Communal laundry rooms are better for spreading the capital costs among the residents - energy still costs more or less the same on a per-load basis, and it gets charged to the residents in one way or the other at the end of the day.
They’re also successively being replaced by in-home laundry machines. Lots of places offer a communal laundry room, but the residents also have a machine in their homes for the sake of convenience. Some new builds have started omitting a communal laundry room in favour of in-home machines.
A bit of a pity, to be honest. Spreading capital costs is societally good. I say this while having had a laundry machine in-home for the past 10 years (came included with the purchase of the apartments), which I do use and enjoy the convenience of.
Communal laundry rooms are better for spreading the capital costs among the residents - energy still costs more or less the same on a per-load basis, and it gets charged to the residents in one way or the other at the end of the day.
They’re also successively being replaced by in-home laundry machines. Lots of places offer a communal laundry room, but the residents also have a machine in their homes for the sake of convenience. Some new builds have started omitting a communal laundry room in favour of in-home machines.
A bit of a pity, to be honest. Spreading capital costs is societally good. I say this while having had a laundry machine in-home for the past 10 years (came included with the purchase of the apartments), which I do use and enjoy the convenience of.