SHE’S creating her dream kitchen, but is having to do so on a tight budget.
So when she saw an £830 fridge freezer on Facebook Marketplace for FREE, Kelly knew she had to nab it.
But getting it in, clean and fitting it was anything but easy, and she documented the process on her TikTok page.
“It truly is amazing what people get rid of!”;; she said.
She picked the fridge up from a “building site”;; and was told it was all in working order but just needed a clean.
“I’m pretty sure that this hasn’t been opened in a long, long time,”;; Kelly admitted.
“The stench was unreal and, to top it off, I found fish in there!
“I am NOT a fish lover and that expensive salmon is five years old.”;;
Once she’d managed to “dispose of”;; the offending fish, she got to work cleaning the fridge – taking every shelf and drawer out from inside, so that she could give it a deep clean.
It needed a lot of “elbow grease”;;, Kelly said, and she got stuck in with sponges, sprays and cleaning brushes.
“I used lots of bleach on this thing,”;; she laughed.
“It was so strong I’m pretty sure I burnt the nostril hairs off.
“It was the only thing that I really felt was going to kill that bacteria because God knows how long that’s been growing in there.”;;
Once the bottom half – the freezer – was done, Kelly moved onto the fridge, removing each part one at a time, cleaning and putting it back.
“This felt like a never-ending job,”;; she sighed.
“I love to clean but this was a lot, although very satisfying.”;;
Once the “cleaning marathon”;; was done, Kelly changed the hinges to match the rest of her kitchen, and enlisted the help of her stepdad to rewire the plug, which had been cut off.
“We rewired the plug in seconds, attached the doors together and it was done,”;; Kelly said, as she showed herself pushing the fridge freezer into its allocated slot.
“A fully working integrated fridge completely free!”;;
“My best and worst Facebook marketplace find in one!”;; she captioned the video.
“I’ve been looking for a integrated fridge freezer ever since I bought this unit.
“I wasn’t prepared to buy new, so will some patience (somehow) but mainly will power I found this baby!
“And what a gem it turned out to be!”;;
