Do base housing come with a washer and dryer?

[stumpere]

We will like our Kenmore Elite super capacity washer and dryer. It holds a king size comforter with no problems and use very little water.:thumbup:

[kombu_kid]

I don't know.:10:........don't worry, we're all normal here.

[Sif: wife of Thor]

yes, base housing does have washer and dryer.

[stumpere]

can we have it removed from the house and use our own instead?

[DoctorP]

Do you have a job that brings you here and gives you housing yet?

[stumpere]

No job yet. We paid over $2500 for our washer and dryer. We don't want to put it in storage.

[BleuEneG]

No job yet. We paid over $2500 for our washer and dryer. We don't want to put it in storage.

wow that must be some really nice washer and dryer set. And I thought I was crazy to pay $1500 for a vacuum cleaner. You value clean clothes and me...clean carpet. :thumbup1:

[watzitoou]

You should be able to have them remove the one from base housing. I have seen people bring their big refigerators from the states.

[okisteve]

wow that must be some really nice washer and dryer set. And I thought I was crazy to pay $1500 for a vacuum cleaner. You value clean clothes and me...clean carpet. :thumbup1:

$1,500 for a vacuum cleaner? Is it OK if I say it really must suck?:w00t:

Just kidding, but you probably haven't priced the latest Japanese washer-dryers. $2,500 will get you last year's model on sale. Think 4 grand!

[stumpere]

I got a lot of buttons for 5 different wash options :w00t:. The washer is huge, it automatically decides how much water it needs, and it's quite. Well worth the money I paid. The Japanese washer my in-laws have are small and don't clean that good. I was really amazed it cleaned anything with the little bit of water it used and the amount of clothes they stuff inside. :ohmy:

[DoctorP]

I got a lot of buttons for 5 different wash options :w00t:. The washer is huge, it automatically decides how much water it needs, and it's quite. Well worth the money I paid. The Japanese washer my in-laws have are small and don't clean that good. I was really amazed it cleaned anything with the little bit of water it used and the amount of clothes they stuff inside. :ohmy:

I just paid $1,100 for a washer last week, that has a built in dehumidifier. Measures the water needed, amount of soap needed, washes the clothes, then dries them. Costs me about Y50 per load from start to finish. Japanese model, and is large enough to wash comforters in too. They also sell a version that is a dryer, but it costs more money to operate...there are also models that have dampers that open and close that allow you to heat a room as you dry, or cool a room. Quite advanced.

[okisteve]

Doc, that's the kind I wanted to buy too. They take a long time but at least they get a start on getting the clothes dry. (The British machines work the same way.) But my wife wanted the full monty, so... Ours is supposed to be pretty economical too because instead of a regular strip heater for the dryer, they actually use a miniature heat pump, which seems like total techno overkill to save a few yen!

[DoctorP]

Doc, that's the kind I wanted to buy too. They take a long time but at least they get a start on getting the clothes dry. (The British machines work the same way.) But my wife wanted the full monty, so... Ours is supposed to be pretty economical too because instead of a regular strip heater for the dryer, they actually use a miniature heat pump, which seems like total techno overkill to save a few yen!

Ours gets the clothes completely dry, even the jeans. Operates for about an hour each time. The only thing we have noticed is that to prevent wrinkles, you need to shake out the clothes before the dry cycle.

[TheLastDon]

Ours gets the clothes completely dry, even the jeans. Operates for about an hour each time. The only thing we have noticed is that to prevent wrinkles, you need to shake out the clothes before the dry cycle.

I was thinking about buying one of those but now the yen rate tanked.

What models did you guys purchase? If you don't mind me asking.

[BleuEneG]

man after reading these last posts these overpriced machines are looking pretty good to me. I just hate to invest in something that I can't take back with me to the states. I already have a bedroom full of new furniture that I plan on buying and taking back and my husband says we were already over our weight limit bringing what we did.

[DoctorP]

I was thinking about buying one of those but now the yen rate tanked.

What models did you guys purchase? If you don't mind me asking.

We bought the Toshiba TW-2100VE(N)