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How big is your utility? Bonus points for pictures!

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FrothyCothy · 15/10/2026 20:28

Laboriously planning an extension and want to work in a utility. On the original plan from the architect the room seemed small (would probably have fit a stacked washer/dryer, a sink and a bit of sideboard) so we asked for it to be bigger but now I’m doubting myself as does eat into the kitchen space. We don’t have a huge amount of storage currently so would want it to take the washer and dryer, a second fridge, space for all those occasional use appliances, as well as somewhere to dump the hoover and mops and be able to close the door on them. So it feels like it needs to be a bit more substantial than the original plan.

So tell me about your lovely utility! What size did you go for? Do you regret going bigger, or smaller? And if you want to show off a picture of it, even better!

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BTZPusspusspuss · 18/10/2026 07:52

Mine is tiny. Washer and dryer side by side with a counter over the top that has air fryer and bread machine. Mollymaid hanging from the ceiling. That’s it. But it is great having a small separate space. It’s also the through route to the loo. Oh has a folding wooden door. Should have been a pocket door but that bit got messed up!!

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EverybodyLTB · 16/10/2026 09:32

Can you add a diagram with the total space, and proposed utility space? I don’t have a utility, a bathroom is kind of a crossover. However I have stayed in a lot of Airbnbs and the utility rooms are almost as important as anything else, I’m obsessed!

One thing I’ll say is if you wash a LOT like me, have every pull out line and rack option as well as the tumble dryer, make the whole room work for its money. Have a little window if you can, that’s opposite the entrance door so that if you want proper airflow it can all be opened up, you need to be able to blast it through often and not become dank. A place we stayed in in Japan had the pull out lines that could stretch across the room and then a wall heater fan and extractor. Absolutely brilliant. You could hang about two wash loads and the room itself became almost a giant dryer. That was one of my faves.

If you can fit an extra, or a couple of extra, tall cupboards for things that are seasonal then so much the better. Fans and heaters, big coats, Christmas stuff. My friend has a cupboard in her utility with tubes of wrapping paper, cards and gifts, and she uses the bit of worktop as a wrapping station. Makes it easier when next door’s postman’s daughter has a baby or whatever, you’ve got all your cards and bits in one place and can pull together a card and gift in minutes.

God I’d love a utility 🥹

I’m practically salivating.

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