So my washer and dryer are in my "not yet a kitchen" and I don't have anywhere else to put [View all]

it unless I:

1) dig out my crawlspace into a basement and put it there

or

2) Enclose (which would most likely mean tear down) my side porch and build a small laundry/mud room off the kitchen.

Before he died, Dad's solution was to build a 20 foot, 2 story extension off the back of the house (a small, two dormer cape cod). I abandoned that, so this is the next option. My attic is unfinished (most capes have two bedrooms and a bath up there...i have some storage and my hot water heater)

Anyway, I have no money and am open for suggestions, lol. Is it less expensive to dig out the basement, or enlose a side porch?