Highland Appliance It Is Not

Our latest adventure was purchasing appliances.  Rental properties do not come furnished with any appliances, so we set off to locate them.  Our go to first stop is always LeClerc, the WalMart of this area.  It just seems to have everything we need.  The overriding concept here is environmentally kind appliances.  Although we purchased appliances at the upper end for instance, the freezer is not frost free (it's been a long time, since we had to defrost piles). The washing machine squirts a little bit of water, spins, squirts a little more, spins, and on and on using minimum amounts of water.  It also takes a lot longer to finish the cycle.  The dryer spins the water out of the clothes rather than incinerating them dry.       So at the end of the dryer cycle, we have to empty a full water resevoir.  Then garbage has to be separated - blue bags for paper, yellow bags for plastic and metal, black bags for perishables (no disposals), and glass must be taken to a special receptacle placed in every neighborhood.  The good news is we have loads of really hot water instantly, however they manage that.  Utilities are paid directly from your bank account which makes bill paying almost non existent for us.