at what price point is basement laundry no longer acceptable?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's a waste of usable space anywhere except the basement. I wouldn't want an upstairs laundry room at any price.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's a waste of usable space anywhere except the basement. I wouldn't want an upstairs laundry room at any price.

A stackable washer/dryer basically takes up the room of a closet. Not a big deal.

[Anonymous]

Depends where it is located (town) OP.

[Anonymous]

I think it's a waste of usable space anywhere except the basement. I wouldn't want an upstairs laundry room at any price.


A stackable washer/dryer basically takes up the room of a closet. Not a big deal.

Yes, you are correct about the washer/dryer if it is stackable. But I hate stackable washers and dryers, I like the big ones that are front loading. I also like to keep the clothes drying rack and ironing stuff in the same area as the washer and dryer. So I personally prefer a basement set up.

[Anonymous]

I don't think of it as a price point as a square footage point. I live in a small, expensive house and having the laundry in the basement is great - we have a laundry chute and the walk back up with the laundry is not too bad. Seeing what our neighbors have done, I think an upstairs laundry would create too much noise in the bedroom area and would eat up valuable space.

I've seen a nice upstairs laundry where it was part of a major addition so they could add the appropriate plumbing, structural over-building and sound insulation. The family also has a maid to do the laundry during the day, so they don't need a full room to pile up dirty laundry and fold clean laundry; they just have the machines in the hallway. The kicker is that the house is a 6000 square foot barn and a basement laundry would put it in a different zipcode than the source of the dirty clothes.

[Anonymous]

I seriously think that in this area you can't be that picky. I personally would just love a large area to do laundry, so I'd prefer basement. Maybe a compromise could be a laundry chute?

[Anonymous]

The town house across the street from us has/had laundry on second floor. A laundry accident overflowed and collapsed their entire ceiling, destroying the 2nd and first floors.

I'm so glad ours is in the basement!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The town house across the street from us has/had laundry on second floor. A laundry accident overflowed and collapsed their entire ceiling, destroying the 2nd and first floors.

I'm so glad ours is in the basement!

Dumb

[Anonymous]

We are about to begin a remodel and our architect suggested moving the laundry up to the mudroom. As a pp suggested, we are plumbing mudroom for laundry for future use (when we are old, kids are out of house so we don't need as much storage or have as much laundry) but are not going to move it out of the basement right now. It would definitely not be a deal breaker for me.

[Anonymous]

after 1980

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I think it's a waste of usable space anywhere except the basement. I wouldn't want an upstairs laundry room at any price.


A stackable washer/dryer basically takes up the room of a closet. Not a big deal.

Yes, you are correct about the washer/dryer if it is stackable. But I hate stackable washers and dryers, I like the big ones that are front loading. I also like to keep the clothes drying rack and ironing stuff in the same area as the washer and dryer. So I personally prefer a basement set up.

FYI- most of those front loading ones are stackable.

[Anonymous]

It depends on what your zip code is. We saw dumps in more pricey areas that were over $1 mil.

I personally crossed out every single house with a basement W/D from our house search.

[Anonymous]

Laundry stays in the basement. You're welcome.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like 40/60 for basement. Plus, at that price point a lot of people aren't doing their own laundry anyway.

[Anonymous]

OP here. THanks for the input, I like the idea of putting in the hook up in the mud room but not utilizing it but when we sell we can at least offer that feature. THanks!