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Home appliance writer with 12 years covering kitchen and laundry equipment in South Florida
Marcus has been writing about household appliances for more than a decade, with a focus on how Miami's climate, salt air, and power grid quirks shape what breaks and what lasts. He spent years shadowing service techs across Miami-Dade and Broward to learn how repairs really work, and he writes plainly for the homeowners on the receiving end of a service bill.
May 6, 2026
The compressor on a 12-year-old Sub-Zero refrigerator repair in Coral Gables runs about $1,800. A new built-in unit, sized to fit the same cabinetry, runs $11,000 plus another $2,000 to $4,000 in millwork. The decision is not close. But that math only holds when the rest of the u...
