I should have mentioned earlier, my apartment is an old New England house divided into 2 units. Because the design is archaic, the hookup in my apartment is set inside of a small alcove that probably served an entirely different purpose back when people had bed pans and washed clothes in a basin. Every New England house I have ever lived in has had some weird design quirk, vaulted ceilings, stairwells added after the fact that are too narrow with sharp angles, etc...
Maybe my real gripe should be with the house's design...
If I were to buy a conventional style washer and dryer with longer tubes and pull them away from the alcove so they could actually fit, I would be blocking the bottom of the stairwell. I've looked into the vertical efficiency washers just to play around with the dimensions before and it might work if its not too tall.
If anyone uses and can vouch for the vertical style hit me up.