stainless

^Agree. If they’re in working order let the buyers decide what they want. Otherwise, stainless is always a good choice. It’s highly unlikely anyone’s going to turn down a house they love due to appliances. When we bought our house the appliances were all stainless except for a glaring white wall oven. I didn’t give it a second thought and changed to ss when we moved in.

Are you replacing them because you want to take what's there with you? Otherwise, I'd leave what's there and let them decide. If you want to take your customized range that you adore and don't want to leave an empty spot, get stainless steel - you'll have more options.

If the appliances are in bad shape you can provide an allowance at closing for new appliances. Otherwise don't bother.

Thank you for all the feedback. the appliaces are mis-matched. i like the idea of an allowance to the buyer at closing.

Or just price the house accordingly from the beginning. Your agents job is to let buyers know that you acknowledge some of the older aspects of the home, and the price tag takes into account the face that someone may want matching kitchen appliances. It’s an upgrade, not something that needs to be replaced due to functionality. If a buyer wants to upgrade to a new kitchen, that is on them, not you. I would clean the house so it is spotless, because “meticulous” is a good selling point when a house has a bit of age.

Clean everything twice and leave the appliances , save the money fo the new house .

Is there so much competition in your market that you feel a need to throw new appliances into the deal to attract buyers?

Just clean them until they sparkle & make sure they work. Matching appliances aren't going to turn your kitchen into a beauty that buyers will fall all over themselves to own. And buyers will prefer their own appliance choices anyway.

I agree that awm03 makes an excellent point here. If you were to replace the appliances, chances are you are not going to spend any more than necessary, and just having “stainless steel“ does not mean you’ve provided anything premium to entice a buyer. Even much lower price point appliances today come in cheaper versions of stainless and so it doesn’t have the impact It might’ve had three or four decades ago, when stainless was just starting to appear in the luxury segment. Buyers will quickly assess how much you have spent and likely end up, replacing the newer appliances that you have installed and paid for. Better to give any new buyer an allowance where they can go back and purchase appliances based on their own preferences.

"i like the idea of an allowance to the buyer at closing."

It seems to me that by doing this you're telling prospective buyers that the appliances are deficient thereby providing them a reason to reject your house or demand a lower price. And some buyers may be completely happy with them. As suggested above, I'd just make sure they work and are clean.

You only give an allowance if the buyer asks.

this is the smallest work area. is this gap for the fridge or just leftover space? buy a bigger cabinet to put to the rightof the stove.

don't waste money on new appliances. what's there is fine

wouldn't hurt to get some pulls for those cabinets though. At least make it look appealing.

you can buy a 10 pack like this, for less than $35 on amazon. "Southern Hills Cabinet pulls"

I’m concerned your realtor has not advised you. Most of the time, sellers need to clean, declutter and depersonalize their homes to be more presentable to buyers. Your professional realtor would then price it according to the current market.

Do not buy new appliances!

Happy to hear it went well!!

LauraHal11, a bit of friendly advice ... providing updated information by editing the original post on a discussion that's days old makes it difficult for people following it to be aware. People who previously replied and are subscribed to the discussion receive an email notification when there's a new reply. There is no notification when posts are edited. New replies also move the discussion to the top of the forum thread list, which doesn't happen on edits. I had previously read the discussion but hadn't replied for following it. It moved up in the list upon ShadyWillowFarm's reply, which confounded me as to what is the evidence of a successful outcome ... it took several scrolls up/down until I noticed your edit adding a third paragraph to the original post.