!!!!!

[CFrance]

Lots of people like their side-by-sides, but we found that things got pushed to the back in the less-wide shelves, and we were constantly shifting things around to find the item we wanted. This doesn't happen in the french door fridge with bottom freezer. There is just more width in the refrigerator, and things are easier to spot. Also--don't laugh--we tend to each put any specific-to-us items on one side or the other, and then yell ENCROACHMENT if we find the other's things on our side! (Just a stupid family joke.)

Since we don't use the freezer as much as we use the fridge, we appreciate not having to bend over all the time to get things out of the fridge. The ice makers that are now available in the doors of french door fridges have been greatly improved, work better and don't take up much space like they did in the earlier models.

Just one opinion.

[dwikoff4]

I am looking for a refrigerator for our garage in the new home. Closing on Feb 13th.
What kind do you have? How much do you want for it?
Dennis
753-9689

[JB in TV]

I have a 3 week old Whirlpool black sde by side to sell...PM me if interested.

(click on my user name upper left of my post, and select "send a private messqge) just in case anyone doesnt konw how to do this. Too often i have experienced folks not knowing how to do something on a forum.... :-)

[George1938]

We will be moving into our new CYV in three weeks. I want a side by side refrigerator with water dispenser and had hoped the builder would let me have an upgrade if I paid the extra cost but it isn't an option. I guess we will sell our new fridge and get what we want. Is their a market here in the Villages if I try to sell on TOTV?

I have excactly what you want. Moved in October 2012 so the fridge is new. Looking to see what you have and consider a trade of some sort. 352-610-8213 or PM.

George1938

[lewis6351]

I would be interested in your refrigerator if the price is good. We are looking to buy an extra one for the garage.

[John_W]

We will be moving into our new CYV in three weeks. I want a side by side refrigerator with water dispenser and had hoped the builder would let me have an upgrade if I paid the extra cost but it isn't an option. I guess we will sell our new fridge and get what we want. Is their a market here in the Villages if I try to sell on TOTV?

There are thousands of CYV's in TV and half of the people would love to get something other than what comes with the home. We wanted stainless steel appliances and we were told we could have any color we wanted as long as it was white.

After two years of wanting a french door refrigerator, we bought a stainless steel french door Kenmore refrigerator at Sears last month. We had to let the delivery people take our old refrigerator away. There is absolutely no extra room in our garage, we have a car, a golf cart, a washer & dryer, golf clubs, 2 bicycles, a work bench and storage shelves, plus lawn equipment, a laundry tub, water heater and so on. We asked neighbors if they wanted it and they were in the same situation, no room in the garage.

One thing to be careful about in a CYV is the dimensions of the refrigerator space in the kitchen. We have 68-1/4" height clearance and 34" width. We could put most of the 25 cubic foot refrigerators in our kitchen, the width is not a problem until you get into the 30 or bigger cubic foot. However, the big problem was the height, with 68-1/4" clearance finding a refrigerator 68" or lower was a problem. In french doors stainless we found one each of a Kenmore, GE, LG, Whirlpool and Samsung that would fit in that space. After reading reviews and seeing all in person except for the Whirlpool, we went with the Kenmore. The Whirlpool had the best reviews, Kenmore and Samsung were second best. The Kenmore had adjustable split shelves in the middle, one extra door shelf on each door and didn't have the flap between the two doors and also was the largest at 23 cu feet. The Kenmore was also the cheapest and was shortest at 67-1/2" high. Here you can see how close the overhead cabinets are to the refrigerator.

When looking at refrigerators, there are two heights. One is the height including the door hinge, which can be as much as an inch more than the rear height. The only concern with the hinge height is that if the hinges are higher than the cabinets you might not be able to open the overhead cabinet doors all the way.

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[lovsthosebigdogs]

There are thousands of CYV's in TV and half of the people would love to get something other than what comes with the home. We wanted stainless steel appliances and we were told we could have any color we wanted as long as it was white.

After two years of wanting a french door refrigerator, we bought a stainless steel french door Kenmore refrigerator at Sears last month. We had to let the delivery people take our old refrigerator away. There is absolutely no extra room in our garage, we have a car, a golf cart, a washer & dryer, golf clubs, 2 bicycles, a work bench and storage shelves, plus lawn equipment, a laundry tub, water heater and so on. We asked neighbors if they wanted it and they were in the same situation, no room in the garage.

One thing to be careful about in a CYV is the dimensions of the refrigerator space in the kitchen. We have 68-1/4" height clearance and 34" width. We could put most of the 25 cubic foot refrigerators in our kitchen, the width is not a problem until you get into the 30 or bigger cubic foot. However, the big problem was the height, with 68-1/4" clearance finding a refrigerator 68" or lower was a problem. In french doors stainless we found one each of a Kenmore, GE, LG, Whirlpool and Samsung that would fit in that space. After reading reviews and seeing all in person except for the Whirlpool, we went with the Kenmore. The Whirlpool had the best reviews, Kenmore and Samsung were second best. The Kenmore had adjustable split shelves in the middle, one extra door shelf on each door and didn't have the flap between the two doors and also was the largest at 23 cu feet. The Kenmore was also the cheapest and was shortest at 67-1/2" high. Here you can see how close the overhead cabinets are to the refrigerator.

When looking at refrigerators, there are two heights. One is the height including the door hinge, which can be as much as an inch more than the rear height. The only concern with the hinge height is that if the hinges are higher than the cabinets you might not be able to open the overhead cabinet doors all the way.

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JohnW, your post is EXACTLY what I was wondering about. We own a home in Tamarind Grove that we rent currently and will move into in months to come and want to swap out the fridge for a larger one. Good to know you have done all the leg work for us. Thanks!!! I will save your post for future reference.

[CFrance]

Please consider donating your appliances to Habitat for Humanity if you are going to upgrade and can't sell them. They will pick up immediately.

[Houselover]

We deleted all the kitchen appliances except the microwave during our design process. You may be able to delete them for credit. Check with your sales agent.

We closed on a premier home last month and were able to delete all the appliances including the MWO. They put in the disposal and the vent for the MWO ..

[donnie426]

We closed less than 3 weeks ago on a new Designer series home, and have a Whirlpool black side by side with water and ice dispensor that we would like to sell, as we are planning on bringing our almost new french door to replace it. It has been lightly used for the 3 weeks as we don't have our furniture here yet. PM me if you want to discuss this..

Jeff

If you still have can you call me 352-205-7948 interested don

[JB in TV]

If you still have can you call me 352-205-7948 interested don

Sorry it was sold.