Whatever it is called- no disrespect to folks who have washers and driers in their kitchens or bathrooms but.... nope. No thank you. I do t want my clean clothes in the room I poop in, and since I’m not gonna throw a load of dirty dishes in my clothes washer or cook a nice roast in the drier- they don’t belong on the kitchen. I wouldn’t put an oven in the laundry room either. Garage is fine for washer drier too in my opinion.
That's easy to say if you're living in a house in some rural place. I live downtown Hamburg, my apartment has 650 square feet, no laundry, no cellar, no garage (a parking lot alone in a shared underground garage is 200€/month).
So far, I haven't accidently shat in my clothes and I didn't put them in the oven either. And oh, a drier? Yeah, there is no space for that.
@f_kyeahhamburg- like I said- no disrespect to people who do this. I don’t live somewhere rural- I live in a major metropolitan area that is the second most expensive housing market in the world. Here, it is common for smaller homes to not have an entire room for laundry- but an “alcove” large enough for the washer and drier and often shielded by doors. But for rentals, condos, apartments, etc- they often do not have washers and driers in the home.
Apartment complexes and condos will often have a single large room on the property (or several smaller rooms spread around the property) with washers and driers that you may or may not have to pay to use (often taking “tokens” or coins, or even having credit card readers built into the machines.) for those without these- it is very common in the US to find laundromats. These are businesses often in small local shopping plazas that are full of washers and driers (often large commercial ones) and people bring their laundry to these places and pay to use the machines.
Alternately, those with more money living in areas like mine- urban centers with population density and expensive cost for land-may simply not have laundry machines at all and may just send their laundry out, either having it picked up and delivered, or dropping it off a cleaner each week and picking it up cleaned and pressed.
So I’m certainly not looking down my nose at anyone- If space were limited I’d personally rather use a laundromat than poop next to my clean clothes or take up vital kitchen space or bathroom space that could be used for cabinets or appliances or storage or other things. I’ve lived without a laundry machine (and at the time I was certainly not in a place financially to send my laundry out) so it’s not that I am criticizing people who would choose to have a washer near their toilet over having to lug laundry around every week- it’s just not something that appeals to me.
I know in America it’s quite common for apartments to just slap a washer/dryer unit anywhere it fits. (Hallways, kitchens, bathrooms, closets, living rooms, etc.) but our homes are almost always equipped with a separate room to house the machines and to do the folding in
I always found it weird that some countries don't hang out their washing, like is electricity super cheap there or something or y'all forget about the sun. I have a dryer but only cause I can't hang out my washing in winter.
My parents have the washing machine in the kitchen, in the apartment I rent it's in the bathroom. I feel like if you use a drying rack, it makes more sense to have the washing machine in the kitchen because there's usually more space and you can hang the clothing immediately instead of carrying it from the bathroom to the drying rack like I have to. But if you also have a drier or a washer-drier combo it probably makes more sense in the bathroom because it's usually closer to the closet than the kitchen is.
I don't get why ceiling drying racks aren't more of a thing, especially in older apartments which tend to have high ceilings. It makes more sense to take it down, put clothes on it, pull it back up, instead of having it permanently take up space.
So far, I haven't accidently shat in my clothes and I didn't put them in the oven either. And oh, a drier? Yeah, there is no space for that.
I don't get why ceiling drying racks aren't more of a thing, especially in older apartments which tend to have high ceilings. It makes more sense to take it down, put clothes on it, pull it back up, instead of having it permanently take up space.