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Utility rooms do you have one/would you like one?

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Judy54 Wed 23-Mar-22 16:32:11

Jules and Jamie Oliver have just revamped their rather untidy utility room, Sarah Beeney has gone for state of the art which looks rather clinical to me and is bigger than many people's kitchens. Sarah also said no one else sees your utility room, so why go to that expense? Visitors do see my utility room as they have to go through it to get to the downstairs toilet. Having said that I would still no want to be without it as I appreciate being able to do the washing away from the kitchen and to store a number of things in the cupboards in there. How about you do you have or would you like a utility room?

Mollygo Wed 23-Mar-22 22:35:21

Yes I do. Washing machine, tumble dryer, storage and then a downstairs toilet. It came with the house, but I’d definitely want room to have one if we moved.

MissAdventure Wed 23-Mar-22 22:34:21

I'm ridiculously jealous.
I really want one!!!

BigBertha1 Wed 23-Mar-22 22:33:00

I have one that DH calls the artillery room washing machine, dryer and boiler in there.

mokryna Wed 23-Mar-22 22:31:15

I don’t have a utility room. The washing machine and dryer, which is stacked on top, are in the shower room, which also has double handbasins.. This is off the bedrooms which use to be used by 2DDs. There is a separate bathroom with double handbasins as well, for the other two bedrooms. Being in France, typically, the 2 loos are both separate but have handbasins.
I don’t suffer from utility room envy, cause I love my flat.

sodapop Wed 23-Mar-22 21:45:06

Well rub it in GSM why don't you. I'll retreat to my cupboard and sulk smile

GrandmaSeaDragon Wed 23-Mar-22 21:11:55

Yes, the old kitchen became a utility when we extended our bungalow to add a vaulted kitchen. There’s a double sink in there, with the washing machine. Three full height cupboards, one housing the hoover and ironing board, a drawer unit and a little pull out unit. There is a tidy dry to hang washing when not able to go outside. The best bit is the very large deep cupboard that backs onto the boiler cupboard, so always warm, where I keep all the towels, quilts, pillows and goodness knows what else! My tumble drier, which I use very rarely, is in the integral garage, together with second fridge/freezer. There’s also a cubby hole with double hanging cupboard for coats as well as a shoe bench. Having never had a utility room before, I really appreciate it, but the whole building experience was a year long nightmare!

Ali23 Wed 23-Mar-22 21:11:28

We have a garage attached to the side of our house and we use one wall of this space as a utility room with freezer, washing machine and tumble drier. It works really well for us and cost next to nothing to set up.
It definitely helped us to make the most of our small kitchen.

Jane43 Wed 23-Mar-22 20:43:33

We have had one in our last two houses. There was originally one in our current house but the previous owners made the kitchen and utility room into one big kitchen which is lovely. There is a toilet next to the back door and a door leading to the garage in which we have the washing machine and tumble dryer, a fridge-freezer and a chest freezer. We are happy with this arrangement, the only thing lacking is another sink but there is a small sink in the toilet.

Forsythia Wed 23-Mar-22 19:38:44

Yes I’ve got one and I’d never be without it if I could help it. The washing machine and tumble dryer are in it, a sink unit, several cupboards for overflow from the kitchen and it has a catflap in the door which is really useful.

Visgir1 Wed 23-Mar-22 19:37:51

No.. And Yes I would love one.
My house was built just before they became the norm. My chum has the same house as ours built by same builder about 10 months later, they included one in the footprint. At the expense of slightly smaller rooms downstairs.
Shame!

Curlywhirly Wed 23-Mar-22 19:36:42

Wouldn't be without mine. It has a sink, washer, dryer, cupboards and the central heating boiler in. It was invaluable when our boys played rugby - I could use it to soak the very muddy kit, prior to scrubbing it, and save my kitchen sink and walls from getting plastered in mud! ? ? ?

varian Wed 23-Mar-22 19:36:36

I have a rear lobby connecting the kitchen to the side door, garage and laundry room, which has a useful cupboard and space for freezers.

The laundry room houses the CH boiler, washing machine, dryer, water softener, utility sink, cleaning cupboard, pulley for airing indoors and table for sorting out laundry.

I do realise I am very lucky noit to have the washing machine in the kitchen.

Calendargirl Wed 23-Mar-22 19:29:18

I would like to have a utility room, and a boot room, and a pantry, and another loo.

But I haven’t.

But I should count my blessings as I have a nice home, just not all these extras!

GillT57 Wed 23-Mar-22 19:22:59

I love my utility room, when we remodeled the house on moving in I designed as big a utility room as possible. Apart from washing machine and tumble drier, we have boiler, water softener, sink, wine fridge and cupboards to store ironing board, iron, vacuum, broom, bucket and mop. Also has dog food and bowls and has room in a corner for a permanent clothes airer

Lyndylou Wed 23-Mar-22 18:17:28

I would love a utility room. Somewhere to put a washing machine, so it can be on in the evening without the spin cycle interupting Eastenders and somewhere to hide the ironing would be great. Not to mention a home for various coats, shoes and dog walking equipment.

I would also love an entrance hall, rather than the patch of floor about 3' by 4' behind my front door so there is just enough room for one person to get in before the stairs start.

I don't think I will get either now, but I guess I should be grateful that I have a nice 3 bed semi.

Ladyleftfieldlover Wed 23-Mar-22 18:06:08

Ladyleftfieldlover

We have a utility room. It used to have a sink but that was taken out when we had the utility and kitchen refurbished a few years ago. The utility room has the washing machine, tumble dryer, boiler room/cupboard and lots of cupboards. The small number three freezer is in there. On the worktop over the washing machine and tumble dryer, is a large cat bed for our two cats. I dry non-tumble dryer washing out there too.

My ice cream machine is in there too plus a 30+ year old microwave which still works!

TerriBull Wed 23-Mar-22 18:03:56

Yes I do I'm happy to say now I have since we moved last year it was on my wish list. In my last house I had washing machine, tumble drier and tall freezer in a section of the garage used for such paraphernalia. Now we have a proper utility room with sink unit, washing machine, tumble drier with cupboards above. On the opposite side of the room, a freestanding second fridge with freezer above, kitchen door to outside and the other side of the kitchen door space with pegs for coats.

Germanshepherdsmum Wed 23-Mar-22 17:59:29

Sorry sodapop, it was all here when we moved. To make matters worse I will don my tin hat and tell you I keep the iron and ironing board in the laundry room and do my ironing on the landing watching the horses in the fields behind us. Not often though, I hate ironing.

Yammy Wed 23-Mar-22 17:56:45

I'm getting one on Monday. It's the boiler room with a loo at the end. We had a new boiler and all the pipes need hidden.
My washing machine and tumbler and a small freezer are in there. I would love a Belfast sink but the room is not wide enough. I was thinking of having a washing pulley put in but realised I would need the light moved and the cupboards would not open.
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Marydoll Wed 23-Mar-22 17:52:17

When we extended our downstairs loo to turn it in into an accessible shower room, we then decided to add a utility room. One of the best decisions we ever made.
I have a long granite worktop for baking and all my gadgets are on the worktop. I could't bend to get then from cupboards.
We even managed to squeeze a small two seater table in.
I absolutely love it, especially the additional sink!

Millie22 Wed 23-Mar-22 17:51:23

Galaxy
I'm the same as you.

sodapop Wed 23-Mar-22 17:48:09

That's plain greedy GSM when I haven't got one at all just a walk in cupboard which I refer to as the utility room. smile

tanith Wed 23-Mar-22 17:46:26

No I don't have one, everything I need is in my kitchen. There’s only me and honestly don’t know what I’d keep in there, another room to keep tidy/clean. Maybe when I had family living with me years ago would of been handy but now I can live without it.

sodapop Wed 23-Mar-22 17:45:57

Just had this discussion with Iam64 I want a utility room like hers. Somewhere to keep all the dog stuff, boots etc. Downstairs lavatory and shower. A place to do laundry etc.
My dream house would definitely include this feature.

Germanshepherdsmum Wed 23-Mar-22 17:44:42

I have one. The freezer and airing cupboard are in there, also a second fridge, a sink and all the cleaning stuff. I have a separate laundry room upstairs with washing machine, tumble dryer and hanging rail.