I see in my crystal ball a household without toddlers who have to be changed several times a day.
My children and foster children are grown up and have offspring of their own; so I know the implied statement in your reply very well. When they were all little, the washing machine and dryer ran almost every day; at a certain age, you just can't dry clothes outside fast enough to keep up with the laundry needed.
What sense does it make to throw dirty laundry - where it is generated - into a lower floor, only to then carry it exactly back to where it originated?
I specifically added "who has the laundry room in the basement." If I were to build again, I would seriously consider whether to put the washing machine and dryer on the ground floor. But since we had to and wanted to build with a basement anyway because we are on a slope, the question never arose for us. I have to carry the laundry around anyway, since I hang almost all laundry up to dry and only towels go in the dryer for me. And if possible, I hang the laundry outside on the terrace or later on a rotary clothesline in the garden.
I have to carry the laundry anyway, since I also hang almost all laundry to dry and only towels go into the dryer for me. And if possible, I hang the laundry outside on the terrace or later on a rotary dryer in the garden.
Exactly our washing and drying behavior. According to my wife, towels don’t get as soft and fluffy when air-dried anymore – so they go into the dryer. The dryer only runs when the weather conditions don’t allow it or it’s too uncertain to hang the laundry out when we have to leave the house.
Most houses, in my opinion, do not have space on the ground floor or upper floor according to the floor plans to accommodate a washing machine and dryer, because then there is often an 11sqm children's room or the bathroom is repurposed.