Now This Is A Miele Laundry Set-up

[iej]

The issue I am noticing a lot here is you'll have an 8 or 9kg dryer paired with an 11 or 12kg washing machine.

So the dryer is loaded, stuffed to the gills and started and then just run for much longer to complete the load.

Splitting it means 1 laundry cycle is taking a very long time 200+ minutes to dry what was originally one washing machine load.

Also not every climate it the same. Outdoor drying isn't feasible here most of the year as we get at least 1mm of rain up to 225 days a year in some parts of Ireland. So you basically have to dry indoors, ideally using a dryer.

New build homes here are near passive and you don't really want to be introducing moisture to homes with heat recovery ventilation systems and so on. So using a heat pump dryer is the ideal solution.

So there is definitely a demand for larger, energy efficient tumble dryers particularly as the washing machines are pushing theoaf capacities to way beyond 8kg.

I'm finding my own Miele T1 and W1 pair pretty effective, except when I've has house guests who've stuffed the dryer to beyond capacity and it's resulted in insufficient tumbling.

Tightly packed washing machines with good recirculation work very effectively. Drying is a difference f story though.

 

[vacerator]

Indeed it is!

Either a large family, or in a multi rental situation. My guess is if it's a single family, maybe have a housekeeper.
Los Feliz may not be Beverly Hills, but many with new money live there. Younger directors, producers, and other creative types.
It's not too far from Hollywood, downtown, or the San Fernando valley.

We have a nephew who is a gaming technical designer/developer living just off Hollywood blvd. and Wilcox ave. So far he Loves it out there. His rent is very expensive, but his commute to Burbank isn't too long. About 20 minutes.
He wanted to live in the heart of it all. He said Burbank has too many older people, and the rents aren't much lower.
He lives in a studio apt., but it's upscale. Pool, bbq, gym. Our son has already visited. They went to the big gaming convention there in June. They like Venice beach.
The babies are all leaving the nest's.

 

[launderess]

Me Like!

This is something I prefer, speaking of Spanish Provincial,

http://www.angelenoliving.com/blog/touch-tuscany-los-feliz

Getting back to those Miele sets; you can tell there is money because the stands are custom built. At first glance when spotted the listing thought units were stacked, but they aren't. Someone put a good amount of effort into that laundry area.

Sellers are offering units as set or individually. A bit shy of $800 for either washer or dryer might not be such a bad deal. If units have been well taken care of and not abused they should have decades of use remaining. Providing one is willing to deal with the aforementioned limitations or whatever those uber Miele washer or dryers might not be a bad way to go.

 

[vacerator]

Love that house too!

Who wouldn't?
Typical California price.
A cousins 2200 sq. ft. Newport not on the beach colonial is 1.2 million.
My aunts modest 4 bed. 3 bath 1,880 sq. ft. rambler off of Whittier blvd. and Cole rd. below the LA average at about $635,000.

 

[launderess]

Actually a millon plus

Give or take is what homes go for in NYC area, so that price does not seem too outrageous at least to Moi. Am sort of used to seeing things priced at that level; quite honestly assumed it would have gone for more being in Los Angeles and all....

 

[wft2800]

The OP's link is dead.

I'm not sure if the Octoplus range, as pictured here in PWT6089 stack form (700mm wide, 750mm deep, 1930mm high, the latter equating almost exactly to 6ft 4ins), is based on the US domestic models to any appreciable extent? I haven't seen one, but I'd be surprised if it uses a plastic outer tub. Why did Miele adopt one rather than sticking to stainless steel as usual?

Regarding the Little Giant series, they can be wired for a normal 240v 50Hz 13-amp connection, albeit you lose some heater wattage. There are also 240v 50Hz 25-amp and 400v 3-phase connections available - I believe it's the latter models that can be wired for a 13-amp connection. I'm sure the US market will cater to 220v 60Hz as well. Info on connections for the 8kg Octoplus range is limited, no mention of voltages on Miele UK's site, just amps and watts, but the 10kg PW5105 seems to be available with a 240v 50Hz 25-amp connection. The only thing is, I cannot find any information on 25-amp supplies in the UK...

 

[launderess]

Not so much "dead" but expired

Cl does not keep ads up forever. Unless taken down before expiration the thing will fall off on its own accord.

A good thing because some sellers or whatever on CL have an annoying habit of *NOT* taking down adverts even after a thing is sold and or otherwise not available. That AEG washer one was going after is (or was) still listed this weeks supposedly after it was gone.

This or worse people revise their CL listing to say "Sold" or "Gone". What is the point of that? If you can revise why not just take the thing down and be done?