I want to give them the benefit of the doubt and say perhaps it’s a deep freezer that is only opened occasionally, and I guess is pretty well sealed as long as it’s closed.
The kitchen appears to have one of those built-in fridges that matches the cabinets:

  • CoupleOfConcerns@lemmy.nz
    92·
    2 years ago

    Is this that much weirder than the widespread British practice of putting washing machines in kitchens?

    • Moegle@feddit.uk
      4·
      2 years ago

      Yes, putting an electrical appliance in the bathroom is weirder than putting an appliance that requires both power and plumbing in the room that always has both power and plumbing.

    • just_chill@jlai.lu
      English
      3·
      2 years ago

      Kinda have to, if the building is older than widespread home washing machines.

    • Hubi@feddit.de
      41·
      2 years ago

      Where else would you put it? Might as well just place it next to all the other appliances. We do it in Germany too, pretty sure it’s just a European thing.

      • wandermind@sopuli.xyz
        3·
        2 years ago

        At least in Finland the washing machine (for washing clothes) is usually in the bathroom/shower room, like in the photo in this post.

        • just_chill@jlai.lu
          English
          2·
          2 years ago

          Finns also have saunas in their home, which is awesome but not really standard anywhere else.

          • Kronlid@lemmy.world
            1·
            2 years ago

            Never seen a wasing machine outside a bathroom or a washing room if your house is big enough here in sweden

      • Madlaine@feddit.de
        3·
        2 years ago

        My family/me (in and around berlin):

        Me: WM in the kitchen

        Parents: WM in the bathroom

        Brother: WM in a little nook on the corridor(? Flurnische)

        Another Brother: WM in the basement (benefits of a house)