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I would say if it's a choice between basement and main floor, go for the main floor. If you think you can fit it in somewhere on the second floor? Do that!! When I designed our current house, I put the laundry room next to the master. SO much easier, and it provides a "buffer" room between ours and DD1's room to cut down on noise. Ugh, I can't imagine lugging the sheer volume of laundry we have down to the basement and lugging it back up. OH, also, having a countertop is invaluable for folding and sorting. I used to always have to fold on the couch or something.
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This thread is cracking me up because in our new place I will have to go outside, down the back stairs from the second floor, and in the back basement door to do the laundry.Wife of PGY-4 (of 6), cat herder, and mom to a sassy-pants four-nager.Comment
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Oh Sassy.
We had to do laundry in a second building of our squalid little studio when we lived in NYC as poor young marrieds. And we were LUCKY to have access to cheaper coin operated laundry...
We are all so spoiled now!!Angie
Gyn-Onc fellowship survivor - 10 years out of the training years; reluctant suburbanite
Mom to DS (18) and DD (15) (and many many pets)
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It's all relative I guess. I used to have to haul my laundry 12 blocks in a granny cart to do my laundry. So glad those days are over!Wife to Hand Surgeon just out of training, mom to two lovely kittys and little boy, O, born in Sept 08.Comment
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Originally posted by Sheherezade View PostOh Sassy. We had to do laundry in a second building of our squalid little studio when we lived in NYC as poor young marrieds. And we were LUCKY to have access to cheaper coin operated laundry...
We are all so spoiled now!!Oh jeez, you guys both had it worse than me - At least ours will be free, newish machines we only have to share with one other tenant. I think it has to do with old Pittsburgh basements - about half the apartments we viewed had outside-only access to the laundry. I was thinking about it though, it would take a LOT of laundry for me to want to put big, ugly, loud appliances in the living space instead of hidden away in the basement. It really is all relative.Originally posted by ides View PostWife of PGY-4 (of 6), cat herder, and mom to a sassy-pants four-nager.Comment
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Why OUTSIDE access in a snowy city? That's kind of unusual, isn't it? Maybe Pittsburgh doesn't get as much snow as I think....
ETA: Horrid laundry situations also led us to discover wonderful Fluff and Fold services in NYC that would do all the laundry for us if we dropped it off in the morning -- or even pick it up if we paid them enough.Angie
Gyn-Onc fellowship survivor - 10 years out of the training years; reluctant suburbanite
Mom to DS (18) and DD (15) (and many many pets)
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Because of the older housing stock, we saw quite a few basements that just weren't accessible from the inside at all, and had never been converted. I don't think Pittsburgh gets that much snow, but I'm Minnesotan, so it's all relative.Originally posted by Sheherezade View Post
Sorry for the hijack!
Wife of PGY-4 (of 6), cat herder, and mom to a sassy-pants four-nager.Comment
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Yep, we had to haul our laundry outside and to our landlords house when we were in med school.
Wife to NSG out of training, mom to 2, 10 & 8, and a beagle with wings.Comment
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