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so you prefer to walk through the laundry room to access the house from the garage?

Have you determined any loadbearing walls? Where is the water source for the W/D?

the dryer venting outside? wtr/htr venting? drain? Is this all interior floor level? or once an exterior space? Is there a basement under the space?

No windows in the laundry room?

a little more info is needed or you'll just get bits and pieces of ideas.

Would removing the doors on the closet not allow the base pullouts to work? I think the plan is a lot of work for very little improvement.

Hi Lyn,

We have access to the garage through the existing hallway between the laundry closet and bathroom. And no, the wall we want to remove is not loadbearing. Thank you.

Hi Patrcia,

Yes, we can and have removed the doors which allow access to the drawers. We may list our house for sale and realtors say our closet laundry is a big drawback in our proicerange/competition. We want to be proactive and possibly make this improvement.

Thank you, Patricia

The next owners may have a top loader washer or a stacked pair of front loaders and no pedestals. As a buyer, I'd prefer to use the current closet set up rather than a washer and dryer next to a noisy HVAC system and a water heater.

Good point Apple Pie, thank you.

You really don't have the room. You show your HVAC system in the corner but technically An HVAC system requires min 12" - 24" on all sides and recommened 3' on front panel. To do this correctly the numbers are very tight and would not give you that. To make it functional and aesthtically lucrative there are two options 1. you would close off the garage entrance into the space an build a closed in room for the HVAC system. This leaves space for only stacking front loading machine and dryer. Still you would have to use pocket doors because there would not be enough clearance for the doors to swing. you can barely hit the 12" mark for the HVAC system and only on two sides and more on the front.

The second option is to move the door into the garage so it only has access to the mechanical room. This door would have to swing out. Still tight on recommended clearances for the HVAC here. Then have your machines side by side on the wall and a single door entrance which barely clears so you would have to do a smaller size door. IDK if this would give you much more working room that the exisiting closet but may be more pleasing to actually have that room to step into.

Thank you, kindly.

Thank you Design Interior South for your comprehensive explanation and drawings. They allowed us to make the right decision.

I would rather take an offer that is a bit lower if the washer/dryer closet comes up as an issue. I may even consider removing the pedestals all together so this is now a none issue. I think realtors are a bit out there when it comes to things like this. I would leave the closet you have.

Thank you Lorraine! Great advice.