I have always liked having one.

I use mine all the time. Washing the dog, rinsing shoes, watering plants, cleaning stove grates. Our is utility size, but we also have a lot of counter space. Do you have a utility sink in your garage for messy stuff?

I've never had one and my husband keeps telling me they are necessary (he grew up on a farm). I thought he was ridiculous and then my boys started to play baseball. Needless to say, the house we are building has a big ol' sink in the laundry room.

I hardly wanted to say it - but where else will you soak what needs it? What tub might you have nearby [and where it won't get knocked over]....

I use ours a lot and love it. You just have to decide what you need more for the space you have.

its got to be a genuine rough, usable sink, not a prissy one. one big enough to dump mop water or scrub down something ugly. otherwise, its just in the way.

ours is in the basement (where my laundry is) and i wish it was on the first floor.

I got rid of our laundry room sink and I don't miss it at all. I enjoy having the extra space, and the plumbing is there if a future buyer wants to put a sink there. That said, we have a utility sink in the basement that we can use for washing paintbrushes, washing hands after doing car or garden work, etc......that sink gets used regularly and I would miss not having a utility sink somewhere in the house or garage. I don't think it needs to be in the laundry room, though. I don't use the utility sink for laundry related tasks like soaking clothes; our utility sink gets too yucky for that. I prefer using a small Rubbermaid plastic bin for washing delicates or soaking stains.

I like having a sink in the laundry room for many reasons, but you need to consider your needs. Kind of write down all the things you currently do in the laundry room and then design it around the priorities you have. Do cap the plumbing and retain that because I believe MOST people on resale would want a sink. Consider a small sink that is big enough to set a bottle of bleach for example.

I wash out paintbrushes in our (stainless) kitchen sink, presoak delicates either in the bathroom sink or in the washer itself (modern models have magical modes!), and generally don't miss one. I think they can be handy for messy stuff if you can afford the space (unfinished basements, say), but if space is tight and you have other priorities, I wouldn't think twice about removing it! The Rubbermaid bin is a great back-up plan for various purposes.

Thank you , all. Good feedback. Our laundry room is upstairs and so utility type needs are done downstairs near our garage. I also have a bathroom immediately adjacent to the laundry room , so I guess that's why I don't miss it for soaking small items. After seeing how many of you DO use it though, perhaps it would be wise to put a smaller one back in, just for resale. Thanks for comments, and I'll keep checking in case anyone else wants to chime in :)

Unless you're planning to sell in under 5 years, and even then maybe, remove it and keep the plumbing.
I rank it under 'nice extra, not necessity', and definitely don't think buyers would be turned off a house for the lack of it, if there was provision for one.
Not terribly common where I am to have one, what about where you are?
In any case, a smaller one is probably a greater disadvantage than none. sort of ticks the boxs but isn't very practical for all use.

Hmmm, I agree on that, good point (smaller is a disadvantage) . Most of you that use them need a larger more sturdy sink with good ability to handle large items.

We use ours constantly: washing paint brushes and trays, soaking clothing, washing BBQ spatulas and the rest used on the BBQ as my husband is not careful with the stone counters, filling buckets for mopping, washing hands after cleaning the cat box, rinsing out my brushes I have to clean with mineral spirits from chalk painting furniture..... not everybody does all this so it's all a matter of preference. I'm sure I could think of at least 5 other uses I use the sink for and we are soon to replace is as it's down right ugly at this point after some years. I would prefer it not be there only as I could have additional cabinet space. Yet, I do need it.

Agree with above as most probably will want one (resale purposes) so don't eliminate the plumbing if you choose to forgo the sink.

I would love a sink in my laundry room. However, you already answered your own question when you said you never use it. In this case, replace it with something more useful for YOU.