A laundry treatment apparatus comprising: a base upon which said laundry treatment apparatus rests; a tub defining a portion of a fluid containment envelope, wherein said tub is above said base; a drum positioned within the tub and rotatable relative to the tub about an axis of rotation that is within 20 degrees of horizontal, wherein said axis of rotation is in a sagittal plane of said drum, wherein said sagittal plane is orthogonal to said base; a detergent container receptacle; a fabric softener container receptacle; and a heater, wherein said heater is engaged with a heated air conveyance, and wherein said sagittal plane is between said detergent container receptacle and at least a portion of said heater; and wherein said detergent container receptacle is further away from said sagittal plane than said fabric softener container receptacle, characterised in that said detergent container receptacle has a detergent container receptacle inlet port valve in fluid communication with said drum and said fabric softener container receptacle has a fabric softener container receptacle inlet port valve in fluid communication with said drum, wherein a detergent container is positioned within said detergent container receptacle and is in fluid communication with said detergent container receptacle inlet port valve, and wherein a fabric softener container is positioned within said fabric softener container receptacle and is in fluid communication with said fabric softener container receptacle inlet port valve, wherein said fabric softener container receptacle projects outwardly further away from a transverse plane than said detergent container receptacle, wherein said transverse plane is perpendicular to said base and intersects a midpoint of said axis of rotation and is perpendicular to said sagittal plane, wherein feed tubes are provided downstream of the inlet ports to convey the respective laundry treatment composition to a pump that transports the laundry treatment composition to the tub, and wherein the respective laundry treatment composition is driven from its respective container by a peristaltic pump. a base upon which said laundry treatment apparatus rests; a tub defining a portion of a fluid containment envelope, wherein said tub is above said base; a drum positioned within the tub and rotatable relative to the tub about an axis of rotation that is within 20 degrees of horizontal, wherein said axis of rotation is in a sagittal plane of said drum, wherein said sagittal plane is orthogonal to said base; a detergent container receptacle; a fabric softener container receptacle; and a heater, wherein said heater is engaged with a heated air conveyance, and wherein said sagittal plane is between said detergent container receptacle and at least a portion of said heater; and wherein said detergent container receptacle is further away from said sagittal plane than said fabric softener container receptacle, characterised in that said detergent container receptacle has a detergent container receptacle inlet port valve in fluid communication with said drum and said fabric softener container receptacle has a fabric softener container receptacle inlet port valve in fluid communication with said drum, wherein a detergent container is positioned within said detergent container receptacle and is in fluid communication with said detergent container receptacle inlet port valve, and wherein a fabric softener container is positioned within said fabric softener container receptacle and is in fluid communication with said fabric softener container receptacle inlet port valve, wherein said fabric softener container receptacle projects outwardly further away from a transverse plane than said detergent container receptacle, wherein said transverse plane is perpendicular to said base and intersects a midpoint of said axis of rotation and is perpendicular to said sagittal plane, wherein feed tubes are provided downstream of the inlet ports to convey the respective laundry treatment composition to a pump that transports the laundry treatment composition to the tub, and wherein the respective laundry treatment composition is driven from its respective container by a peristaltic pump.