First time mum - do I need to purchase a washing machine/dryer?

[Growingyou]

Hi MNs,

I am living in an apartment and expecting my first baby. Usually, we do our washing once a week in the shared washing room in the basement. I'm guessing this won't suffice once the baby arrives! Would love your advice on:

1. Should we buy a separate washing machine and dryer? If there is so much washing that we'll need to wash and dry at the same time?
2. Should we buy a combined washer/dryer saving space, but reduced capacity/dry times v long.
3. Just buying a washing machine and clotheshorse drying?

We're trying to be earth/budget friendly but...it sounds like washing becomes a daily thing?

Sorry for how absolutely mundane this qu is! But grateful to learn / buy n advance

I have a washer dryer as we have recently downsized and didn’t have space for separate units. We brought the Bosch washer dryer, serie 6 10k/6kg, not cheap at just under a thousand GBP but it is so quiet and the washing drying performance is excellent, really pleased with it so far.