Despondent of Cheshire

This has to be the worst washing machine I have ever owned!

It broke down in the first year and has continued to do so every eight months or so ever since I purchased it in 2006. I have fortunately had a service contract but as this costs me £120 a year for cover I have now decided I may as well buy a new machine from John Lewis which comes with a free 5 year guarantee so will more than pay for its self!

The performance of the machine is far from good and the washing invariably come out dirty.In fact the last engineer advised against combined washer/dryers as he said they perform very badly in terms of wash and drying.

I will not be sorry to see the machine being wheeled down the drive to that big Hotpoint tip!!!