My dryer came with the house and is very old, but it works when I have to use it so I won't replace it until it dies and cannot be repaired. The washer came with my house, too, but it's newer and the same Kenmore model I had in my previous house. I MUCH prefer to dry things on the line outside. That is one reason that I will never live in a development with an HOA. Give me a real neighborhood any day!