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hahaahha, you crack me up!!! I remember when I used to live in an old rental building, it will drive me nut when I found people left their runners in the washer…. I just keep thinking about the dirt may mix with my underwear 
MemberWe are not quite yet large metro area but not far off. Our City living expense are getting really ridiculous that even if one choose to live far at real suburb, they must cross the tolls to go to work. I do notice a lot more rental places do not offer in-unit laundry. It still common in apartment but not so much with basement suites anymore… and it seems to be a common trend that landord start charging 30% of the house utilities if one choose to live in basement suite.
yeah… I was expecting it would ended up costing me at least 2-3K to do the plumbing and electrical for the washer & dryer,and you are right on spot on the money. I will be getting about $100-200 more a month with w/d unit in my suite. I’m just trying to weight if it’s worth it to throw 3K+ to do w/d because I will hire someone to line up motion sensor light on the side of the house for future tenant and buying new appliances since there is none now and Darling Husband does not want second hand… he only want new or floor models… so appliances alone (fridge, stove, range hoods) will cost me at least 3K+
MemberWe used to live in a place without a w/d in unit but there was a laundry room on site. I wouldn’t personally rent a place where I’d have to drive to a laundromat, because then I’d have to spend my day at the laundromat, I couldn’t just start the washer/dryer and then come back in 30 minutes or so.
MemberI think its crazy how many people are saying totally no… I mean to be depends on the location, price, area, how nice the place is etc. I think that you should put it on the market and see what happens. I would bet it rents just fine.
I would obviously choose a place that had all the same qualities and a W/D over one that didn’t but you can always do wash & fold service for a few bucks more so you don’t need to spend the time at the laundry. I secretly sort of hate that we have a W/D now in a way cause now I have no excuse to not do the laundry and taking it out would just be really lazy!
MemberDrive? No way. If I could install a washer, sure, if I loved the place, but there’s no way I’d hesitate to install the washer. I can live without a dryer.
Membergpiglet: Nope. Not as an adult in my late twenties. Perhaps as a kid in my early twenties or in college, I would have considered it.
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MemberFrom your perspective, I’m sure you could find someone willing to compromise on it, though it may depend on your specific market. The unit sounds great otherwise.
As a renter, I would have in-unit laundry high on my list, but for the right place I could skip it. There are much worse things to do without.
MemberI wouldn’t if it could be helped. If the complex has washer/driers for the entire building, that’s fine.. not ideal, but it still means I can run my laundry and go upstairs and do some work. I don’t have the patience to spend a couple hours of my week, every week, waiting for the laundry to finish.
I’d take to heart what people are saying here–in general it seems that people who will settle for no w/d are often younger. It might be worth having one so you can not only charge a bit more but, more importantly, so you can target more mature individuals. While some adults are slobs, in general they’ll probably damage your apartment less over the years.
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Membergpiglet: From my experience with the rental market, you will gain a lot more value installing a W/D than buying new kitchen appliances (range/hood/fridge etc). Renters do not place as much of a premium on a kitchen since they’re only living there temporarily and can get by with crappier kitchen appliances, but W/D is considered a real convenience. Perhaps you can talk to your husband about re-considering buying 2nd hand kitchen appliances so you can make room in your budget for a W/D. Also, tenants won’t care about a motion sensor light (but that’s probably not that expensive to install).
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I’m so excited to find out there is all in one washer/dryer combo… but boy, everything in Canada are so costly… the LG unit cost almost 2600 before tax…where amazon is selling for 1400 USD… 
if my husband willing to do this all in one unit, we can definitelly put a w/d unit in, it’s smaller than full size BUT like most of you mentioned, it’s a deal breaker, right? I just search on craiglist, listing in my area mostly have no or shared w/d. hopefully a private one will make us more desirable
MemberMemberMemberI’m currently a renter and put up with a lot, including paying for a lot of repairs on my own and supplying some of my own appliances to have a small house in a great neighborhood–not having a W/D would be a deal breaker for me.
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