Opening a Laundrette
Discussion
So we recently closed down the retail clothing store my parents ran for a few decades and now the retail shop sits empty. we live behind the shop.
one of the options we have is turning it into a dining room which i think is pointless. the other is to separate the electrics and put out on rent but it would be just the shop room itself. I think we'd get around £300/350pm for it.
Another option that did occur to me is doing something ourselves and the laundrette idea came into my head. we could seal it off from the main house, and attend to it at the end of the day with any cleaning. it would be entirely self service.
has anyone opened one? what kind of costs would we be looking at? its in a good location for one. we would most likely have to upgrade the electrics etc and the piping.
the shop i would say is probably big enough for about 10/15 washing machines/dryers.
one of the options we have is turning it into a dining room which i think is pointless. the other is to separate the electrics and put out on rent but it would be just the shop room itself. I think we'd get around £300/350pm for it.
Another option that did occur to me is doing something ourselves and the laundrette idea came into my head. we could seal it off from the main house, and attend to it at the end of the day with any cleaning. it would be entirely self service.
has anyone opened one? what kind of costs would we be looking at? its in a good location for one. we would most likely have to upgrade the electrics etc and the piping.
the shop i would say is probably big enough for about 10/15 washing machines/dryers.
I use one once a week for the tumble dryer. It s always rammed and they re making a fortune out of it. It’s self service with a phone number on the door.
I was there yesterday for about 40 mins and every single machine was in use. At £6.50 a wash and £1/6 mins on the dryer they re making a pretty penny for sure.
We re not a massive town either tbh.
I was there yesterday for about 40 mins and every single machine was in use. At £6.50 a wash and £1/6 mins on the dryer they re making a pretty penny for sure.
We re not a massive town either tbh.
I live in a reasonable nice suburb with most homes in the area being detached / semi-detached family homes.
4 years ago the local petrol station installed washers which are always busy,
3 months ago a completely self-serve laundrette opened on the high street which are also always busy. I don’t know why!
4 years ago the local petrol station installed washers which are always busy,
3 months ago a completely self-serve laundrette opened on the high street which are also always busy. I don’t know why!
Domestic washers are not great with outsize things like duvets, people don't want to put manky stuff in their own washer for irrational reasons(dog beds etc) plus they break down and getting them fixed can be sisyphean, so even with universal washer ownership there will still be demand.
Saleen836 said:
Milkyway said:
My local garage has washers & dryers outside...opposite the valeters.
A few of these dotted around local to me also, very popular due to the size as people wash duvets etc, also popular with the horse set as they wash horse rugs etc in themMilkyway said:
My local garage has washers & dryers outside...opposite the valeters.
So does the Morrisons, it’s these: https://www.wash-megroup.com/en-uk/PovertyPrince said:
I use one once a week for the tumble dryer. It s always rammed and they re making a fortune out of it. It s self service with a phone number on the door.
I was there yesterday for about 40 mins and every single machine was in use. At £6.50 a wash and £1/6 mins on the dryer they re making a pretty penny for sure.
We re not a massive town either tbh.
Passed by it a handful of times since then as it’s on my route to work. It is always busy. I was there yesterday for about 40 mins and every single machine was in use. At £6.50 a wash and £1/6 mins on the dryer they re making a pretty penny for sure.
We re not a massive town either tbh.
I genuinely think as long as there isn’t already one in the town, you keep it clean and the s
t works, they’re very successful.Ironically I’ll be using it again on Saturday, got some blankets that will need a dry after I’ve washed at home, so they’ll have had £20 out of me just in tumble drying this week.
A friend of a friend has 2 or 3 laundrettes. And by the looks of his cars, he's doing alright.
Has one woman working a few hours a day in each, doing stuff like football teams kits and service washes.
Mostly self service but we reckoned he was making 10k a month on each.
Obviously the set up costs are going to be high, as will the energy bills, but there's clearly money in it.
Has one woman working a few hours a day in each, doing stuff like football teams kits and service washes.
Mostly self service but we reckoned he was making 10k a month on each.
Obviously the set up costs are going to be high, as will the energy bills, but there's clearly money in it.
Geoffcapes said:
A friend of a friend has 2 or 3 laundrettes. And by the looks of his cars, he's doing alright.
Has one woman working a few hours a day in each, doing stuff like football teams kits and service washes.
Mostly self service but we reckoned he was making 10k a month on each.
Obviously the set up costs are going to be high, as will the energy bills, but there's clearly money in it.
If he lives behind it’s possibly quite a big building. Get some solar and a battery in there with a cheap rate and laugh all the way to the bank. Has one woman working a few hours a day in each, doing stuff like football teams kits and service washes.
Mostly self service but we reckoned he was making 10k a month on each.
Obviously the set up costs are going to be high, as will the energy bills, but there's clearly money in it.
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