Launderette prices

koolpc

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Looks like i will be moving into a bed sit which has no washing machine.

So, any of you face going to the launderette every week or so?

How much does it cost you? Are you allowed to use your own washing powder etc?
 
Use whatever you want. I occasionally take all our laundry to a laundromat and get it back dried and ready to go for £25. This is a TON of laundry.
 
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
 
You don't use your own washing powder these days as all the machines are automated. From my experience of campervanning around Europe you'll pay 4 euros for an 8 kg machine and drying is about another 4 (supermarket car parks have them everywhere). The launderettes are better as they have larger 11kg machines generally for similar money, so I can do several weeks of washing, plus bedding in an 11kg machine. UK will be same sort of price, £8.
 
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I usually wash clothes etc once a week where i am now. I dont fancy keeping clothes in basket and only washing them once a month. Not that i get dirty.
 
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
 
koolpc said:
Looks like i will be moving into a bed sit which has no washing machine.

So, any of you face going to the launderette every week or so?

How much does it cost you? Are you allowed to use your own washing powder etc?
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I don't go to the laundrette every week or so, but I do go when I want to wash big duvets and I went several times about 6 months ago when my washing machine broke.

Are you sure there is a laundrette within a reasonable distance of the bedsit? Laundrettes are quite rare nowadays.

Cost depends on the size of the wash. £3-£6 in the one near me, IIRC. The machines at laundrettes generally vary in size from the larger end of domestic washing machines to huge. King size duvets are no problem in the bigger ones. I'd guess 3-4 times the capacity of an average domestic washing machine.

You'd probably want to dry the washing at the laundrette too. Laundrettes usually if not always have dryers and the cost is usually very variable because you're essentially paying for drying time and it's usually available in a quite fine grading. The one near me divides drying time into 20p units. Probably a couple of pounds for drying a normal load.

It'll be up to the laundrette, but you're probably allowed to use your own washing powder, etc. They will probably also sell some, probably at a slightly higher price than normal. Which is fine, because you're paying for convenience.

It might well be a good idea to go to the laundrette you'll be using and see the costs and payment methods. They're usually coin-operated, usually unmanned and nearby shops are usually not very willing to be a non-profit changing service for the laundrette.
 
koolpc said:
Thing is, its only me. Nobody else.
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As said before,I live above a launderette and a weekly IKEA bag,this is 7 days of clothes,king size bed items (pillow cases,sheet,duvet cover) 2x towels and costs £10,£6.50 for a large machine and £3.50 to dry.
 
Angilion said:
I don't go to the laundrette every week or so, but I do go when I want to wash big duvets and I went several times about 6 months ago when my washing machine broke.

Are you sure there is a laundrette within a reasonable distance of the bedsit? Laundrettes are quite rare nowadays.

Cost depends on the size of the wash. £3-£6 in the one near me, IIRC. The machines at laundrettes generally vary in size from the larger end of domestic washing machines to huge. King size duvets are no problem in the bigger ones. I'd guess 3-4 times the capacity of an average domestic washing machine.

You'd probably want to dry the washing at the laundrette too. Laundrettes usually if not always have dryers and the cost is usually very variable because you're essentially paying for drying time and it's usually available in a quite fine grading. The one near me divides drying time into 20p units. Probably a couple of pounds for drying a normal load.

It'll be up to the laundrette, but you're probably allowed to use your own washing powder, etc. They will probably also sell some, probably at a slightly higher price than normal. Which is fine, because you're paying for convenience.

It might well be a good idea to go to the laundrette you'll be using and see the costs and payment methods. They're usually coin-operated, usually unmanned and nearby shops are usually not very willing to be a non-profit changing service for the laundrette.
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WTF have i just read :eek::eek::eek:, i am so pleased your not in the fishtank threads i would have boiled my tank by now lol.
 
OP should try "Reachernomics" (Jack Reacher, No middle name! ;))

Wear your clothes for two/three days.

Go to charity shop and replace with new set for £3.

Chuck old clothes in bin as you leave...

:p
 
Orionaut said:
OP should try "Reachernomics" (Jack Reacher, No middle name! ;))

Wear your clothes for two/three days.

Go to charity shop and replace with new set for £3.

Chuck old clothes in bin as you leave...

:p
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Bribe staff at cheap hotels to let you use a shower there, go everywhere by bus or hitchhiking, have no home. Steal from criminals to get money. Meth cooking places = ATM.

I'm not convinced it's a viable economic model for the real world :)

They're great books, though. Reacher has an elegant simplicity in his approach to ethics and problem solving. Sort of Robin Hood meets Conan the Barbarian with a bit of the A Team thrown into the mix.

Random trivia - the name comes from a joke by the author's wife before his writing career took off. The author is tall. When he reached to get something in a supermarket that was out of easy reach to someone else, she joked that if the writing thing didn't work out he could work in a supermarket as a reacher.
 
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