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Post by busy on Oct 8, 2019 16:23:09 GMT
We're casually thinking about moving or building and have been browsing new construction in our area. In a few different houses lately, we have seen utility/laundry rooms that are right off the entry way (the front door, not a garage entry). It's so weird and makes no sense to me. They're full rooms, so behind closed doors and not visible to guests but still... I've never seen that before and now have seen it in three or four new construction homes in the past few weeks. What weird trends in new homes have you seen lately? ETA: I found a floor plan from one of the builders... a smaller version of one of the houses we saw, with the laundry room in the same place. I maintain it's weird lol   |
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Post by workingclassdog on Oct 8, 2019 16:34:40 GMT
Is it being treated like a mudroom??? So maybe coming in and going straight in there is easier?? Maybe it is to make more room in the kitchen area (where I would think the entry from the garage would typically be? I don't know?? LOL
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Post by mustlovecats on Oct 8, 2019 16:39:00 GMT
Laundry off the garage entry is common here, but I can’t say I’ve ever seen it off the front door.
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Post by busy on Oct 8, 2019 16:40:26 GMT
Is it being treated like a mudroom??? So maybe coming in and going straight in there is easier?? Maybe it is to make more room in the kitchen area (where I would think the entry from the garage would typically be? I don't know?? LOL No... every house we've seen it in also had a garage entry that had a mudroom-ish set up. These are just straight laundry rooms. |
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Post by mellowyellow on Oct 8, 2019 16:42:37 GMT
In our first house 20+ years that was brand new had the laundry room off of the entry way. You could turn left from the front door, go through the laundry room to the garage. So I don't think that is a weird trend.
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Post by bc2ca on Oct 8, 2019 16:44:58 GMT
Hmm, I haven't seen that around here and it has me scratching my head. Laundry rooms are still upstairs with the bedrooms in most new builds I have seen.
What I found missing in the newest models I've looked at is a second living/family room. The one thing I really love about our current home is we have 3 shared spaces (living room and family room on the main floor and a bonus kids game room/TV room upstairs). I could live with two, but would not want to go down to one. These newer homes are 1000 sq ft bigger than ours and the space is being used for very large bedrooms.
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Post by busy on Oct 8, 2019 16:48:37 GMT
In our first house 20+ years that was brand new had the laundry room off of the entry way. You could turn left from the front door, go through the laundry room to the garage. So I don't think that is a weird trend. These aren't connected to the garage (or anything else, for that matter) in any way, though. They're just standalone rooms, off the entry way. I've never seen it in any house before the past few weeks. |
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Post by busy on Oct 8, 2019 16:50:16 GMT
Hmm, I haven't seen that around here and it has me scratching my head. Laundry rooms are still upstairs with the bedrooms in most new builds I have seen. These all were homes with masters on main, so I imagine that's why laundry is on the main. However, it makes more sense to me just about anywhere other than by the front door lol. |
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Post by compeateropeator on Oct 8, 2019 16:52:38 GMT
Possibly easier to vent and plumb? My brother is building and I think it near to the front door but that is also close to the garage entrance.
Now that think about it the dryer may vent into the garage which then needs to be vented outside
I Guess I really have nothing. I do know that to get everything they wanted it was all about maximizing the space and making certain things central.
I will be interested in the responses. I have a small condo so I have never really had options or thought about it.
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Post by compeateropeator on Oct 8, 2019 16:59:02 GMT
I am sorry for an add on in a different post but I am on my phone and can’t figure out how to edit.🙄
I would do anything not to have a laundry ( or hot water heater, in my case) upstairs. I know for a fact how damaging that can be if there are problems/they let go .
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Post by bianca42 on Oct 8, 2019 17:06:05 GMT
Many of the houses in my development have an office in the location you described and a smaller laundry room near the garage. I wonder if they are replacing the office with the bigger laundry and not needing to fully redo the entire plan? Other than that, I've got nothing.
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Post by busy on Oct 8, 2019 17:10:01 GMT
Many of the houses in my development have an office in the location you described and a smaller laundry room near the garage. I wonder if they are replacing the office with the bigger laundry and not needing to fully redo the entire plan? Other than that, I've got nothing. Yeah, I'd expect these rooms to be offices, based on placement. I opened a door and was like huuuhhhh??? The rooms are a decent sized for laundry, but too small to be offices. It's just weird all around. |
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Oct 8, 2019 17:11:17 GMT
My old house (60's construction) was garage ->laundry (dryer on one side of little passage, washer on other)-> the kitchen -> So, through kitchen, living room, lonnnnnng hallway, stairs then Bedrooms.
Next house (90's construction) garage entrance was off the kitchen and the laundry was in the garage. Soooo laundry had to go through garage, kitchen, living room, den, up the stairs then to the bedrooms.
Next house (mid 80's construction) had a side door that led to mud room, across from that a small laundry room, then around the corner a powder room, then kitchen or dining room. Hallway, stairs, another hallway to bedrooms upstairs.
Current house... (10's construction) has something like you are describing. I LOVE it! Split level, downstairs is finished and garage access. Go upstairs and there is an entryway. Go straight and it's open floor kitchen/living room. Left is another little foyer that has "guest bath" but also the small hall to the master. And two bedrooms. From that laundry space, laundry is literally less than 20 steps away from any closet. Also, unless someone mistakes the laundry for the bathroom, no one sees it. It's fantastic.
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Post by workingclassdog on Oct 8, 2019 17:11:27 GMT
Is it being treated like a mudroom??? So maybe coming in and going straight in there is easier?? Maybe it is to make more room in the kitchen area (where I would think the entry from the garage would typically be? I don't know?? LOL No... every house we've seen it in also had a garage entry that had a mudroom-ish set up. These are just straight laundry rooms. Welp I tried.. LOL.. I would do anything to have washer/dryer upstairs.. especially as I get older. But NOOOO we have to have the furnace/hot water heater upstairs, which makes no sense to me. The builder should have flipped them.. |
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Oct 8, 2019 17:31:45 GMT
I haven't seen any homes with the laundry location as described by busy. I can't think of any really good reason to locate a laundry room like that, but I can think of several reasons why I wouldn't like it. |
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Post by kimpossible on Oct 8, 2019 17:31:57 GMT
I haven't seen the laundry area where you describe, I too would find that odd. What I have been seeing is huge laundry rooms with desks - like an office area. I don't mind having an office area - but not in my laundry room. I don't like spending a ton of time in the laundry room - could not imagine going in there to use it as an office either. Another version was a craft/sewing/hobby area in the laundry area. I guess if that's where folks want to do their hobbies - go for it, I'd rather have a separate space.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2019 17:35:37 GMT
I've not seen that and I agree that it is weird!
The only trend I've noticed is eliminating the living room and in many cases the dining room. I've also seen a lot of multi use rooms upstairs. I wouldn't want to climb stairs to go to a bonus room all the time, but I'm old, what do I know?!
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Post by mom on Oct 8, 2019 17:38:29 GMT
I am sorry for an add on in a different post but I am on my phone and can’t figure out how to edit.🙄 I would do anything not to have a laundry ( or hot water heater, in my case) upstairs. I know for a fact how damaging that can be if there are problems/they let go .Absolutely, this. We've had a hot water heater flood our upstairs and what a pain in the rear to deal with. Having a laundry room upstairs is just a bad idea but its especially bad if its the only laundry room. Imagine being elderly and having to climb stairs to get to the only place you can do laundry! |
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Post by mom on Oct 8, 2019 17:41:15 GMT
I haven't seen laundry right by the front door. I would immediately cross off a house that had that.
The big thing I've been seeing here in new homes is built in dog crates in living areas. While I get why someone would want to have a nice crate for their dog, thats a pretty specific thing to include in a new build that you're trying to sell.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Oct 8, 2019 17:42:49 GMT
We just bought a townhouse with the laundry on the main floor as well as the master. My suite is downstairs and I have the whole level to myself except the wine room. I mean obviously. I love having laundry upstairs and can do it daily if need be. My townhouse is the same size as my old house was.
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Post by mellowyellow on Oct 8, 2019 17:46:35 GMT
In our first house 20+ years that was brand new had the laundry room off of the entry way. You could turn left from the front door, go through the laundry room to the garage. So I don't think that is a weird trend. These aren't connected to the garage (or anything else, for that matter) in any way, though. They're just standalone rooms, off the entry way. I've never seen it in any house before the past few weeks. Ohhhh ok...yeah that does seem kind of strange. |
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Post by compeateropeator on Oct 8, 2019 17:46:36 GMT
[quote Absolutely, this. We've had a hot water heater flood our upstairs and what a pain in the rear to deal with. Having a laundry room upstairs is just a bad idea but its especially bad if its the only laundry room. Imagine being elderly and having to climb stairs to get to the only place you can do laundry! And addition to upstairs damage it also has the opportunity to cascade down the stairs, come down through the cupboards...and you have two floors to deal with.😩 |
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Post by KikiPea on Oct 8, 2019 17:55:44 GMT
Not a weird trend, but a new one I have seen, and love, is the laundry room right off the master closet. It couldn't be in a more perfect place.
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Post by mom on Oct 8, 2019 17:59:39 GMT
Not a weird trend, but a new one I have seen, and love, is the laundry room right off the master closet. It couldn't be in a more perfect place. I actually have this and to be honest, I don't love it like I thought I would. When both boys were home, I felt like someone was always in my closet and it didn't feel like a private space. Now that they are moved off, it's better. But I still dont feel like I can leave everything out like I could if no one was coming through it to get to the washing machine. |
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Post by katlady on Oct 8, 2019 18:01:28 GMT
I've never seen a laundry room right off the main entrance to the house. Most newer homes here either have the laundry room right off the entrance to the garage, or upstairs. I prefer downstairs because of potential water issues, and it is a few steps to the garage where I hang up some items to line dry.
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Post by KikiPea on Oct 8, 2019 18:02:53 GMT
Not a weird trend, but a new one I have seen, and love, is the laundry room right off the master closet. It couldn't be in a more perfect place. I actually have this and to be honest, I don't love it like I thought I would. When both boys were home, I felt like someone was always in my closet and it didn't feel like a private space. Now that they are moved off, it's better. But I still dont feel like I can leave everything out like I could if no one was coming through it to get to the washing machine. I understand that. We don't have kids, so it would be so convenient for us, I'd think. |
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Post by ladytrisha on Oct 8, 2019 18:04:54 GMT
My Mom bought a new build house 13 years ago (I tried to talk her out of it) - so many things are odd, but the biggest was the water heater stuck in the attic of their 2 story house! Who does that??
She and her companion had it yanked out a few years later and put in her laundry room, which, hello, logical right?
All the things that could go wrong with a huge water tank in the attic - brain dead designers I tell ya.
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Post by Restless Spirit on Oct 8, 2019 18:11:51 GMT
We saw a very small laundry room in a new build (a few years ago) where it was just around the corner from the front door. I think the real estate agents were getting tired of explaining why it was there. It had a sign on the door saying that it was for kitchen and dining linen, dish towels and the half bath that was on that floor. Upstairs was the full laundry room for bedding, linens and clothes.
This was the same home tour we went on and saw eight or 10 new builds. The one thing that I kept seeing that I wasn’t fond of but a lot of people loved was walk in closets with extremely high ceilings 10 to 12 feet at least. What made these different was the fact that there were clothing rods hung up really high near the ceilings. You had to use one of those hook things like you find at Kohl’s to get your clothes up and down. Once again there were signs posted saying that the upper clothes rods were there so you could store your clothes seasonally in the same closet. I guess that makes sense but I’m not a very adept at using those long poles stick thing to get clothes down in a retail store so I sure don’t want to be doing it in my home.
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Post by smartypants71 on Oct 8, 2019 18:12:20 GMT
I haven't seen laundry right by the front door. I would immediately cross off a house that had that. The big thing I've been seeing here in new homes is built in dog crates in living areas. While I get why someone would want to have a nice crate for their dog, thats a pretty specific thing to include in a new build that you're trying to sell. Interesting! i dont think id necessarily want that unless it could easily be repurposed into something else, but i think it would be nice to have a dog wash built in. |
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Post by Anita on Oct 8, 2019 18:18:55 GMT
The weird trend around here is not to put a door on the master bath. My DH gets up for work at 4 a.m. I do NOT want that light hitting my eyes. We added a sliding barn door to our master bath when we moved in because of that.
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