Re: Where is your washing machine.

My washer and dryer are upstairs in a separate laundry room, which doubles as a "dog room" where I feed and water (cabinets, mini fridge, sink) the dogs and store all their food and gear.

For those of you who have your washers in the kitchen, like Besoeker, where ar tre the valves to turn off the water supply in the event of a leak?

Re: Where is your washing machine.

As I'm in an apartment, the laundry room is in the basement of our building. We have a large room, magazines to peruse if you care to remain in the room while doing the washing, and a large comfy rocker recliner to sit in while you wait. A large table to fold garments after drying, and a clothes rack for hanging anything not for the dryer.
Me? Nope, I use the stairs as exercise, and bounce up and down a couple of times to load washer/dryer and fold clothes.

Re: Where is your washing machine.

Some people have their bathroom downstairs, but the washing machine is a kitchen appliance by nature and that's where it belongs unless you are wealthy and have a separate utility room.

Re: Where is your washing machine.

I suppose we are fortunate in that we have a pretty big kitchen with all the usual appliances built in. There is also a small dining table. It is L-shaped. The narrower leg of the L is what I call "Appliance Alley"

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Washers and dryers are usually separate appliances over here, Floydy and very, very rarely the kitchen unless they are in a separate, nearby closet. Laundry rooms are becoming more common in many new builds over here, not just the bigger houses because they can serve so many purposes.

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We aren’t wealthy but have a separate room. Perhaps in UK things are different. I have never in my life heard of a washing machine being a kitchen appliance. I know a dishwasher is considered one.

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Oh yes. You’re from the US so things are similar to us.
Thanks

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I must admit, I would love a utility room, even just a small one.

However, I don't have, and never have had, a tumble dryer.
It's one of my 'things', from an ecological and financial point of view.
Although to be fair, I am lucky enough to have a small garden, and a very useful bannister where the warm air rising from downstairs dries clothes in no time if it's raining.

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Our laundry room isn’t a finished room. It’s just framed up with no drywall which is shared by a furnace water tank and water softener. There are shelves in there for storage. I’ve never had a washing machine leak so haven’t experienced that type of problem but if I had a choice I would have preferred an upstairs laundry room. Most houses in Canada have basements. I haven’t lived in a house where there wasn’t one.

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Sigh! A basement! The stuff that dreams are made of!

Over here, if there is a basement, it's usually in an older house, and has, for many a long year, been turned into a living area.