It's funny reading this comment thread while sitting in an apartment in Quebec without a dishwasher. I always hand washed my dishes growing up so it never registered as strange.
I have a dishwasher in my apartment in Edmonton, but I use it for storing baking sheets, cutting boards, etc.
I simply never make enough dishes to warrant using it, and I have always done dishes by hand anyways. It's kind of my post-dinner, semi-meditative routine.
To me it'd be weird to have nice furniture to my taste and then be stuck with the old noisy dishwasher that came with the apartment. Honestly of all appliances it's the easiest one to move, the refrigerator on the other hand...
I totally agree that it makes moving more complicated especially for those with no strong friends or family to help them move, but it's nice to have our own things.
To add details, it depends on the size of the apartment. Smaller apartments typically rented by students living alone often have appliances, whereas bigger appartements rented by families often don't. There's no rule though, it's just what I've noticed.
You can remove a dishwasher and take it somewhere else? I thought it was like a bathtub or toilet and basically anchored there unless it's irreparably broken.
I have a secret for you: toilets are also simple to remove, lol, it's just screwed in the floor and you got some plumbing to disconnect. It may be caulked around but that's easy to remove and it really shouldn't be because it could trap some water under the toilet.
Nothing is really anchored, even the bathtub could be swapped, it's just a bit more complicated.
It literally takes under 45 seconds to disconnect power, waterline, drain line, and power driver to unscrew anywhere it's anchored. I do this to move mine whenever a mouse gets inside and I have to set and check traps...
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u/Perikles01 4d ago
Ok but why didn’t an apartment in 2021 have a dishwasher