Anyone else love gas range (Irving: apartment, rentals, houses)

[T2015]

Older, less expensive homes with electric ranges seems to be the norm in Irving. I'm house hunting and it's difficult to find a home in our price range in Irving that also has a gas range. The majority of newer and more expensive, older homes seem to have gas ranges. We're still optimistic but we may have to forgo that feature if we run out of time.

Does anyone love gas ranges as much as we do? We use our gas range daily and when we visit family out of town, who have electric ranges, we immediately notice the difference when we have to cook a meal.

[cordata]

Yes. I would not buy a house without a gas range. A big mystery to me is when a house has gas service but an electric range.

[SouthernBelleInUtah]

My house had gas central heating, fireplace and stove but electric dryer (very inefficient). House is 10 yrs old. I ran a gas line for a dryer and bbq grill.

[ChristieP]

I also ran a gas line for my stove!

[FalconheadWest]

If your house has gas, you can run a gas line. Also, you should be looking around the stove to see if there is a gas drop already there. MANY houses have electric stove by are set up for a gas one. You just have to look and see if it's there. I changed out my electric to gas a few years ago. It's not hard. You should NOT be eliminating houses because of a stove if there is gas at the property.

[WorldKlas]

I do love gas, however the new higher end induction electric ranges really are great. I own a small rental house in Irving's Jackson Terrace and that neighborhood has gas service. Funny thing is my tenants prefer electric so when I was replacing applicances, I acquiesced and got a flat surface electric stove. I think they prefer it because they put a large tempered glass cutting board on top of the range and use it was extra counter top space.

[Aceraceae]

No gas is a deal breaker for me.

[UnfairPark]

My family prefers gas because you have more control and using gas is more economical. We do have six burner with 4 gas and two electric induction. I prefer grilling or using toaster oven over though we have two full size ovens and obviously a microwave. It suits my cooking style, rest of the family prefers full size ovens.

[lepoisson]

I love a gas stove and will not buy a house without it (or at least have funds set aside to have a gas line run). I rent, so it can be hard to find rentals with a gas stove. It was more common in the Midwest because of gas heat. Don't most folks in Texas have electric heat?

The best thing about a gas stove is that the heat dissipates instantly. This is great when stir frying because you need really hot heat, followed by no heat.

[Beardown91737]

Some listings say plumbed for gas. We wound up buying new construction with a gas range, heater, and water heater. We asked for gas to the dryer as a non-standard option, which cost us only $115.00 because it was close to the run from the water heater in the garage to the furnace in the attic.

We did have the glass top induction burner in our apartment while our home was being built. It was not as bad as the old element range, but if anything got between the pot and burner, it became instant charcoal, and hard to clean.