I think it depends on the size of your household and what other functions your laundry has. I see many houses where the laundry becomes an area for the family pet for pet food storage, preparation and sometimes a kitty litter tray. If you have an active young family with toddlers (or teens) who can generate a lot of dirty washing, I don't think that it is compatible with food storage in a butlers pantry. By combining all of these functions into the one space means that the space may be compromised. What works for a small household in an apartment doesn't mean that it will work as well for a larger household and may affect resale.

Best of luck,

Dr Retro

of Dr Retro House Calls

You make a good point - thanks for your time and input. definately true.

how would you plan to use the butlers pantry..will it be used for food preparation or just storage of sealed containers and/or? and what is the length and width of the laundry, what are you long term plans for the rest of the house and can you post a plan of the whole house with dimensions

A laundry and kitchen can be designed the same and function as one, just make sure it still functions as a laundry and has a door to close off from kitchen. It’s your space so if you want to use it as a Butler’s pantry go for it.

As above a floor plan will bring possible other ideas, I think the current laundry is too small to accommodate what you are suggesting, a house needs a laundry to service the bedrooms

Thanks all for your input :) I'll post a floor plan. We can't increase the footprint of the house, as it is as big as the block of land will allow. oklouise, The butler's pantry will be used just for my kitchenaid and magimix, so not often.... I just prefer having them in a place i don't h=need to pull them out of a drager to use them :)

Sorry having trouble posting, Family room dimensions aren't correct. so possibly move the laundry and even extend towards the entry, if this worked you could possibly add a laundry shute to drop landry from upstairs bedrooms The kitchen can now extend across into the current laundry which will have an appliance cabinet where you can have your favourites set up. This will give you a kitchen more up to date and suited to a bigger Family house

if you move the garage entry into the family room and moved the laundry towards the glass doors there should be a corner that could have under bench for a dog bed and counter with under bench drawer and wall shelves but there's not enough space to separate the laundry with a wall without compromising the entry to the kitchen..or you could also consider installing the laundry in the family room storage space but with so many doors and walkways across the space the family room makes a much better dining room and the old dining room a cosy TV room

My idea above to move the laundry to the side of the garage with the entrance via the existing cupboard could give you a narrow laundry which would also provide a buffer between the garage and the family room , ie; not a direct entry and could allow a drop small drop zone, I will try to draw a clearer plan

If you are going to move the garage door it could go directly into the front entry of the house, garage doors better at corners of garage or mud at rear, than midway along side walls. Less convenient to kitchen but still undercover

As mentioned earlier, if their is enough width and height under the stairs the entrance from the garage could be into the entrance end allowing for a small mud room, but that's still all subject to proper dimensions, as Estate Agents plans are a bit loose

On another thought, I don't think that the previous laundry pantry was legal, when we were doing a Villa in NSW with an open plan kitchen living the laundry had to be put behind doors, Storage in jars etc would be OK but food preparation not