One of the problems with renting a house is that you're firstly stuck with the layout as it comes, and secondly there is not much you can really do about it.
Take this house we've just started renting. Because of it's age (1930's - 1950's at a guess) it has good features such as high ceilings, a lot of land, great storage in the kitchen and a good number of rooms (especially with the extension of a new master bedroom, second bathroom and another living area.
On the downside, the laundry wasn't built for washing machines the size of the modern era machine. Not that ours is particularly large, but the placement of the laundry trough doesn't allow us to actually use the laundry as a laundry! So our laundry is outside on the back veranda, but this then leaves it exposed to full sun for most of the day. And we're not even in summer yet.
The hoses etc are connected OK through the window, which unfortunately is always (locked) open. Over the fence at the end are the rubbish (trash) bins, with a couple of ropes tied to the bins and the fence so that you can open the lids from over the fence.
We've then tied a tarpaulin to the beams in the roof, which stretches the tarpaulin across most of the back. There's still a gap on the right to make it easier when you're walking out of the house into the backyard.
The end result is a new laundry (of sorts). Cost all of about $10, and won't be an issue when the landlord makes their next inspection!
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