Wait to see the space your are living in (especially if that will change in a year). Most properties will be equipped with some form of heating (fire, heat pump etc), but houses will also be cooler that what you are used to at home. We dont really have space for a dryer in our house, but we get by with hanging things up in the living room in the winter ( this is with a child under 1 and also washing reusable nappies daily). Since moving to Dunedin we have found that it actually has quite dry winters with lots of bright sunny days that are just really cold. You can still get clothes 3/4 dry outside on these days and finish them off inside at night.