dont buy, hotpoint ariston or indesit,imho worse on market, if your looking for cheap get a beko or matsui both around 170 from currys and not bad in there respective price range, you can allways take out extended whatever happens policy for about £4 a month the currys whatever happens policy is the best on the market it really covers any fault and cover it for 5 years against any problems
washing machines breakdown a lot as nothing is made to last these days so buy cheap and insure it as washers take a hammering, i would never buy expensive, and nearly all machines with free 5 year warrantys only cover parts and they sting you with huge service calls
and no i dont work for currys but i do contract for them somedays