ARC Appliances

ARC Appliances is a slick and shiny-​looking family-​run independent business supplying all your kitchen appliance needs and wants. Their Harrogate Road shop is small if you’re used to Comet but has a good range of products in stock and friendly and helpful staff — and it’s nice to know you’re supporting a small family business rather than helping stores such as Comet multiply like creepy pulsating blobs out of a naff alien horror film!
Their products include washing machines, dryers, fridges, freezers, cookers, dishwashers and microwaves. They also offer a maintenance and repair service for most kitchen appliances, so they have in-​depth knowledge about their products. They deliver free within Leeds and cheaply within the UK and their prices are very competitive.

This appliance shop sells every electrical item you could need in your home from kettles to washing machines and fridges. It pretty unusual to find a local mediums sized shop like this selling such things out of town or out of shopping parks. I am always a bit intimidated by the large super-​home-​stores selling everything, in fact I’m so overwhelmed by them that I would avoid at all cost. If you feel a similar way but must purchase a freezer before all your ice cream melts then this is the place for you. They do built in or free standing appliances, mostly applying to cookers, I imagine. When I passed recently most things in the window were at a discount price, so maybe there is no hidden cost at avoiding the super chain stores.

You don’t seem to find many little appliances shops these days, especially given the likes of a huge Curries or Comet usually being situated in the nearest retail park, so to have this kind of store smack bang in the middle of wee Chapel A is quite a find. Being a little local shop they also have to have reasonably competitive prices too, so even better — local, small and cheap!
You can expect all kinds of standard white goods in here, washing machines, tumble dryers, dish washers, ovens, fridge freezers, gas and electrical cooker/​hobs and more. As well as all those sorts of essential items they also stock a range of other handy electricals too. They had a range of heaters, at some really good prices, irons, kettles and many other similar items. I’m moving house pretty soon and having gone down the route of buying in super cheapo-​break-​in-​six-​months kitchen appliances I feel it might be time to try somewhere new for all those much needed things — I think I’ve found my place! Watch this space, an update will surely follow!