Great use of space. My parents had a 3 story house with the laundry in the basement. It was a long walk and very cold in the winter. (They lived on a lake in Washington.) The bought a apartment size washer/dryer combo unit installed in the kitchen. So they had the best of both worlds. If they want to wash blankets they could take them down to the basement, all else was done in the kitchen while she was cooking or watching TV.