When visiting the newly opened Miele experience centre in Solihull, the German Miele representative informed me that due to recent changes in UK law Miele (and other manufacturers) were no longer permitted to offer anything longer than an initial 12 month warranty on their goods.

My Miele Freezer was supplied with a 10 year warranty, and my Miele B2C machine had a 5 year warranty, for example. Now, the only way to protect yourself is to buy an annual D+G insurance/repair protection for each appliance. Or, you can take out their ‘kitchen cover’ for up to 5 appliances. From experience, if buying Miele, and an item becomes ‘uneconomic to repair’, D+G will offer a 100% replacement cost for the latest equivalent item, so long as you choose to annually renew the policy.

This is more favourable than Centrica’s Kitchen Cover, that, irrespective of the brand, only offers a 30% replacement contribution within 3 years of original purchase..

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