Why would the kitchen be a sensible place to wash your clothes?

Because it would force you to get out of bed if you want clean laundry?

British houses are small. A lot of people don't have extra or separate rooms for things.

If you had a house which had the following rooms then where would you put the washing machine?

-Kitchen
-Bedroom 1
-Bedroom 2
-Bedroom 3
-Lounge/Reception Room (With TV and couches and stuff)
-Dining Room
-Downstairs toilet (so small that you can just about fit a toilet and a sink in it)
-Upstairs bathroom

Upstairs bathroom

That seems ridiculous to me, but I grant you that it's equally as ridiculous as putting it in the kitchen.

I think there's usually more space in the kitchen since all you have to do is remove a kitchen cabinet. In the bathroom there's a lot less real estate to play with.

My new house has a utility room which is nice.

Anytime you have your laundry on a different floor than the master bedroom you are going to anger my wife.

I've been making your wife angry for years then...

Yes, yes you have

How does your wife feel about "Dogs Like Socks"?

Yeah, I guess you are dealing a lot older with older houses that were never designed for a washer/dryer space. Same issue with the house I grew up in that was built in the 1930's. Most people end up with washer and dryer in the basement because there are just no other options. Do you have a basement?

Do you have a pantry off the kitchen or a large closet on the mainfloor that could be renovated to put a stacked washer and dryer in..??

One thing I do really like about some old Canadian houses (1910-1940 ish) is that many had huge unfinished attics with really high ceilings. You could often reno the space and put two kids/teens bedrooms and a shared bathroom up there.

kitchens are already set up with all the plumbing to deliver water to the washing machine.

A water source isn't usually the issue. Running a water pipe almost anywhere is fairly easy. The drain however...

What about the basement? Where do the water heater and HVAC go?

I'd have to see the spaces.

I've seen people put them in fairly small closets in bathrooms. Sometimes stackables. The guy upstairs from me has a small condo and he has them in his kitchen. They adjoin the sink and have countertop over them. Looks fine.

New houses really are so much nicer. The Japanese have it right, I think.

Just go ahead and knock out all the walls and start over.

Neutral.

~0% of homes in the UK have basements.
~0% of homes have HVACs (had to google what one was)
"Water Heater" (we call it a boiler) generally goes under the stairs

Dunno why we don't have basements. Most houses with basements are 200+ years old. Our climate is such that we don't need air conditioning, however with climate change that might change pretty soon. Most boilers are under the stairs I think. Some people have a small one in the kitchen attached to the wall. The house I'm buying has an enormous one which has it's own room.

climate change is gonna make the uk freezing cold. ocean currents make uk way warmer than areas in the same latitude. climate change will altar those currents so uk is gonna freeze

Timing on brexit couldn't be better, hello East Canada!

HVAC is just shorthand for heater and A/C. I assume all British homes have a heater? Well, I guess HVAC also assumes forced air heating/cooling.

What about a fireplace in the family/living room?

What about an attached garage? In many American garages, you'll find the water heater (boiler), washer/dryer and often a spare refrigerator/freezer.
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Except they put the washing machine outside on the balcony

Is it true that because you don't all drink tea all the time, Americans don't regards a kettle as a vital element of a kitchen?

Fact check: nope.

The gulf stream is a thing, but it's not the key driving factor in the UK climate.

No Aircon. Heating is generally through hot water (radiators). Boilers can be on any exterior wall, there is often a hot water storage, although modern boilers don't always need them. Old hot water tanks weren't very efficient, so you could dry clothes in the space that housed them, but nowadays they are 99% insulated so don't expel any heat.

For some reason, the hot water system needs a feeder tank in the attic. Somehow a bat died in ours a couple of years ago, which we worked out by the black crap and small bones that were flowing into the boy's baths