I like my laundry room where it is, on the first floor. If I had one on the second floor near the bedrooms, I might not get it done as much. I want it to be where I am most of the time I am home and that is not in bed.

One set near Master Bedroom, and one in laundry/mudroom.

Chook, I hope he either has a change of cloths, or a bathrobe nearby, or, he might catch a cold, lol.

Near the Kitchen in an enclosed Pantry.

Ours is in the basement - a short walk through the sunroom from the bedroom. Most of the clothes and bed linens are on this floor so it's convenient.

I think it's best to have it where most of the laundry comes from which will differ depending on your house and family. Our house is a two story with the bedrooms upstairs. The only laundry that comes from downstairs is a few towels. So it is most convenient to have near the upstairs bedrooms. When we bought the house the laundry was in the kitchen - which is the absolute worst place to do laundry! So when we remodeled, we put it upstairs - we are very happy with that choice.

I voted for near the Master Bedroom. As empty nesters that is where 99 % of the laundry is generated. If space and cost where not an issue, I wouldn't min having one in a separate mud room off the garage for the animals bedding.

This old topic popped up when I answered the more recent one about sorting laundry. I didn't get to choose any of my laundry room's location! In the four houses we have had since we got married, the first two were single-story "patio homes" that had machines in the garage. I didn't really like that because I would start a load and remember it hours later crumpled in the washer or worse wrinkled in the dryer. I even tried a baby-monitor for a while! I did not have an outside clothesline in those two HOA houses but made use of a drying rack set up in a bathtub!

The next two houses, the machines were and are in the utility room off the garage, which is effectively the mudroom (which was my survey response). We are CFBC and actual mud coming in is rare! I can keep track of my loads much better. Both rooms have a hanging rod for things that can hang-dry on hangers and both houses have clotheslines, but at some distance from the laundryroom/garage, so the answer about access to a clothesline was a close second!

ETA: the greatest thing about a laundryroom off the garage is the utility sink! Can wash hands before traipsing through the house; especially handy during the pandemic. In the two houses with laundry in the garage, the garage opened to the kitchen, so the kitchen sink was used for all.

I dont like my laundry rooms upstairs, because unless I'm sleeping, I'm on the main floor of my house. Also, 2nd floor water accidents- though rare, no fun and cause lots of damage. I prefer main floor or basement floor laundry.