How big is your utility room?

[Sweeedes]

In feet of poss [old person emoticon]. Our utility room is unncecessarily huge and overlooks our garden which seems a complete waste. I am wondering if I can make a small utily room and a decent sized study from the space.

I need to get in a washing machine, tumble drier and a butler sink and space for my mop and bucket.

[QualityTime]

0 x 0


HTH

[Sonilaa]

any size utility room would do. dreaming of converting our second bathroom, which is 1x2 meters, so would fit a washing mashine, some shelves and space for an upright airer.

[orienteerer]

Tiny, just big enough for washing machine under a sink unit, some wall unit over the top. Has a full height cupboard off it just big enough to store vacum & ironing board.

[QualityTime]

You can put a tumble dryer on top of a washing machine so that cuts a couple of feet.

[Sweeedes]

I do realise it's a nice problem to have.

[ExitPursuedByABear]

9' x 12'. But we have a lot of stuff in there.

[Alouiseg]

6 x 4. Too bloody small.

[bibbitybobbityhat]

About double the size of the Butler's Pantry but half the size of the Gun Room, if that's of any use.

[DontCallMeBaby]

Ours is about 20' x 10' but it IS actually our conservatory (that is to say, our freezer, washer and dryer live in the conservatory). My parents have managed to squeeze washer and dryer into their approx 6' x 6' downstairs loo, which is very neat.

[inthesticks]

Mine is 12' by 15'. I have a sink, washer, dryer and dishwasher in there. Also dry all my washing in there. I wouldn't have it any smaller as the laundry would end up all over the house.

[mollymax]

Ours is about 6 feet by 7 feet. It has 3 doors in it tho, which makes it a difficult space, door from the kitchen, door into the cloakroom and door into the garage. I have a sink, the washing machine, a fridge/freezer and a big cupboard in it. In a way it is a pain as I have to keep it reasonably tidy for when visitors use the cloakroom

[FellatioNelson]

Mine's about 10x10 feet(ish) but it's so bloody full of rubbish essential country kit and dogs it feels about 2x3 feet!

[NatalieJane]

About 9x8 with a small 'extra bit' that leads to a door way, it's got the washer and dryer and mops, buckets, brooms etc. all the cleaning stuff, and an up right airer and space to swing a cat's whisker, but coincidently, there is another room off it that we use as a second study, would love to knock it through and make it bigger. We shoul swop houses!

[ByThePowerOfGreyskull]

sweedes we have the same issue, But have decided to knock the wall down between kitchen and utility room and make it one big kitchen with doors into the garden.

we have considered the loss of the utility room but the benefit to having a beautiful south facing kitchen with huge patio doors is just too enticing.

[Sweeedes]

Utility room envy is the female equivalent of penis envy. Some of yours are big stiffies.

Hmmmm. Interesting that some people would like bigge. There are six of us and four chidren generate a lot of washing. I don't want to end up with two small chaotic rooms. Perhaps I should just abandon the idea.

[Sweeedes]

bythpowerofgreyskull. Ah intesting, sounds lovely - where are you going to put your washing machine and tumble drier? I've thought of that idea too. But we already have an enormous kitchen albeit north facing with double doors onto Orangery which in turn has double doors onto s facing garden. But then again is there such a thing as a too big kitchen?

But where could I put the utility room?

[ChocolatePants]

0 x 0 too.

[HighOverlordCybil]

If utility rooms are penis equivalents then mines a little winkle

[HotSprocket]

Most of your utility rooms are bigger than my kitchen

[nowwearefour]

someone passed through ours just now on her way to our garden to collect her dd. i apologised for its mess. she said 'oh dont worry, you should see our shed'!! i didnt laugh but inside i did. i need to tidy up my house!

[schroeder]

Orangery Where do ya live, Hampton Court Palace?

[Sweeedes]

Nowwearefour - that is very funny.

Shroeder - Orangery, conservatory, garden room - they all sound poncey don't they?

[teta]

With 4 kids don't you need an enormous utility?.I permanantly have mounds of washing that overlap on the floor no matter how many baskets i have!.I am in the process of planning a new utility/storage room and am going to have it as large as possible and use the old one as a boot and coat room so our nice hall is not as cluttered.I would keep it large!.

[HousewifeOfOrangeCounty]

Mine is two kitchen cupboards in depth and about four in width, but also runs under the stairs iyswim. So ironing board, mop etc go under the stairs, tumble dryer sits on top of the washing machine and then there are cupboards wall and floor in a corner with sink and a spare small fridge built into one of the cupboards.

Whilst it would be lovely to have a bigger one, it actually does us fine - I will add that its our first futility room, so I have nothing to compare it to.

[Chatelaine]

Assuminig you already have a downstairs cloakroom/toilet? Why would you want to move a Butler sink if you already have one? but use the existing plumbing to best advantage, avoid any clashes with doors i.e. opening the washing machine. Also avoid having the sink next to the door if it is a galley. Depending on your budget you may be able to carve out a separate room. Will it have natural light? Big utilities are such a luxury.