Accept The Fact British Are Correct - Washing Machines Belong In Kitchen

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Growing up in NC

My grandma had her GM Frigidaire in her bathroom! And the dryer was on the service porch along with an additional refrigerator. When I lived in Knoxville TN in 1995/96 before moving to Lexington, the apartment I rented had full size washer dryer hookups in the Kitchen! Actually, I had forgotten all about that until this post brought back those memories.

 

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Australia

In most of Australia it is illegal to install a washing machine in a kitchen. I have seen a few, however - depends if your local building surveyor is willing to turn a blind eye. You can have a "dishwasher space" at the building stage that ends up having a washing machine installed in it, but there will be another place on the floor plan that was designated a washing machine space and it won't be in the kitchen.

All homes are required to have a laundry trough or sink to facilitate suds saving, even though I don't know of any suds saver washing machines on the market any more. (and not in the last 20 years...) Again you see homes without laundry troughs quite commonly, but technically it is not allowed.