Pullout veggie spray tap over kitchen sink...bucket filling solved!! Seriously save yourself the agony of what the next resident may want, all you need to empty the washing machine is a pipe. Laundry can go anywhere but it makes sense to me to put it in the ensuite for a 2 person house as that is where the majority of the washing comes from.

My tub is 45L. You can definitely soak/hand wash any size of clothing/ Doona covers etc. When looking at laundry sinks, there are two types of sinks, the square edge or rounded edge. This makes a big difference on whether you can soak a tray flat on the bottom of sink. I have attached some photos. The square edge sinks are just that, so allow for trays. The round edge sinks will not. I would take an oven tray from your chosen oven, and go to a plumbing shop to see what it will actually fit into. You may have to end up soaking tray on their sides. My oven is 600mm I have a rounded edge trough, and soak trays on sides.

Great ideas - love the play pen concept, ha! Good point about finding another location to iron but I’ve asked for the washer/dryer cavity to be moved inwards by 120-150mm so I do have a spot I can slide the ironing board into instead of taking up space where a broom might otherwise live in a broom closet. I’m keeping the stacked arrangement bc a) I have a condenser dryer that can’t be wall mounted anyway so the stack arrangement currently works fine and b) I too wish to use baskets under benchtop for storage. I can’t see much use for cupboards the way I use my laundry and I like that I won’t have to bend for one more appliance (if only it could be the washer since I use it more!) I’ll have to deal with the washer door opening the wrong way for a while but she’s a teenager - at least 14 years, we reckon - so how much longer can she last? I’ve since researched the doors on my brand and they have all changed to the RHS opening now. So it’s a good thing I didn’t locate the machines next to the door! That would have been awkward. My dryer door can be rehung to suit any side for opening. The more I think about it, the more a centrally located sink makes sense to me in a small space and I’m happy to have come to this positioning. It’s arguably the only ‘appliance’ you’d need to stand right in front of while using, and therefore be standing comfortably in the middle of the room, not off to one side. I’ve realised that when loading a machine, you have to stand to one side. And similarly if you’re either opening a lower cabinet or pulling out a basket from under a bench. So putting either of those items bang smack in the middle of a galley arrangement means you’re cutting off your space while using it. Thanks for your input. Appreciate it!

you need to confirm all the dimensions as there's some discrepancies in the sizes shown in your plan but my suggestions include losing the linen cupboard in favour of a bigger bathroom with space for full size bath, shower, vanity and toilet with linen storage in the vanity under the handbasin and toiletries in wide wall cabinets over the sink and toilet...there's a sliding glass door off the kitchen to an enlarged deck and a galley kitchen with old laundry becoming a combination laundry and pantry with wide counter for under bench washer and blind corner pantry and space for the fridge and removing only portion of the wall allows for an opening between kitchen and living with space leftover for stove, counter, drawers and wall cabinets and more counter with double sink, DW and drawers on the other side