Does anyone pay someone to fold laundry?

[HRH Queen Dick I]

I need a new side hustle. Maybe I can find someone here who needs this done.

[bittybomb]

When I’m especially busy I send our laundry out and they fold it so neatly that I now even do it right before vacation so it fits so nicely in our luggage. It always smells so amazing, too.

[bittybomb]

But, I don’t mind others washing our laundry. I do take our underwear and towels out though. Lol.

[jigsy]

Apr 4, 2018 21:34:30 GMT -5 @natariru said:

Apr 4, 2018 21:32:07 GMT -5 bittybomb said:

When I’m especially busy I send our laundry out and they fold it so neatly that I now even do it right before vacation so it fits so nicely in our luggage. It always smells so amazing, too.

Do you mind sharing how much it costs?

Wash and fold here usually costs around $1.25/lb-$1.75/lb

You could also look into hiring a task rabbit to come over and fold what you already washed. That would probably cost $15-$20/hour

[cleo29]

I don't know why, but I continue to be surprised when it is time to do the laundry. It is so annoying. I work folding into catching up on shows.

[bittybomb]

Apr 4, 2018 21:34:30 GMT -5 @natariru said:

Apr 4, 2018 21:32:07 GMT -5 bittybomb said:

When I’m especially busy I send our laundry out and they fold it so neatly that I now even do it right before vacation so it fits so nicely in our luggage. It always smells so amazing, too.

Do you mind sharing how much it costs?

I feel like it’s $.85 per pound? I did it a couple of weeks ago and had two large baskets full and it was $30. I will usually keep the kids’ stuff home and wash their stuff and have them fold their own and put their own stuff away (9.5, 7 and 6 - though the 6 year old needs some help so his brother and sister help him out).

[cville]

Apr 4, 2018 21:42:44 GMT -5 @natariru said:

Apr 4, 2018 21:38:10 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

I don't know why, but I continue to be surprised when it is time to do the laundry. It is so annoying. I work folding into catching up on shows.

I swear adding another kid to the mix quadrupled our laundry. It makes no sense. He’s the smallest!! And my H works from home completely (I am on the road meeting clients but he is home 100% of the time) so his laundry is sweats and v neck tees. WHERE IS IT COMING FROM?!

I feel the same. And like half of my clothes are dry clean because I'm business/business casual at work. So...wtf. It can't be jeans the legs of which won't even fit on one of my forearms that are the damn culprit.

[madringal]

We switched to washing one smaller load each day. Every morning when he gets up, DH throws a load in the wash, i move it to the dryer before I leave the house. When the kids go to bed we fold it while watching TV and in the morning the girls take their stuff to their rooms and put it away. Its just so much easier to convince ourselves to fold laundry when its one small basket versus 5 giant ones.

[humpforfree]

I usually do laundry on tuesdays and have yet to put it in this week because I don’t want to have to fold it

[Leeham Rimes]

I love my drive through fluff and fold.

I had to hunt around but found a place that charges $1.25/pound. Some places want $2.59 which adds up quickly.

Agree on the extra kid creating 10x the laundry.

[adhdfashion]

I save all my trash tv for laundry folding.

[huskymom]

We only have 2 laundry baskets and I fold straight out of the dryer, both which help with backup. I try to fold on conference calls (also WFH). Doesn’t always work but helps!

[5thofjuly]

I actually started sorting my laundry into two loads “Hang up” and “Cram in drawers.” I don’t actually fold anything but socks anymore. My sweatpants, underwear, sheets, and T-shirts I sleep in are all wrinkly, but I’ve decided not to care.

[funfetti]

I will never go back to washing and folding my laundry again. I pay $0.85 per pound in NNJ.

[meganew]

This is me and H’s biggest fight- he works from home and does laundry all the fucking time. Then it sits in baskets and then he gets all crabby when I don’t want to fold and put away my laundry every night. Stop doing it! I don’t need you to do laundry every day! Give me a chance to catch up before you start loading it all in again! Damn.

[flex]

I don't mind the folding-it's the putting away that I despise.

[hbomdiggity]

Yes, my housekeeper does it (she comes weekly).

I’m particular about how my closes are washed (lots of hang drying) but hate to fold.

[Deleted]

I use a fluff and fold service. I think it’s .85 a lb. They will do super crisp folding and hang any like work shirts or dresses. Lol they even wash my weighed blanket.

[sent]

The last 2 people my parents hired to do this and other household stuff like chop veggies and clean meat and do dishes were paid $12/hr and $15/ hr. We are in your general area.

[MrsAxilla]

Apr 4, 2018 23:07:26 GMT -5 @tooshort said:

I’m “outsourcing”. I make my kids fold their own and I also make them fold towels. They do a decent job.

For my clothes and H’s clothes I sort into 2 piles: shit that has to be hung up and and shit that can get wrinkled. I do the hang up clothes first and I put clothes on hangers while I watch tv. If I can find another show to watch I will fold the other stuff and if not I let it sit in the dryer. H will also fold if I throw the pile at him.

If you can find a place to do it for cheap I would do it in a heartbeat.

Totally.  The ten year old does all his own laundry, the four year old does some, and both kids fold towels.  If your kids aren’t old enough to pitch in, I’d cut back on folding.  I make the kids fold their jammies, but *I* never do that.  Who cares if jammies are wrinkled?

[Deleted]

Your husband?!

[sapphireblue]

When I was a teenager my neighbor had serious back problems so she paid me by the hour to do all of the house's laundry, fold it and put it away, and all of their ironing.

Maybe you could find a local teen?

I find I either fold it and put it away immediately, or it sits there for over a week in the laundry bag. There is no happy medium.

[tacom]

Our dog walker / housekeeper does it.

We pay $16/hr (plus taxes) in NYC.

[raangoli]

MH does it 😂

He does his own laundry and BB’s. It’s amazing. I do mine on the days I WFH. We’ve always been a separate laundry household and he just took hers on, so I didn’t argue.

[zarapipe]

My semi solution- I don’t fold or put away dd1 or dh clothes. I put it in a separate basket and they do that. Your oldest son can proabably start to put his away and if it isn’t folded it’s not the end of the world. Dd2 clean clothes piles up on the top of her dresser until I finally put them away after a week or so. So basically I just have to wash and sort and put away mine. The rest of them can fend for themselves.

[rbp]

I just had this conversation with my H. Folding laundry is the bane of my existence, and I cannot stay on top of it--especially at this time of year when I'm swamped with work. We took our laundry to the wash-dry-fold around the corner from our house while our laundry room was being renovated it was amazing, but expensive-$1.50/pound! I calculated that it would be like $3000/year to send it every week, so here we are. 😢

[CurlyQ284]

My H and I both work from home full time. I haaate folding laundry but I wash and fold DSs stuff, my stuff, and linens. H has the most laundry because he wears so many layers so I'll dump the first load in and let him know and then he finishes his clothes and folds them.

I try to just do it as the loads finish because they don't wrinkle if you get them soon after the dryer is done and if I get it all done in day I have 6 laundry free days to look forward to lol.

[devonpow]

I find it a lot easier to do laundry every day/every other day - smaller loads and a more manageable amount of folding/putting away. Whenever I have to do a bunch of laundry in one day, like when we get back from a trip, I want to cry because it seems never ending and I just don’t want to deal.

[devonpow]

Oh and our washer broke the other year so I sent our laundry out for a few weeks until we got a new one - it was heaven getting those giant plastic bags stuffed full of perfectly folded laundry

[Crystal]

Damn. I'll trade folding laundry for dusting. Anyone live near me that wants to wheel and deal?