Do I need a washer and dryer in an Airbnb?

[Sam DeZeeuw]

We have a contract on our first investment property! It’s a five unit building, one of those units is an add-on to the building, and it’s going to be a cool Airbnb! We’ve run the numbers and even talk to zoning and it all is falling into place and makes sense.


My sister is a interior designer and she is laying it out for us. The question is, it’s a 700 square-foot unit. Going to be one bedroom. And right now it’s a shell of a unit.  basically we can turn it into whatever we want, and got it affordably enough that it still makes sense to do so.

However, as we build this out, would you recommend making sure there is room for a washer and dryer? There’s not a ton of room. And we want to use every inch very efficiently. On one hand, I don’t wanna waste space getting something that our cleaner possibly has. (Or maybe we don’t. I don’t know. I’m new to this).  But I also could see that having it would make the cleaning process much more effienct. 

Any Airbnb owners have any experience or advice on this?