[MassHistPres] advice on kitchen/laundry sinks appreciated!

[McClure, Veronica]

I am forwarding this on behalf of a friend who bought an older home and would like to keep the older things in it.  

Any suggestions for her?

Thanks
Veronica McClure

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We have a lovely old sink, enamelled cast iron, in our 2nd fl laundry room.  We're undergoing renovations and were going to move it to a different spot in the room.  Apparently it's considered a kitchen sink and the inspector won't allow us to keep it, as they're afraid of it [the second floor] becoming an illegal apartment.

I'm *so* annoyed.  It's a great laundry sink and would be a horrible  
kitchen sink - it's really deep on one side - 12.5" deep - and very  
shallow on the other (that side's covered up with a ridged-topped lid,  
and is actually very dirty as it's never seen the light of day, at  
least for a few decades, I'll bet...).

To buy an antique one, they go for $1500 from one website I looked at,  
and ours is in great condition.  Not to mention that we already have  
it, and I don't want to spend money on a stainless steel sink (and  
can't abide those plastic buckets on legs) when we have something we  
already like and own.

Sigh.

Thanks,

Christine