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[Bingo]

Well, VT will never be a condo.  But it can be a deluxe rental.

 

But without sprinklers in the hall, eh!

[Mike K.]

I wouldn't rent an apartment without in-suite laundry. That would be a huge deal-breaker for lots of folks.

[VicHockeyFan]

I wouldn't rent an apartment without in-suite laundry. That would be a huge deal-breaker for lots of folks.

 

Well, most apartments in this city do not have it, so people seem to make do.

[Nparker]

I wouldn't rent an apartment without in-suite laundry. That would be a huge deal-breaker for lots of folks.

Presumably most new, purpose-built rentals have in-suite laundry, so converting VT without this amenity would likely mean lower rents.

[Mike K.]

Yes, they all do. It's a must-have.

 

That's one of the reasons why folks with decent paying jobs who are in the rental market go straight for condo rentals and never consider the old stock of 60's and 70's apartments.

[VicHockeyFan]

Just pimp out the laundry room.  When you can do laundry 3 or 5 times faster (more machines and/or bigger machines), a walk down the hall and a secure room is not that bad.  5 loads done in 1.25 hours.

[Mike K.]

That's the problem. Nobody wants to stand around for 1.25 hours waiting for their laundry to finish.

[Nparker]

...a walk down the hall and a secure room is not that bad.

It would be for me. I prefer to do laundry whenever I like, not at the behest of a laundry room's operating hours. It's also very nice to be able to do any size load you want from one pair of socks to a month's worth of jeans.

That being said, a same floor laundry room beats the hell out of going to a laundromat (not that many of those exist these days).

[VicHockeyFan]

That's the problem. Nobody wants to stand around for 1.25 hours waiting for their laundry to finish.

 

Bring your headphones, your iPad, and watch a movie.  All your laundry for the week done before Tom Cruise evens says "You complete me"  Or, as I said earlier, the apartment can invest in more secure options.  Locking machines.  If they have plenty, nobody minds, they still find a machine.

[VicHockeyFan]

It would be for me. I prefer to do laundry whenever I like, not at the behest of a laundry room's operating hours. It's also very nice to be able to do any size load you want from one pair of socks to a month's worth of jeans.

That being said, a same floor laundry room beats the hell out of going to a laundromat (not that many of those exist these days).

 

A properly pimped out laundry room is open 24 hours.  No coins, it's all card-operated.  If you are doing one pair of socks you must hate the planet.  When your room is more like this....

 

 

...than what you are used to, the $150/mo. in extra rent for a ensuite seems folly.  In New York, building can't have ensuite laundry, older building, but let me tell ya, some rooms are killer.

[grantpalin]

I lived for a few years in a basement bachelor suite which included in-suite laundry. HUGE upside for a small apartment.

 

Now I don't have in-suite laundry, but one is about two units down the hall, so close enough!

[Nparker]

... If you are doing one pair of socks you must hate the planet...

No kids, no car...the planet can support my sock habit for the next couple of decades.

[Rob Randall]

Try VHF's patented sock scheme.

[Mike K.]

1.25 seems like a recurrent theme with VHF 

[Nparker]

Try VHF's patented sock scheme.

Now who hates the planet? 

[VicHockeyFan]

Now who hates the planet? 

 

I'm solving Middle East volatility.

[VicHockeyFan]

I called VT today, no vacancies.

[Nparker]

I called VT today, no vacancies.

So many of their tenants prefer no window coverings and have no possessions visible from outside?

[VicHockeyFan]

So many of their tenants prefer no window coverings and have no possessions visible from outside?

 

Or lights on.

 

I guess they have some type of plan, who knows what it is.

[Nparker]

Or lights on...

I suppose when you have no window coverings it only makes sense to keep the lights off, especially at night, if one wants even a modicum of privacy.