Sandy,
You're correct about this neighborhood, although some of the houses here do have basements (the added space is great but the price is high - too much closet space is sacrificed for the basement stairs). All of the houses here have the identical floor plan and the "normal" arrangement was for the washer to be in the kitchen, the water heater (gas) was in the utility room, and the furnace (gas) was in the crawl space. I do not know if the homes with basements had the washer and water heater moved to the basement or not, I've never been inside one with a basement to know. Most of the residents here added a gas dryer in the utility room because gas was readily available and the electrical panel (fuses) was full. I have rearranged the kitchen so I now have the washer and the dryer in the kitchen.
lawrence
You're correct about this neighborhood, although some of the houses here do have basements (the added space is great but the price is high - too much closet space is sacrificed for the basement stairs). All of the houses here have the identical floor plan and the "normal" arrangement was for the washer to be in the kitchen, the water heater (gas) was in the utility room, and the furnace (gas) was in the crawl space. I do not know if the homes with basements had the washer and water heater moved to the basement or not, I've never been inside one with a basement to know. Most of the residents here added a gas dryer in the utility room because gas was readily available and the electrical panel (fuses) was full. I have rearranged the kitchen so I now have the washer and the dryer in the kitchen.
lawrence