Weord I live in Canada and have never had a laundry sink it would make no sense to have one when you have a sink in the space IMO I have never seen one in Europe where the W/D are in the kitchen I would check that out myself

Fraser,

I'd be inclined to trust your architect on this point and ask for his/her help coming up with a reasonable solution. The laundry sink requirement code is common in Commonwealth but had likely not anticipated your situation. The building inspector is governed by code, so hoping he/she will approve it is asking for trouble. One option should be to apply for an exception. This would involved generating a design and applying to the building dept for a review. If allowed, your cost would be architect's time, your time, and any review fee, if applicable.

Assuming you need to come up with a 2nd sink solution solution, request detail on the minimum size requirement. If you could accomodate a ~25 x 25 cm sink, this might actually be useful, given you are likely to have more people in your small kitchen. It's surprising how beneficial a second sink can be when meal prep is in process.

Good luck!

Scott Fulton

www.homeideations.com

Would an outdoor sink be acceptable/meet the code and you could use for gardening and washing large items, etc. You could go as simple or fancy as you like.

Unfortunately, you have to buy the code books down there just to get a look at them, but something tells me that there were some amendments for alternative provisions addressed for the code in 2014.

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https://www.airah.org.au/iMIS15_Prod/Content_Files/Divisionmeetingpresentations/ACTNSW/Robert-Marinelli.pdf

Perhaps a double basin kitchen sink?

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But, other regulations say that the laundry has to be separated from the kitchen.

https://www.slp.wa.gov.au/pco/prod/filestore.nsf/Documents/MRDocument:3370H/$FILE/HealthActLaundriesAndBthrmsRegs-01-a0-08.html?OpenElement

Thanks Fred, really good article that has given me some good ideas!