My house in the US (>100 yrs old) had neither of those things when I bought it. I did add them (including dryer alongside my washer in kitchen), but only because I eventually had enough money that I could. I was fine without them.
Were your walls plaster and lathboards? Some of the UK houses I have seen are an inner and outer layer of brick, and running anything is a pain. You often see wiring outside of the walls because its too hard to run places.
My house in the US (>100 yrs old) had neither of those things when I bought it. I did add them (including dryer alongside my washer in kitchen), but only because I eventually had enough money that I could. I was fine without them.
Were your walls plaster and lathboards? Some of the UK houses I have seen are an inner and outer layer of brick, and running anything is a pain. You often see wiring outside of the walls because its too hard to run places.
Nope, plantation house, single wall construction. The kind built by sugar plantation workers in Hawaii. Probably very easy to run things in comparison