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Where would you vent the dryer too? How are you going to run the plumbing to get water into the washer and where to drain it to?
There's a reason the laundry room is almost universally on the outside of a house. Venting the dryer is a big reason. In most normal sized houses the laundry room is near-ish the electric panel (as is the furnace and the water heater). Too much 10-3 wire really adds to your home building budget, and if you think a couple hundred doesn't mean much to a home builder...think again.
By my calculations, the laundry room would be at least 9' x 9', or 81 sq ft. And as others have said, no vent - nor any windows. And the winding hallways to access the bedrooms - UGH! Just looking at a floorplan, I can see what the designer's world revolves around; in your case, laundry! Far more practical to just enlarge one of the bathrooms, and add a laundry there.
I doubt if laundry is important enough in anybody's life to design a house around it!
I like having my laundry room on the 2nd floor, convenient to all the bedrooms. But I really do not think that it's necessary to have direct access from all of the bedrooms/bedroom closets and to design a house that revolves around the laundry room.
Having read the posts here I can only agree that there are major problems with what I have sketched out. I don't deny that.
I do feel, however, that the basic concept of having a laundry room as close as possible to the bedrooms is efficient and worth looking into if it can be done.
First let's assume this would be for a custom built home where luxury and easy living is desired and spending an extra $20k isn't a big deal.
I happen to be living in a cold climate and plumbing is not (commonly) put in exterior wall. Too much chance of freezing. There is the dryer vent to deal with. A quick Google search reveals that a dryer vent should not exceed 25 feet, so really shouldn't be a problem. There's plenty of room between the floor joists I think. Or could be built to accommodate.
I see bedroom access as the major problem. Perhaps moving the laundry room to an exterior wall and then have three, instead of four, bedrooms around it in a "U" shape layout. Then a single hallway could provide access to all three bedrooms.
Use pocket doors or swinging doors as you see fit and install locks on the laundry room doors for privacy as needed.
I'd consider making the laundry room very large and provide closet/storage in the laundry room for bedding (bulky comforters), towels, and everyone's seasonal outerwear (coats, ski ware, etc.). This would greatly reduce the space needed for individual bedroom closets and linen closet(s).
The swinging doors on the closets could have hook added to hang clothes on if desired. Or, a good place for a full length mirror.
I'm not going to sketch out another drawing of the above changes, it's not worth my time. If you like the idea and want to try to make it work feel free. If not, ignore it and move on.
Venting the dryer is easy, as you say, in the floor joists (that is how I did it). My vent run is about 12'. Using smooth wall steel pipe instead of plastic flex pipe reduces the lint build up and gives you better air flow. You can also vent vertically through the roof, but I don't like that as well for practical reasons.
I prefer having a good folding area in the laundry room, but that wouldn't be hard if you cut down on the doors somewhat. I think my laundry room is smaller than the one you've drawn (though we have no sink in it).
Putting all that stuff like the WH, washer/drier, etc in the garage is just bulk builder laziness in my opinion. I lived in a house set up that way that had something like a 30' run of pipe from the WH to the shower. The house I build has about 18" between them
But then I also built a 42" tall bath vanity for my bathroom. I hate having to bend over to wash my hands. One visitor was almost offended that I didn't do what everyone else does - bend over to use a 30" tall sink. I think a lot of people are upset by the idea that the way everyone does things is not always the best way.
New homes today do have laundry on second floor with the bedrooms. I've seen them situated along the common hallway with all the bedroom doors around. Double folding doors for some.... but its not direct closet access as you are suggesting.
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