I start off using it almost all of my homes, but often end up deleting the machines and the baskets. I enjoy the realism of it but I find how quickly it piles up a little unrealistic, especially if you have more than one child. Unless you have hampers everywhere, but that still means you have tons of loads to do when it's only been two days and you only have three Sims in the household. I'm constantly forgetting to tell my Sim to 'Wash' or 'Dry' after they've put the load in either machine. So I go over, expecting to have a clean and dry load and well, not so much. My own fault to be sure but I find that and the piling up frustrating enough that I often delete them. I do love the BB and CAS items though!