I have an older home built in the 1960's. It's a 3 bedroom bungalow with an unfinished basement. We had an electrician install a 200 amp panel for an electric furnace and we have room for lots more breakers. Last year I renovated the kitchen and updated all the wiring so there's 20amp outlets over the counters and dedicated circuits for fridge, dishwasher and microwave. I also ran separate circuits for washer, dryer, freezer and sump pump I want to rewire the rest of the house and then finish the basement over the winter. My plan was to put all the upstairs lights on two circuits, and not have any electrical outlets sharing those circuits. For the outlets I will need to add some because most rooms don't have outlets every 12 feet. In total I need 16 outlets. entrance 1 living room 4 office 3 baby room 3 master bedroom 4 hallway What is the correct number of outlets to have on each breaker. I was thinking 3-4 outlets per breaker and try to put all the outlets for each room on the same breaker. So I have a bunch of TV/stereo stuff in the living room, and computer/printer/office stuff in the spare room and if I want to move things around to another plug there's no chance of too many electronic devices being loaded onto the same circuit. Is this a good idea or am I doing it wrong? Since I have an unfinished basement is it better to run the wires between the floor joists than inside the walls? When I finish the basement we'll do ceiling tile so there's access to everything.

Are there any code issues with locating an electrical box in the same stud bay as a washing machine stub outs/connections? I'm interested in installing an additional box on the other side of a wall that contains the washing machine hookups (and drain).