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Post by katlady on Dec 9, 2023 2:44:37 GMT
Once in awhile, home layout plans pop up on my FB feed. I like to look at them. But one thing I've noticed, while reading the comments, is that the location of the laundry room seems to be a deal breaker to many people. They don't like it if the laundry room is not in close proximity to the master bedroom. So, I live in a two-story home. This is our second one. In both cases the master bedroom is upstairs and the laundry room is downstairs. Before that, it was apartments with the laundry area down the driveway.  It has never been a priority to me to have a laundry room right next to the master bedroom, or even on the same floor. In fact, I prefer not to have a laundry room on the second floor in case there is a water leak. So, is the laundry room location important to you? |
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Post by librarylady on Dec 9, 2023 2:54:29 GMT
Currently in a 2 story house, all bedrooms upstairs and laundry is downstairs and in a utility room adjacent to the kitchen....about as far away from bedrooms as possible.
My SIL had a laundry chute from her 2nd floor that dropped the clothes in her utility room. I thought that was an ideal plan.
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Post by myshelly on Dec 9, 2023 2:56:50 GMT
I picked somewhat but not deal breaker.
I wouldn’t want my laundry room to be on the second floor because I dry some things outside (like rugs).
Or I like everyone to be able to go to the laundry room quickly when we come inside. For example, if everyone is wet from swimming or everyone is muddy from hiking I feel like it makes more sense for us to be able to get to the laundry room quickly than for us to walk all through the house in that condition.
I also feel like my kids have more laundry than me, so I wouldn’t care about it being close to the master, it would make more sense for it to be close to the kids.
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Post by littlemama on Dec 9, 2023 3:16:45 GMT
I like first floor laundy, although currently I wish there were a door between the laundry area and the rest of the house.
I would not want laundy on the second floor or the basement (grew up in the era of basement laundry). I like it on the main floor because I can hear when it is done and it is easy to do laundry on days I wfh.
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Post by garcia5050 on Dec 9, 2023 3:21:32 GMT
Not a dealbreaker at all. My laundry room is in a very visible spot in the house, so I need to keep it clean. It’s a small space with 3 doors that usually remain open to the den, the kitchen, and my bathroom.
But I’m not picky.
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Post by Nanner on Dec 9, 2023 3:27:41 GMT
It's a big deal to me. We live in a bungalow and the laundry room is on the main floor.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 9, 2023 3:28:59 GMT
I like laundry near where I spend the most time to able to hear it running and stopping.
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Post by busy on Dec 9, 2023 3:50:15 GMT
It’s a pretty big deal to me, bordering on dealbreaker.
I want laundry on the bottom floor, regardless of where the bedrooms are. After a friend was out of their house for seven months due to water damage from the supply hose to an upstairs washing machine failing while they were out of town… no thank you.
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Post by leannec on Dec 9, 2023 3:55:18 GMT
Anywhere but the basement! Ugh!
When I lived in a two storey house, the laundry was on the main level ... I liked that ...
Now I'm in an apartment style condo and so everything is on the same level ... I'm happy with the location of the laundry room (near the front door) ...
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Post by katlaw on Dec 9, 2023 3:56:04 GMT
We live in a 2 storey home. When we built our home in 2007 we didn't see any homes with the laundry upstairs on the second floor so that was not a thought for us. At the time we had little kids and I work shift work so I am not sure I would want the washer and dryer making noise on the same floor as our bedrooms.
I just didn't want it in the basement where I would have to haul laundry 2 flights of stairs.
Our laundry room is on the main floor and we have a laundry chute from our master bedroom to the laundry room.
I am pretty happy with that.
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Post by originalvanillabean on Dec 9, 2023 3:58:49 GMT
Next house it will be right next door to the master closet. Currently it is on the same floor and pretty close but I am looking forward to having it right by the closet.
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Post by grammadee on Dec 9, 2023 4:19:46 GMT
My SIL had a laundry chute from her 2nd floor that dropped the clothes in her utility room. I thought that was an ideal plan. That's what I have. Now if only it had a dumb waiter gizmo in it to lift the folded clothes upstairs...
Next house it will be right next door to the master closet. Currently it is on the same floor and pretty close but I am looking forward to having it right by the closet. I designed a house once that had three bedrooms upstairs with the closets all backing on the laundry room so you could pick up dirty clothes from the floor of the closets, wash and dry, then hang them up in the closets. No idea if the design would pass any kind of building code, but I had the drawings...
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Post by 950nancy on Dec 9, 2023 4:26:24 GMT
My laundry room is on the first floor. Bedrooms are up a flight. I can see why people might like it on the level with the bedrooms though. For me, the back of my laundry room has a 6 foot wide closet that I use for extra pantry stuff, and it also has a long wall of cabinets and shelves for outdoor activities. I don't need that storage up in the bedrooms. They all have walk ins. I need more storage on the kitchen level.
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Post by caangel on Dec 9, 2023 5:22:39 GMT
When we remodeled we chose to have the laundry on the first floor (was in the garage before, no basement). I didn't want the leak possibility and the noise issue (we do run laundry at night sometimes or set it to star early). Our laundry room is also our mudroom/garage access and it all functions really well. From a living in place situation it is better too. We have a second main/owner bedroom on the first floor so if we couldn't climb stairs it wouldn't be an issue.
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Post by mom on Dec 9, 2023 5:22:43 GMT
Next house it will be right next door to the master closet. Currently it is on the same floor and pretty close but I am looking forward to having it right by the closet. I had this in the house we sold back in the Spring. Man, I loved the laundry room being located next to the master bedroom closest. It also had a door leading the outside so it made it perfect. In my current home, it's on the other side of the house from the master bedroom closet. But it is located where you can come in from the pool and garage so it's not as bad as it could be. |
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Post by cadoodlebug on Dec 9, 2023 5:32:28 GMT
I love my laundry room now because it's a separate room, not a walk-thru to the garage. Downstairs and that's fine.
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Post by styxgirl on Dec 9, 2023 5:32:57 GMT
When we bought our current home about 15 years ago, one of the main checklist items was to have a main floor laundry. (We have a one level ranch with a full finished basement).
My current one is on the main floor, which is great, but it is right as you come in from the garage and passes into the kitchen and has a 1/2 bath off of it. No sink, no folding area and if there are baskets or clothes on the floor, it impedes the path to the bathroom or garage.
I would probably want it to be near the bedrooms (which is where MOST of the laundry comes from). A sink and folding/hanging area would also be a must!
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Post by AussieMeg on Dec 9, 2023 5:45:56 GMT
I live in a single story house, and I couldn't give two hoots where the laundry is located. It's the least important room in the house, IMO. I don't know why it would be a deal breaker for anyone if it's not near the master bedroom. I think it would be more important to me if I had a two storey house (I would absolutely want it on the first floor), but totally unimportant in a single storey house. My laundry is in the middle section of the house, in between the bathroom and toilet, and the study. The master bedroom is right at the front of the house. I like laundry near where I spend the most time to able to hear it running and stopping. Hmmmm, you've just given me a thought..... we just bought a new Bosch dishwasher, which I have connected to an app that will notify me when the wash cycle has finished. Our AEG washing machine is fairly new, so I'm going to see if I can get notifications for that, too. |
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Post by epeanymous on Dec 9, 2023 6:19:45 GMT
My first house had a laundry room next to the master and I hated it. I am often doing laundry when my family is asleep, plus I sometimes throw stuff in the dryer and to bed, so it woke me up too. I like it to be in the basement or in the back of the house, not upstairs where people sleep.
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Post by wellway on Dec 9, 2023 8:11:09 GMT
I would hazard a guess that in nearly all of the UK, washing machines are in the kitchen or in a utility room off the kitchen. If I was designing a new house for myself laundry would be in a utility room off the kitchen with an exit to the garden. I do not want to involve stairs at all.
Continental Europe is known to have the washing machine and dryer in bathrooms.
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Post by malibou on Dec 9, 2023 8:24:38 GMT
Growing up ours was in the basement, and I hated it as the laundry person for a family of 7. I wouldn't want it upstairs in a two story, because I've heard stories of the damage if a hose comes loose.
I'm in a single story, and you pass thru the laundry room when you come in thru the garage. I don't mind that arrangement, except that my laundry room is tiny. The room is just big enough to fit the washer and dryer side by side with the door to the garage and the door into the house creating a passage way to stand in front of the machines, both doors open into the laundry room. Unless you are home alone, you run the risk of getting hit by one or the other door when someone comes in or out. There is no sink, no room for a laundry hamper, and no place to fold or hang anything. I don't mind the location, I just long for it to be bigger.
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Post by gar on Dec 9, 2023 9:35:18 GMT
I have a little laundry/utility room that is tucked away downstairs nowhere near the kitchen. It’s not ideal but it was an addition to the original house that was done before we bought it.
Having a utility/laundry room is not a given in the UK so I’m just pleased I have it and don’t know any different so I’m happy.
Why do people want it near the main bedroom particularly? Does that apply for families too or just where it’s a couple or single person?
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Post by malibou on Dec 9, 2023 10:01:51 GMT
I have a little laundry/utility room that is tucked away downstairs nowhere near the kitchen. It’s not ideal but it was an addition to the original house that was done before we bought it. Having a utility/laundry room is not a given in the UK so I’m just pleased I have it and don’t know any different so I’m happy. Why do people want it near the main bedroom particularly? Does that apply for families too or just where it’s a couple or single person? The people I know that want that, or have actually moved theirs, say it is because that is where the most laundry is generated. |
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Post by peasapie on Dec 9, 2023 10:27:06 GMT
I spent years dragging a laundry basket up the stairs to the bedrooms in our two-story home. No way I want to do that now that I’m older.
These days the laundry room in our single-floor home is near the garage at the front of the house.
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Post by monklady123 on Dec 9, 2023 11:03:18 GMT
I grew up with a basement laundry area so I never knew any different. When we were looking to buy here it seems to me that all the houses we looked at have it in the basement also, including this one that we eventually bought. I suppose it would be easier to have it on the main floor (it's a one-story ranch-style house with a basement and attic) but this is the way it is. lol. I don't really mind, even navigating the laundry on the stairs. I toss my laundry bag down the stairs rather than carry it. I don't fold clean clothes downstairs so I just stuff them all back into the laundry bag and drag it upstairs.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Dec 9, 2023 12:00:22 GMT
I’ve lived in so many houses I’ve probably had every laundry room configuration known to man. The worst was in an unfinished basement that required going outside and walking around the deck on the grass to get to it! A few times it was the closet in a hallway type situation.
When the boys were little it was a pass through area on the first floor but never big enough for laundry for 7 people. I did laundry every day. I’d have hated for it to be upstairs as many times as I had to be in that area.
The laundry room I have now was a main factor in what sold me on this house. It’s 17’ x 12’ with three closets and a deep sink in it. It’s a multipurpose area including housing my Etsy shop. I have my desk in there and spend large amounts of time in there. It gets fabulous light from huge windows and two skylights. As it’s on the front of the house, I can see anyone coming up my driveway. It’s right off my kitchen/breakfast room and does have a door if we want to close it off. It’s one of my favorite rooms in the house. It’s ridiculous how happy that room makes me.
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Post by karenlou on Dec 9, 2023 12:23:48 GMT
Growing up ours was in the basement, and since we bought a house built in the late 50's ours is also in the basement . My dream house will have a main floor master and main floor laundry, which should be in the mud room....ideally would be located near the garage entrance. You can probably tell I have given a LOT of thought to the layout of my ideal home.
This is mostly due to the fact that we are ALL ageing and when I am 85 years old I DO NOT want to be schlepping laundry up and down the basement stairs!!!
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Post by monklady123 on Dec 9, 2023 13:10:33 GMT
Growing up ours was in the basement, and since we bought a house built in the late 50's ours is also in the basement . My dream house will have a main floor master and main floor laundry, which should be in the mud room....ideally would be located near the garage entrance. You can probably tell I have given a LOT of thought to the layout of my ideal home. This is mostly due to the fact that we are ALL ageing and when I am 85 years old I DO NOT want to be schlepping laundry up and down the basement stairs!!!Quite true. However, when I am 85 I will be living in a lovely apartment in some senior living place where there is someone to take care of everything, not dealing with house issues.  |
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Post by MZF on Dec 9, 2023 13:40:00 GMT
Our single story house had a laundry room that you walk through from garage. We moved it out to the garage (my preference) probably 30 years ago, and turned the old laundry room into a pantry.
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Post by Karene on Dec 9, 2023 14:10:42 GMT
Our house was built in 1860 and is a semi-detached. Three bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs. The washer and dryer are in the basement. The basement was actually put in later. It is unfinished because the height is only 5 feet. The only place to stand up straight is right at the bottom of the stairs, so that is where the machines are. I don't like it but we did have a hose burst one time while we were away (but our son was home and noticed when he got back from work). Since the basement is unfinished, no damage was done and it was easy to clean up.
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It has never been a priority to me to have a laundry room right next to the master bedroom, or even on the same floor. In fact, I prefer not to have a laundry room on the second floor in case there is a water leak.
