@envyfan, I've talked about my 25 Cute Street build twice this morning and the fact that I will be releasing a 2.0 version to include the basement. With that release will be the laundry room. Now that I know about the clothesline the build will not be complete without it! Mom always had a clothesline. We always had a dryer as well, but with 8 kids, any way to save money was utilized.
I do remember a time when the dryer was broken, and I suppose the repair was waiting on the money to be available, because the line was strung up across the basement for wet days when hanging out wasn't an option. This was also the case at the summer house where we went years without a dryer. (It was a summer cottage, after all.) The indoor line was strung in the attic, were the temp easily exceeded 110°F.
(Sidenote: in my youngest years the washer in the basement was a tub unit
The summer house build, 4 Alice Street, is on the back burner until I find the proper lot for it. The house is on a steep grade, with the front door on street level and the back door out the basement. If anyone can suggest any address in any EA town for this I'd be very grateful. Especially if the back faces water as the real house does.