[chris_armstrong]

No where in Australia would you expect a fridge to be supplied as part of a tenancy. It does restrict what you can buy, as may removalists will not touch move a fridge if there’s too many stairs or if you can’t get it in the door

[netsharc]

Germany: the whole kitchen. Quite how a tenant would take a custom-made kitchen from an old to a new apartment, I don't know.

(Not sure if it's still a common thing, last decade it was, but I lived in places where the kitchen stayed with the apartment).

[stevage]

Yeah it was like that in France (at least when I lived there in 2006). Having to buy an oven/stove was not something I expected.

(OTOH, perhaps because of this situation, you can get some really cheap appliances.)

[throwyawayyyy]

Interesting! I've never seen a flat rental in the UK without a fridge (washing machine mostly yes too, depending; dishwasher mostly not).