A LAUNDRY EMERGENCY

[Karan]:  It is very clear that even though we're in the business of selling kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms - and all the accompanying components thereof - that we are not immune to the occasional domestic appliance failure. 

Neither do we receive special privileges in respect of the timing of these failures either.  Our Ye Olde Beloved washer dryer rolled over and died yesterday afternoon, and it ceased to be.  It is a dead washer dryer.  As emotional as all this  was we had to put our throbbing grief to one side and act quickly, because we are an active family of four, with a penchant for clean and fresh clothes.  There was no time to lose!

Thankfully Thursday is a designated delivery day for one of our very best suppliers and, whilst they tend to specialise more in integrated appliances, they were still able to offer us a replacement free standing washer dryer, from their vast stocks around the UK - at a jaw dropping price too.  Phew!  Perhaps on this occasion we were blessed to be in the right business at the right time - no waiting for four weeks for a delivery for us, oh no!  And we recycled Ye Olde Beloved, as we recycle all decrepit, defunct domestics, for which Planet Earth gives us a nod and a wink of thanks.

It has to be said though that removing Ye Olde Beloved, and the act of installing Sexy New WD was no mean feat!  Because we essentially have two machines in one + a condenser etc for the dyer aspect, they weigh a ton!  I have definately had more fun with my clothes on than trying to persuade Sexy New WD into it's new home - and it was Ian (obviously) doing all the heavy lifting!

Thankfully all is well now.  I had spent most of yesterday sweating blood at the prospect of having no washing machine for any notable period of time - we have a son after all and, for those of you with sons out there, you understand perfectly well what I'm saying here!  I love him dearly and, as much as I'd love him to sit quietly and read a book for an afternoon, he's 20 months old, and reading is not high on his agenda - but going backwards down a slide, scampering behind the sofas and climbing all over the furniture, is.

Sexy New WD is really rather lovely.  We find a timer delay invaluable with the amount of laundry we generate, as it allows us to wash at 2am when the Economy 7 has kicked in.  Did you know that a load of washing washed at 2am is half price, compared to the same load of washing washed during the day?  Hmmm, neither did I until a little while ago and now I do a little dance and make a little love every time the electricity bill comes in and shows me how much we've saved!

Another bonus is that Sexy New WD has Shh Super Silent Technology, which makes 2am washing easy, as there is absolutely no chance of the final spin waking the children.  Bless it; Ye Olde Beloved's bearings had gone (amongst other things), and it truly sounded like we were washing breeze blocks when it went into final spin mode, so 2am washes have been out of bounds of months just recently; which means a bigger electricity bill for us.  Now however, we're back on track, saving money, sleeping well (sometimes) and smelling divine!  Thank you Hotpoint - I love you!