Refrigerator Listings Across Metro Vancouver

Confirm the Refrigerator Before You Remove Subjects

Refrigerator inclusion reads like a trivial line next to the purchase price, right up until you open an empty kitchen on completion day and have to buy one that week.

Appliances stay with a home only when the contract of purchase and sale says so. Standard forms used across the Greater Vancouver real estate market list them individually for exactly this reason, and disputes about which unit was meant surface long after home sales close. Name the appliance by make and model in your schedule rather than writing that the kitchen appliances are included, and do the same for anything else you expect to find there.

Ask the listing agent for the age and any remaining manufacturer coverage. A built-in or panel-ready unit deserves extra attention, because the cabinet panel is cut for that specific model and replacing the appliance later can mean replacing millwork too.

Check the Opening, the Power and the Water Line

Measure before you assume a replacement will fit. Note the width, the height under the upper cabinet and the depth, since a counter-depth unit and a standard one differ enough to block a walkway in a compact Metro Vancouver home. Check the door swing against the adjacent wall and confirm the doors can open far enough for the crisper drawers to clear.

Then look behind and underneath. Confirm there is an outlet on a suitable circuit, check whether a water line was run for an ice maker and whether the shut-off valve turns, and look for staining on the floor that suggests a slow leak. At the inspection, listen to the compressor, feel the door seals and open the freezer to check for frost build-up. Ask your realtor to confirm at the final walkthrough that the same unit is still in place before you complete on a Vancouver home.