Who uses a laundry service?

[Bernadine]

I’m trying to guess how many pounds of laundry we might go through in a week, and I have no idea! H thinks 100 pounds. Lol.

[af1212]

I use it (used it?) sometimes when my husband would travel pre-COVID.

If I ever go back to work full time i think I will consider it again. I just looked back at my invoices and our orders were usually between 75-85 lbs. I never sent stuff like towels, linens, etc. just purely our clothes and I didn’t send underwear either 🤣

I have a family of 5 - two adults and three kids. At the time the kids were like toddler, little kid, big kid.

[af1212]

I also wear jeans and sweatshirts more than once so in a weeks load there might be a few pairs of leggings and long sleeve shirts (and tanks!) but only one or two heavier thing like jeans and hooded sweatshirts.

I do not wear anything “nice” like clothes for a job.

[tacokick]

I bet for you guys it could be close to that! We did it years ago and there were some weeks it was pretty close to 50 for just the two of us.

[Deleted]

How many people are in your house? I was curious and just weighed a laundry basket that is only my dirty clothes, only from Sunday through today, and I'm wearing my jeans for the 3rd day this week (don't judge me) and it was close to 15lbs. I'd bet we probably have at least 100lbs a week in my house, or close to it. Especially in the winter when every one is in sweats and sweatshirts.

[Bernadine]

Darn it! I guess we might be close to 100. So much for that! Lol

[vamoose]

I was curious about this and the service local to me is $2 per pound…. $200 per week for just clothes washing?? I cannot imagine that being worthwhile unless I was injured or something.

[twinmomma]

I used to do laundry service every once in a while when I was just at my breaking point with work, kids, stress, etc. The laundromat near us offers it. I never did it on a regular basis. But treating myself once every 4-5 months to just wipe the slate clean made a world of difference for me mentally! It was too expensive to do weekly.

[circa1978]

My DH used laundry services before we were married. It's been while and we lived in a HCL city so I can't speak to price but I think I remember his average drop off being around 30 pounds. (He's also 6'4 and a big guy, so his clothes take up more space/are heavier than mine or DS's for example.)

[winecat]

I do. It's made such a huge difference in my quality of life. My shoulder makes doing laundry painful.

I was feeling so bad thanks to the anemia, etc. that I didn't have the energy to load/drive my clothes to get done so I ended up stockpiling laundry from Sept. to last week. It ended up weighting 103 pounds when I took it in last week. I filled 5 IKEA shopping bags and a laundry basket. 100 pounds is a lot of clothes! Before the anemia, I'd take my laundry in every 3ish weeks and it weighed about 30 pounds.

[tacokick]

Mar 24, 2022 12:19:13 GMT -5 vamoose said:

I was curious about this and the service local to me is $2 per pound…. $200 per week for just clothes washing?? I cannot imagine that being worthwhile unless I was injured or something.

There are places near us that are $1/lb. We did it when we rented and didn’t have a reliable washing machine/dryer and both of us were working full time and in grad school. Laundromats weren’t really much cheaper and were 10x the hassle.

We don’t do it anymore but it really was nice to pick up our beautifully folded, clean laundry!

[RitzyHeifer]

Mar 24, 2022 13:35:24 GMT -5 tacokick said:

We don’t do it anymore but it really was nice to pick up our beautifully folded, clean laundry!

This is one of my favorite memories the one time I used a laundry service on a long vacation without access to a washer. Yeah, yeah, family time and beach and all but… clean folded clothes just there for me? Amazing.

[Leeham Rimes]

The cheap place near me is $1.35/pound and without towels or bedding it’s $50 every time I go. ETA: family of 4 but x wears very light weight clothing and h re-uses a lot of clothing so he generates very little laundry other than underwear.

[TR]

Mar 24, 2022 12:19:13 GMT -5 vamoose said:

I was curious about this and the service local to me is $2 per pound…. $200 per week for just clothes washing?? I cannot imagine that being worthwhile unless I was injured or something.

It's almost as if people have different spending priorities.

[suzubell]

Mar 24, 2022 14:02:42 GMT -5 TR said:

Mar 24, 2022 12:19:13 GMT -5 vamoose said:

I was curious about this and the service local to me is $2 per pound…. $200 per week for just clothes washing?? I cannot imagine that being worthwhile unless I was injured or something.

It's almost as if people have different spending priorities.

Has anyone figured out the cost of sending out $35 leggings with blueberry stains that you were going to wear to the fancy restaurant in Paris?

[mrsslocombe]

My husband does drop off about every 10 days, which includes his clothes + 1 set of sheets and 1 towel. It's 18-20lbs.
he says it's worth every penny and will never do his own laundry. I think for a family you are easily looking at 80lbs weekly. I do mine in the laundry room in our apartment building because I'd rather save the money.

If you decide to go for it-ask if they pair socks. Some places here don't do it so you just get all your socks rubber banded together. WTF! It's the thing I hate doing the most so if I paid for the service AND still had the match those fuckers I would be pissed.

[glw]

Mar 24, 2022 14:17:41 GMT -5 mrsslocombe said:

If you decide to go for it-ask if they pair socks. Some places here don't do it so you just get all your socks rubber banded together. WTF! It's the thing I hate doing the most so if I paid for the service AND still had the match those fuckers I would be pissed.

I do kind of love that pairing socks is so universally hated that even a laundry service won't do it. 

[ste]

I did when we first moved here and our rental didn’t have w/d. They did pick up/drop off, and I remember that it ended up being more than I anticipated, I don’t know how we produced so much dirty laundry (it was just me and DS at the time)!!!! Getting organized, folded laundry back was absolutely amazing, though.

[Aloe Vera]

I love pairing socks! It's like a game to me. Sounds like I could make some good money.

[stemmie]

Our local laundromat charges $1/lb for wash, dry and fold. You have to drop off and pick up. I have used them for the slipcover for my mom's sofa and it's as cheap as going in myself to do it especially factoring the cost of the industrial machines and detergents.

A few dry cleaners do this, too, but it includes pick-up and delivery and is considerably more money.

[mysteriouswife]

This is my life goal. Anytime we talk about laundry I always mention one day I will be J rich. J is a close friend of ours who hasn’t washed his own clothes in years. Even when he visits he takes it to be done. Maybe once the kids move out. It will be manageable

[af1212]

Adding that mine was picked up at my house and delivered back 24 hours later.

They sorted it by kid and folded or hung depending on what I requested.

It was like magic. Worth every penny when I was overwhelmed and stressed.

[brooklyn]

Laundry service and good bagels are the two things I miss most about living in the city. Sending our laundry out wasn’t much more expensive than doing it ourselves in the communal laundry room in our apartment, and so much more convenient. No waiting/fighting over machines and I loved how everything came back perfectly folded.

Now we’re in our own home with laundry in the basement and I hate it. Huge hassle lugging everything up and down two flights of stairs. I’m campaigning to put in a 2nd floor laundry closet.

[treschic]

I’m so glad you posted about this. The dry cleaners right by my work does it for $1.25/lb and I’m definitely going to try it out.

[ellipses84]

Mar 24, 2022 12:19:13 GMT -5 vamoose said:

I was curious about this and the service local to me is $2 per pound…. $200 per week for just clothes washing?? I cannot imagine that being worthwhile unless I was injured or something.

If you are in a city with lots of old apartments that don’t have a W/D and apartments with a W/D are several hundred more per month, plus you are paying $2-$5/ load and spending hours per week at a laundromat, it would be worth it!

We almost did it when we moved and our new w/d delivery was delayed 2 months (thanks covid).

[onetruething]

I do this every so often when the laundry starts to pile up and I feel overwhelmed. I also drop the kids laundry off after sleepaway camp every year. It's a huge help and they do everything so perfectly!

I would pay a million extra dollars if they would come in my house and put it away in everyone's drawers!!!

[af1212]

Mar 24, 2022 12:10:33 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

Darn it! I guess we might be close to 100. So much for that! Lol

This is the service I use. If they have one near you I can give you a $20 off code.

www.happynest.com/locations

[isabel]

Mar 25, 2022 8:24:15 GMT -5 onetruething said:

I would pay a million extra dollars if they would come in my house and put it away in everyone's drawers!!!

I actually don’t mind doing laundry. Washing/drying is no big deal and I always fold in the evening while watching tv. But putting it away? Haaaate. I want a service that does that part.

[Bernadine]

Mar 25, 2022 8:35:41 GMT -5 af1212 said:

Mar 24, 2022 12:10:33 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

Darn it! I guess we might be close to 100. So much for that! Lol

This is the service I use. If they have one near you I can give you a $20 off code.

www.happynest.com/locations

Darn it, I’m not in the area!

[af1212]

Mar 25, 2022 9:21:18 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

Mar 25, 2022 8:35:41 GMT -5 af1212 said:

This is the service I use. If they have one near you I can give you a $20 off code.

www.happynest.com/locations

Darn it, I’m not in the area!

Maybe ask on a local Fb group? I always see people asking for recs for that kind of thing near me. Seems common to have a referral code.