Despite being clothed by Oxfam Kirsty Allsop has decided to make her position on the kitchen quite clear.
A washing machine in the kitchen is "disgusting".
Although she tried to back track after a non too enthusiastic reaction.
However I have to agree - it is rather distasteful
We have a separate laundry don't you know
Perhaps it's a hygiene thing - taking dirty clothing through a food prep area is not preferred.
Your opinion please 
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Well - the dirtiest my clothes get is when I'm wearing them, so unless I cook naked, there's dirty clothes in the kitchen anyway.
That said, I too is posh and have a utility room now. How I managed for the first 50 odd years of my life without dying of dirty laundry in the kitchen disease is a miracle though.
I wonder what she would say to a washer in the garage 
Sprout posted:I wonder what she would say to a washer in the garage
She'd probably say you're common muck
Which you're not - you're working class 
Kaffs posted:Well - the dirtiest my clothes get is when I'm wearing them, so unless I cook naked, there's dirty clothes in the kitchen anyway.
That said, I too is posh and have a utility room now. How I managed for the first 50 odd years of my life without dying of dirty laundry in the kitchen disease is a miracle though.
Posh - really, ok.
Is it laundry or utility these days
Must admit a separate room is so much easier
We have a sign,
"Laundry - drop your pants here" - how I guffawed
Saint posted:Despite being clothed by Oxfam Kirsty Allsop has decided to make her position on the kitchen quite clear.
A washing machine in the kitchen is "disgusting".
Although she tried to back track after a non too enthusiastic reaction.
However I have to agree - it is rather distasteful
We have a separate laundry don't you know
Perhaps it's a hygiene thing - taking dirty clothing through a food prep area is not preferred.
Your opinion please
As most utility areas are accessed THROUGH the kitchen, dirty clothes and food preparation areas are bound to meet!
Saint posted:Despite being clothed by Oxfam Kirsty Allsop has decided to make her position on the kitchen quite clear.
A washing machine in the kitchen is "disgusting".
Although she tried to back track after a non too enthusiastic reaction.
However I have to agree - it is rather distasteful
We have a separate laundry don't you know
Perhaps it's a hygiene thing - taking dirty clothing through a food prep area is not preferred.
Your opinion please
Well firstly; the "none too enthusiastic reaction" wasn't helped by Kirstie calling those who criticised her comments a "bunch of total f*** wits". 
There is a genuine concern here in that a washing machine in the kitchen can cause mould forming which in turn can contaminate food. However the simple truth is that most people don't have any choice. IIRC, Britain has amongst the smallest (on average) homes in Europe: perhaps Kirstie should consider using her position as a high-profile housing "expert" to campaign to do something about that?
TBH, I've never had much respect for Kirstie and those who host similar shows, but the final clincher has to be her response to queries as to where people should place the washing machine instead of the kitchen: "Bathroom, hall cupboard, airing cupboard, google tiny laundry rooms."
Seriously? She actually thinks it's OK to put white goods in the bathroom? Apart from anything-else, where does she expect the home owner to plug it in? 
Baz posted:I don't have a utility room....and my bathroom certainly isn't big enough to house a washing machine
But I don't know about y'all but I don't put dirty washing on my work surfaces ....so they go nowhere near anything that could become contaminated....
Dirty washing isn't the problem. Washing and drying in the kitchen increases the humidity, causing condensation which in turn can lead to mould.
I'm more worried about door handles than a washer in the kitchen...I shall take Kirsty's advice though and take a dish of water into the garden and drop a rock in it and bang my smalls against it...shame I will have to carry it out through the kitchen .
I saw the F******remark, only one of those would make such a remark. She knows only too well most houses haven't the space for utility rooms and in times of austerity I'm sure people have more to worry about than spending thousands on pipework to stick a washer under the stairs.
Oh how I remember those Halcyon days, when all I had to do was search down the sides of my armchair for coins and get on a bus to the launderette wiv me bag of washing........I was full of health then..
Dame_Ann_Average posted:
I'm more worried about door handles than a washer in the kitchen...I shall take Kirsty's advice though and take a dish of water into the garden and drop a rock in it and bang my smalls against it...shame I will have to carry it out through the kitchen .
I saw the F******remark, only one of those would make such a remark. She knows only too well most houses haven't the space for utility rooms and in times of austerity I'm sure people have more to worry about than spending thousands on pipework to stick a washer under the stairs.
Eugene's Lair posted:Baz posted:I don't have a utility room....and my bathroom certainly isn't big enough to house a washing machine
Dirty washing isn't the problem. Washing and drying in the kitchen increases the humidity, causing condensation which in turn can lead to mould.
Well I do both ....via a tumble dryer ....and have no mold ...which is just as well as I have nowhere else to put them
In short, her own arrogance and ignorance caught her out
P.S. One does have a laundry but recognise others may not.
Saint posted:In short, her own arrogance and ignorance caught her out
P.S. One does have a laundry but recognise others may not.
No, the laundry is what you do. The utility room is where you do it
Sprout posted:Saint posted:In short, her own arrogance and ignorance caught her out
P.S. One does have a laundry but recognise others may not.
No, the laundry is what you do. The utility room is where you do it
Given the choice - I wouldn't
What's it called then - utility room??
Utility room.....because it can be used for loads of things.....more often than not, washing. But you can also put your hunting boots in there....the dog's bed/kennel etc
Oh - we keep all sundries like that in our garage
Lawnmower, gardening tools etc ... we also have large, former coal depository used as a store
But what do you do in your extra room.....that you call the laundry?
We do laundry
It has a washer and a separate drier and a kitchen (kinda bench with cupboards) which contains soap powder and conditioners and gardening bits n bobs. A hoover and steam cleaner and where we keep our gardening shoes
