What do you think about a laundry chute?

If you do the drywalling around the laundry chute yourself and simply use insulated "access panels" for the flaps, which you then customize and install yourself with a bit of tinkering, such a laundry chute is not expensive at all and also looks quite nice. If you have the laundry room in the basement, I just think the laundry chute is great. Never again musty piles of laundry upstairs....

If you have the laundry room in the basement, I simply love the laundry chute.

I know that many builders like such a laundry chute; however, I still don't have to understand it. What sense does it make to throw dirty laundry—where it originates—into a lower floor, only to subsequently carry it right back to where it came from? In any case, I no longer run (upper floor to basement and back); my dirty laundry is washed on the floor where it collects and also ironed and put away over a similarly short distance. If no piles of laundry accumulate, nothing smells there either. Rhineland greetings

I no longer walk (upper floor to basement and back); my dirty laundry is washed on the floor where it accumulates and also ironed and put away on a similarly short route. If no piles of laundry accumulate, nothing smells either

And what if you like to hang your laundry outside? At the latest then you start walking anyway.

my dirty laundry is washed on the floor where it accumulates

I also think that is a very good solution. However, you then need a room/space in the upper floor to wash and dry the laundry. You don’t put everything in the dryer. And you don’t necessarily want to hang laundry in the bathroom either.

We solved the whole thing even more simply - semi-detached house with a basement and converted attic (so 3 floors + basement), in the basement under the staircase opening there is a tub and everyone just throws their laundry down through the stairwell. The kids even make a competition out of it - whoever throws more parts beside it has to go down and pick them up. We adults can of course aim perfectly.
Washing and drying is done in the basement - the machines can even run at night, through the closed door we hear nothing, although we are very sensitive. There is also an electric dehumidifier in the room, so hanging laundry always dries in < 12h. We had a dryer on the sleeping level long enough - never again!
So I only have to carry up the finished laundry. And no, sand and dirt do not get lost on the way when throwing, if someone comes in dirty, they take their pants off immediately on the ground floor and put on something clean before going to the couch.

I know that many building owners like such a laundry chute; still, I don't have to understand it.

What sense does it make to throw dirty laundry—where it is created—down to a lower floor, only to carry it back exactly to where it originated?

In any case, I no longer run (upper floor to basement and back); my dirty laundry is washed on the floor where it accumulates and ironed and put away there as well, also over a short distance. If no piles of laundry accumulate, nothing smells either.

Rhenish greetings

I see in my crystal ball a household without small children who need to be changed several times a day.