I don't mind having our laundry washer and dryer in the basement. Our family room is down there, so I can watch TV while I fold - no big deal. I had no idea that having to do laundry in the basement was frowned upon.

Our house is worth $1.3-1.4 million (but in Bethesda, so it's an ordinary house). Laundry is in the basement. We never considered moving it in a recent renovation as there isn't space. The basement is nice and the laundry room is a nice finished space.

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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

2nd floor laundry room WITHOUT drain pan = dumb

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Anonymous wrote:I've had both and I prefer basement with laundry chute.

^ and current house with chute is $1.1.

I was going to say laundry chute.

Anonymous wrote:Price is meaningless and relative to the location. Having a laundry room upstairs can happen after your house is a certain size, usually 3000 sqrft. In dc a million doesn't get you much house .

This. We just purchased a house for $1.1 and it's a tear down. OP, you didn't say where you were located. If you are in an area where older homes are being torn down, I wouldn't even worry about where the laundry is. You may be able to just leave it in the basement and still command a high price when you go to sell.

We have a 1.5 mil house. There is a basement laundry and a double duty machine in an upstairs bath. I rarely use the upstairs machine as it takes forever to wash and dry 1 load. I also dont think the laundered clothes smell that clean. if it were a washer and dryer, I would use it more. We do have a woman who comes in once a week to do laundry and ironing and she does it in the basement. She puts all the children's clothes away, and ours in our room, so it would be easier for her if the upstairs machine were actually two full sized machines. The reason I haven't had them put in though is the fear of flooding.

I bought a house last year for just under 800K. Laundry is just off the kitchen pantry and that was a huge selling point for me. MBR is also on the main floor, so I love that laundry is just a few steps away from my bedroom.

Price is meaningless and relative to the location. Having a laundry room upstairs can happen after your house is a certain size, usually 3000 sqrft. In dc a million doesn't get you much house .

Our house was 1.27 mil and it has laundry in the basement, as did most of the houses we looked at.

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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

I bought my house in large part because it had a 2nd floor laundry room. I love it and use it almost every day. We have plenty of space so it's just about convenience.

Anonymous wrote:I've had both and I prefer basement with laundry chute.

^ and current house with chute is $1.1.

I've had both and I prefer basement with laundry chute.

$1.3 and up

Having had a laundry room upstairs for the last five years, there's no way I'd ever move to a house with the laundry room in the basement (and my house is only worth mid-600s).

The previous owner of our home was a contractor, and he moved the laundry rom upstairs. Our washer is in a shower base instead of the typical tray/liner.

Our house has a laundry hookup in the mud room but previous owners moved laundry to the basement. We will keep laundry in the basement. I like the big mudroom and large laundry room in the basement.