Utility room

The plan is I do the washing and ironing upstairs the floor has been reinforced and I don’t think it’s an issue.
We lived in a first floor flat for 18 months and never had leaks ,the electrician is coming tomorrow so I need to make a final decision
I plan to fit the old utility out as a walk in pantry and change the layout of my kitchen.
Before I get blasted .it is my kitchen my OH doesn’t cook or clean it he only goes in when I shout him in to be fed or to fix a drink …lol

Paddyanne you have already made your decision and arranged for the workmen etc so I really don’t think that anything anyone here says will make any difference I m sure youve covered all possibilities and seem sure it’s what you want after all it’s down to personal choice and you’ve made the choices So I hope everything goes well tomorrow and you enjoy your new room upstairs

BlueBelle

Does the chute carry it up again when it’s dry 🤣🤣🤣

I knew someone would say that BlueBelle

I plan to fit the old utility out as a walk in pantry

I'd love a walk-in pantry.

The house I grew up in was small, no fridge in those days but there was a cool walk-in pantry with shelves, a window with insect screen. In fact, when my parents did buy a small fridge, it fitted easily into the pantry too.

My house had a walk in pantry but it’s now my downstairs loo

BlueBelle I would love both, but a downstairs loo is a more sensible option. My house was 6 years old when I bought it in 1994, and it had one already. For a 3 bedroom, obviously a family home, the kitchen was too small but I have rectified that.

With regard to the elf’n’safety issue of delivering a washer: millions of people live in flats/apartments so it stands to reason that stuff can and does get delivered “upstairs”. Or in blocks of high rise via a lift.
The best set up for laundry was my older sisters’ -a big Victorian house with a cellar that housed the washer. Stuff was literally thrown down the cellar steps and brought out clean through a door up some steps and out to the garden to be hung to dry.

Yes, they would be able to take it in a lift, but were not allowed to manually shift it up a flight of stairs.

My home is upside down, with the kitchen and living room on the first floor. The kitchen is quite small so it made more sense to have the laundry equipment in another room on the floor below, it's now in the tank room on our ground floor which is quite convenient.
As regards delivery of the equipment, if you buy from somebody like John Lewis and mention at the time that the machines will not be on the ground floor, you should not have any problems. Our home is actually on the first and second floor of the building, so our ground floor is, in reality, the first floor. Problems can arise if it is a one man delivery.

My mother had this. What will you do in summer with lots of wet washing to hang in garden. That would not be a selling point when you move house. 100% better downstairs.

I’ve always thought such a sensible idea… like others say, saves having to carry laundry up and down the stairs… maybe bring your bedroom’s downstairs and living room upstairs- an upside down house 😉

I think all laundry rooms should be on the same floor as bedrooms, it makes sense

BlueBelle

My house had a walk in pantry but it’s now my downstairs loo

As long as it’s not both!! 😂

I have always thought that it was daft having the washing machine miles away from where most of the laundry is generated. Back in the early seventies, some friends of ours thought the same (they lived in a four story Victorian villa). The washing machine was put into the spacious bathroom on the first floor. But, they put it into a shower tray, in case there should be a leak. Perfect solution!

My lovely husband wasn’t convinced even after I gave him the list of all the things mentioned in posts here that I had already checked out .
As I pointed out I,m an old bird so I,m making life a tad easier by not having umpteen trips up and down stairs .So the plan is going ahead Thanks for all your input .

Carrying laundry up and downstairs is a BIG problem. I hate it. I throw dirty washing down the stairs, but taking them is a pain. I put them in a large IKEA bag and heave it up the stairs.
I remember my friend had a pulley system fitted to her stairs for this purpose. I must look into it.

Taking them up again

When are we going to have an ‘edit’ button 😫

I think I’d rename it a laundry room. I always associate utility rooms with space for muddy boots and dog stuff - leads, ball throwers, dog towels and the hoover. Floor mop and cleaning products. That’s mine anyway.

Allira

^I plan to fit the old utility out as a walk in pantry^

I'd love a walk-in pantry.

The house I grew up in was small, no fridge in those days but there was a cool walk-in pantry with shelves, a window with insect screen. In fact, when my parents did buy a small fridge, it fitted easily into the pantry too.

I have a walk in larder with window which has an insect screen and lots of shelving. A walk in freezer room and a utility room which houses the washing machine and the tumble dryer hoover etc. and has lots of shelving and Belfast sink. . Large Victorian house built in 1869

Nightsky2

Allira

I plan to fit the old utility out as a walk in pantry

I'd love a walk-in pantry.

The house I grew up in was small, no fridge in those days but there was a cool walk-in pantry with shelves, a window with insect screen. In fact, when my parents did buy a small fridge, it fitted easily into the pantry too.

I have a walk in larder with window which has an insect screen and lots of shelving. A walk in freezer room and a utility room which houses the washing machine and the tumble dryer hoover etc. and has lots of shelving and Belfast sink. . Large Victorian house built in 1869

I suppose we could redesign the utility room but it's fine for us now, as there is a wall cupboard which houses extra jars, tins and some dried foods.

Do whatever you like. I have my dishwasher in the utility room and everyone I know thinks I am very odd.
I have to do a few more steps when I empty and fill it but isn’t that good for me?

I had my washer and tumbler in the bathroom in my flat in America. Brilliant until the washer broke and flooded the bathroom. But there's really only a minor chance of that happening.

It did make it easier for washing bedding as we had no outdoor space so the only option was to tumble them. Much easier just stripping the bed and straight into the washer.

You should get a special tray to sit the washing machine in that has a drain incase of a mechanical fault and it overflows, seen it used in the US where a lot of washers are upstairs or in flats

I am of the old school, and want my washing to go outside, and in the fresh air, for as long as I can take it. The smell of clean washing dried outside cannot be beaten. Plus costs no money , and no energy apart from my ability to get it done.