Where is your Washing Machine?

[Jack]

Here is an off the wall one for you - (it must be all the pills I take! )

Where in your house is your clothes washing machine assuming that you have one? Here in the UK they are almost always kept in the kitchen unless you have a large house in which case you might have a utility room. However, in other parts of Europe, they are always in the bathroom (shower room). Where are they generally found in your part of the world?

[pberggren1]

Most houses where I live either have a seperate laundry or utility room or a closet off a hallway or room with the washer and dryer.

[Jack]

I live on a crowded island and our houses tend to be quite small (but probably more expensive!) than those elsewhere. Also, much of the housing stock dates to a time before things like washing machines and dryers were common.

[andrew]

Typically, here in Oz we have a separate laundry room for these essential appliances.

[Jack]

I feel like I'm living in the third world.

[julia]

US

we have our washing machine and dryer are in our laundry room. In our previous house the wash machine was in the kitchen and the dryer in the utility room. This was very unusual.

[Hammy8241]

Moved from the kitchen to the garage a couple of years ago - less noise.

I feel like I'm living in the third world.

We might find out if you start a thread about where are toilets are!

[JanW]

Laundry room - 3rd floor, next to the kids rooms. I've seen them in various places in the states -- often their own room or a closet.

[Luce]

Wow, you got a machine up to third floor?!

Mine's in the kitchen and is brand new as my last one died last week. We now have a combined washer/dryer as we only have a one bedroom flat which has four rooms (living, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom) so the kitchen is the only choice for such a thing. Was also struggling to dry clothes indoors at this time of year when it's too warm to have the central heating on but the chance of rain is quite high. I don't risk putting washing outside to dry if I'm at work all day and the weather forecast looks iffy.

[Lightwarrior]

Laundry room, I have lived in a house with washer and dryer in kitchen and once had washer in bathroom and dryer in kitchen (not very convienent) I love having a utility room.