This invention relates to a household appliance, particularly a laundry washing/drying machine (10), comprising a housing (11) having at least one panel, an oscillating group dis- posed in said housing (11), and at least one connection aperture (13) disposed on said panel, through which a fastening pin (20) is passed and fastened to said oscillating group during a transportation event. The washing machine (10) comprises at least one structural reinforcement (14) in the form of a protrusion or recess disposed in the vicinity of said connection aperture (13) on the panel.