Launderette prices

LeeUK · 8 Aug 2018 at 01:20

There is a launderette that just opened up on my route to work earlier this year, like many people I thought they were a thing of the past and dying out. Either that or I must live in a really povo area.

They do service washes and collect and delivery service too as well as agents for Johnsons Dry Cleaners - which is handy.

arknor · 8 Aug 2018 at 02:15

LeeUK said:
There is a launderette that just opened up on my route to work earlier this year, like many people I thought they were a thing of the past and dying out. Either that or I must live in a really povo area.

They do service washes and collect and delivery service too as well as agents for Johnsons Dry Cleaners - which is handy.

well usually you can't stick a king size duvet in your own washing machine?

LeeUK · 8 Aug 2018 at 03:18

arknor said:
well usually you can't stick a king size duvet in your own washing machine?

Don't know never tried. Can't remember last time I actually washed a duvet. Usually just buy a new one every year.

Dirk Diggler · 8 Aug 2018 at 05:28

Sounds like a total inconvenience, I'd hate having to use a public service to launder clothes.

Schizo · 8 Aug 2018 at 06:18

LeeUK said:
There is a launderette that just opened up on my route to work earlier this year, like many people I thought they were a thing of the past and dying out. Either that or I must live in a really povo area.

They do service washes and collect and delivery service too as well as agents for Johnsons Dry Cleaners - which is handy.

The one below me is always busy,in the winter there is always a que for the machines.

Kiyoshi · 8 Aug 2018 at 08:39

koolpc said:
Got a few around me

Brilliant.

D.P. · 8 Aug 2018 at 10:09

arknor said:
maybe get a mini portable washing machine.

google suggests they are about £50
probably worth it if you cba to go to a launderette all the time

my neighbour has one in Switzerland even though the apartments have a laundry room in the basement with a really nice miele washing machine and tumble dryer

I had a portable washing machine when I was a student in Switzerland as the 2 week laundry schedule was a pain! I'm so glad our apartment now has a washer and dryer, and no one cares when they are used

arknor · 8 Aug 2018 at 10:20

D.P. said:
I had a portable washing machine when I was a student in Switzerland as the 2 week laundry schedule was a pain! I'm so glad our apartment now has a washer and dryer, and no one cares when they are used

ours is max 2 times a week, no more than 2 slots in a row, each slot being 2 hours.
usually there's quite a few slots no one wrote their name on so you can just do stuff then.

No washing on sundays cos stupid swiss noise laws, still cheekily do sometimes anyway

randomshenans · 8 Aug 2018 at 10:23

String said:
Sounds like a total inconvenience, I'd hate having to use a public service to launder clothes.

But laundering money is OK tbh

Semple · 8 Aug 2018 at 11:30

ScoTTyBEEE said:

They've got these at our local Shell garage, right next to a set of Amazon lockers.

Nothing like doing your laundry right on a garage forecourt. I do wonder though, these machines must have some sort of personal lock to stop somebody else emptying it. I remember back in Uni halls, if your clothes were left in the machine for too long, then people would just empty it onto one of the nearby chairs.

Regy53 · 8 Aug 2018 at 11:33

when i was in my youth had just started self living, i used to quite enjoy going to the launderette, something fairly relaxing about it. Cool story i know

LeeUK · 8 Aug 2018 at 11:42

Semple said:
They've got these at our local Shell garage, right next to a set of Amazon lockers.

Nothing like doing your laundry right on a garage forecourt. I do wonder though, these machines must have some sort of personal lock to stop somebody else emptying it.

Using those regularly must be a grim existence. What do you do, do you just have to stand out in the cold and rain in winter if you haven't a car to sit in?

Least with a shop you can sit in the warm and dry while waiting for your washing to be done.

B@Th*nG · 8 Aug 2018 at 13:47

d_brennen said:
When my machine was being replaced I was paying £4.60 for a largish machine (IKEA bag) and about £3 to dry, or near enough dry, self service supplying own detergent.

Doesn't sound like much but our household goes through clothes like it's going out of fashion

i mean they literally are, just saying

B@

dirtychinchilla · 8 Aug 2018 at 14:48

Regy53 said:
when i was in my youth had just started self living, i used to quite enjoy going to the launderette, something fairly relaxing about it. Cool story i know

I feel you. I really enjoy walking around the supermarket doing my shopping with my headphones in. I find it very relaxing. When my wife comes with me, she stresses me out rushing me etc.

I do the laundry at home as well, partially because I think she does it wrong and partially because I think there's something calming about getting stuff washed. Even though I only half do a lot of jobs, I get great satisfaction from completing tasks like washing etc.

TacticalFish · 8 Aug 2018 at 14:57

Studio flat without a washing machine or dryer. We have a communual one which probably makes it a bit cheaper, £3.50 for a wash (1.5X the size of a normal machine's drum), and 50p for 8 mins of drying.

BeeP · 8 Aug 2018 at 15:22

ScoTTyBEEE said:

They have these at our local Shell garage too, the only people using them are usually people washing horse riding gear....nice hairy blankets.

How much of that transfers, If you go there would your clothes have horse hair (or worse) on them?

Just asking......I really don't know.

Spook187 · 8 Aug 2018 at 15:34

Angilion said:
I'm not making any sense of that comment. Would you explain what you mean?

Making a mountain out of a mole hill that needs a basic reply, please don't take up fishkeeping and explain the nitrogen cycle in your words otherwise I would have to feed you to the piranhas

Semple · 8 Aug 2018 at 15:35

LeeUK said:
Using those regularly must be a grim existence. What do you do, do you just have to stand out in the cold and rain in winter if you haven't a car to sit in?

Least with a shop you can sit in the warm and dry while waiting for your washing to be done.

When i've dropped by to grab a delivery out of the Amazon locker i've seen them in use but seen no-one around.

Frankly as long as they personally lock (pin etc) and it takes an hour for a cycle, then could just as easily nip round the corner to the shops.

I'd be more worried about them not being lockable, and some of the local yobs finding it hilarious to throw your nice clean washing around the forecourt.

Angilion · 8 Aug 2018 at 16:29

Spook187 said:
Making a mountain out of a mole hill that needs a basic reply, please don't take up fishkeeping and explain the nitrogen cycle in your words otherwise I would have to feed you to the piranhas

You regard a few relevant and very short sentences in direct answer to questions as a mountain? That's unfortunate, but not everybody finds reading that difficult.

Spook187 · 10 Aug 2018 at 11:57

Angilion said:
You regard a few relevant and very short sentences in direct answer to questions as a mountain? That's unfortunate, but not everybody finds reading that difficult.

You don't have to write a novel every post you do, I can read quite well thank you.