Anonymous
Post 07/17/2021 14:09     Subject: Second laundry room for housekeeper?
We recently moved into a large house with a large laundry room. Plenty of room for folding, drying racks, ironing etc. I’d stick with that, skip the smaller one.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2021 13:43     Subject: Second laundry room for housekeeper?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think it sounds insane to plan for 3+ washers and dryers in a 7k ft house. Are you running a hostel? Does every piece of fabric in the house need to be washed every 24 hours?

I suspect that you actually just want one w/d in the basement for the housekeeper to use with the intent of keeping her out of sight as much as possible, but you realize how that makes you sound, so you invented this need for a separate additional laundromat in your basement as a personal treat to her.


Lots of people with large families have 2 sets of washers and 2 sets of dryers. No one I know with an expensive custom house however voluntarily puts their main laundry in the basement.


OP here.

Yeah this is why I feel like there should still be a bedroom level laundry room - I don’t want to do anything too weird for potential resale reasons. Plus I can imagine not having a housekeeper when we’re empty nesters, at which point I’d likely want the laundry room on the second floor near the bedrooms.

We have three young kids by the way, so yeah, there’s a lot of laundry.

Also maybe the basement laundry could double as a craft room / gift wrapping room / storage.


Such a tiny little family for such a big house!
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2021 10:23     Subject: Second laundry room for housekeeper?
I wouldn't buy a house with a full size laundromat in the basement and an insufficiently sized one on the second floor. That's inconvenient.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2021 10:00     Subject: Re:Second laundry room for housekeeper?
Carrying laundry to the basement isn’t a big deal. I barely notice.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2021 08:36     Subject: Re:Second laundry room for housekeeper?
Anonymous wrote:I can’t even with this post.


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Anonymous
Post 07/17/2021 08:24     Subject: Second laundry room for housekeeper?
How did my mother manage with 7 kids and one washer and dryer in the basement?
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2021 07:42     Subject: Second laundry room for housekeeper?
I think that sounds reasonable in certain circumstances. If she’s doing a lot of laundry, you may not want her on the second floor so much of the day if you work up there. If the home offices aren’t up there, though, then I don’t understand why in a large custom home you can’t just build a large laundry room on the second floor.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2021 07:37     Subject: Re:Second laundry room for housekeeper?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I can’t even with this post.


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Anonymous
Post 07/17/2021 06:46     Subject: Re:Second laundry room for housekeeper?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think it’s funny you want to laundry rooms but you don’t want the housekeeper to worry about where the cleaning supplies are. Like you can’t buy extra for each laundry room? Having said that, I would do a laundry room on the main level only if I had the choice. I’ve had an upstairs washer and it kept me awake so I never ran it at bedtime. Unlike right now where there is a load in the washer right now as I’m about to go to bed.


Does it not bother you that the wet clothes sit in the washer overnight? I've done that once or.twice on accident and re run the wash. Smells musty otherwise.


DP: Do it all the time. My washer gets clothes like 90% dry. It is only a few hours once the washer is finsihed. The dryer airs everything out.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2021 06:34     Subject: Re:Second laundry room for housekeeper?
Anonymous wrote:I think it’s funny you want to laundry rooms but you don’t want the housekeeper to worry about where the cleaning supplies are. Like you can’t buy extra for each laundry room? Having said that, I would do a laundry room on the main level only if I had the choice. I’ve had an upstairs washer and it kept me awake so I never ran it at bedtime. Unlike right now where there is a load in the washer right now as I’m about to go to bed.


If you’re building the house I think they do something to sound proof it. My parents have a laundry room next to the bedroom and you can barely hear it.
Anonymous
Post 07/17/2021 06:28     Subject: Second laundry room for housekeeper?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I know some wealthy people who have figured out that it is cheaper just to send housekeeper to laundry mat for a couple of hours a week. They can do 20 loads at once.


Why would you even bother with that? I take my laundry when I have a big was to the wash and fold. No use to pay someone to sit there, costs less to have the wash and fold people do it.


I honestly don't think anyone does that, outside (perhaps) New York City (where having a laundry room is expensive real estate).

A housekeeper doesn't just stick everything in the washer and dryer and call it a day. Things are expected for stains, treated, some items air dried, others pulled out of the dryer while damp in order to iron, etc. There's just no way to replicate what is done outside a home. Laundry services are okay, but do not compare.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2021 22:01     Subject: Second laundry room for housekeeper?
Anonymous wrote:I know some wealthy people who have figured out that it is cheaper just to send housekeeper to laundry mat for a couple of hours a week. They can do 20 loads at once.


Why would you even bother with that? I take my laundry when I have a big was to the wash and fold. No use to pay someone to sit there, costs less to have the wash and fold people do it.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2021 21:59     Subject: Re:Second laundry room for housekeeper?
Anonymous wrote:I think it’s funny you want to laundry rooms but you don’t want the housekeeper to worry about where the cleaning supplies are. Like you can’t buy extra for each laundry room? Having said that, I would do a laundry room on the main level only if I had the choice. I’ve had an upstairs washer and it kept me awake so I never ran it at bedtime. Unlike right now where there is a load in the washer right now as I’m about to go to bed.


Does it not bother you that the wet clothes sit in the washer overnight? I've done that once or.twice on accident and re run the wash. Smells musty otherwise.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2021 21:52     Subject: Re:Second laundry room for housekeeper?
I think it’s funny you want to laundry rooms but you don’t want the housekeeper to worry about where the cleaning supplies are. Like you can’t buy extra for each laundry room? Having said that, I would do a laundry room on the main level only if I had the choice. I’ve had an upstairs washer and it kept me awake so I never ran it at bedtime. Unlike right now where there is a load in the washer right now as I’m about to go to bed.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2021 21:38     Subject: Second laundry room for housekeeper?
Anonymous wrote:I know some wealthy people who have figured out that it is cheaper just to send housekeeper to laundry mat for a couple of hours a week. They can do 20 loads at once.


+1

And it's even cheaper to send the laundry out. But better to include the housekeeper in the design process since OP is befuddled by how many laundries her household will need and where.