NBR: Laundry services

kerrbear72 · November 2011

Since I resigned from my job to be a SAHM I started advertising for a personal assistant type position so that I can bring in some extra income.

I have a request for laundry and I am stumped on what to charge.

How much would you be willing to pay someone to wash, dry and fold a load of laundry?

kerrbear72 · November 2011

mullenem:
call up a dry cleaning place and see what they charge. I'd charge about 1/3 or so less than them.

Couldn't find one that doesn't charge by the pound.

I suppose I could stick my hamper on the bathroom scale to get an average lol

tokenhoser · November 2011

A big basket of laundry is ~ 10 lb, which is around $10 (or more) at most places. I wouldn't charge less than that if you're doing pick up/drop off.

kerrbear72 · November 2011

tokenhoser:
A big basket of laundry is ~ 10 lb, which is around $10 (or more) at most places. I wouldn't charge less than that if you're doing pick up/drop off.

I was leaning towards 15 - thank you!

tokenhoser · November 2011

15 sounds fair to me. Don't charge less than what makes it worth doing for you.

kerrbear72 · November 2011

tokenhoser:
15 sounds fair to me. Don't charge less than what makes it worth doing for you.

Agreed. You so smaaaaaaat.

Raquellyo · November 2011

My husband has like...80lbs of laundry. Can you come over?

rickandcaitlin · November 2011

I could use your services too! I hate doing laundry.

melandjudd · November 2011

I would pay a lot since I hate laundry but to do it at the laundry mat on my own to wash and dry is 4$ a load and then I have to fold my own. The place here charges $0.89 per pound for drop off service.

kerrbear72 · November 2011

Just Fed Ex it to me ladies

riverbed · November 2011

Can i hire you to come fold and put it away... ugh the pile is staring at me!

And hi lady!! Glad to "see" you again!

tokenhoser · November 2011

I guarantee you ladies that somewhere in your town, there is a teenager that would do a couple hours of laundry for twenty bucks.

Beats the heck out of babysitting...

Lisa Frank · November 2011

haha, Token.

My best friend was watching Cece until this week and she was folding my laundry and watching my kid for $10/hour. The problem there is that for me, it takes less than an hour to fold 3-4 loads and I worked at Gap and have mad folding skillz. haha.

So, I say you have to go by the pound. Or by the basket. $15-20/basket? Is that unreasonable? I think I'd pay it.

Raquellyo · November 2011

Lisa Frank:
haha, Token.
My best friend was watching Cece until this week and she was folding my laundry and watching my kid for $10/hour. The problem there is that for me, it takes less than an hour to fold 3-4 loads and I worked at Gap and have mad folding skillz. haha.
So, I say you have to go by the pound. Or by the basket. $15-20/basket? Is that unreasonable? I think I'd pay it.

I worked at Sears for 5 years when I was in highschool/college and can fold clothes in my sleep! How come it takes my husband 4 hours to fold his clothes?

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