Do you pay someone to do your ironing?

[Peckarollover]

If so, how much do you pay and what do they offer?

seriously considering doing this.

seriously!

I have an ironing lady and a plan to set up doing the same thing should I be made redundant from this job. My current ironing lady has a waiting list!!

She charges £10 for a medium sized plastic box plus £2 for delivery and collection.
She picks up Tuesday morning and it delivered back sometime during the same day.
After some research I would charge £15(inc delivery) for the same box.

Go for it....Although maybe now/January is not the right time to start as people may be cutting back after Xmas??

Does anyone have a cleaner / ironer in or near Sunbury. I want one. Currently our nanny picks up these duties. But, it was agreed when she started that when we had another baby (due end of May) that she wouldn't have time for cleaning. So when I return to work after mat leave, I will need to find a cleaner/ironer.

Any recommendations in the Sunbury area? Willing to pay between £5 and £7 per hour for 3-4 hours one day per week.

I get my bedlinen ironed - they charge £2 per double duvet, £1 for a single and 50p for a pillowcase. Shirts are £1 for up to 10 and then 90p for 11+ items. with a minimum spend of £10. So once a month, off it all goes and comes back 2 days later. Don't mind ironing shirts and kids clothes, but don't know where to start on big things.

Sonnet - that sounds excessive, where do you live?

I wouldn't pay £15 an hour

Think Sonnet is charging £15 per box, not hour. Presumably the box is a couple hours worth of work.

Thanks Uwila (brain not fully engaged )

Eek! Well I have just posted an ad on netmums for my area and also got a card up in the newsagents.

Intend to get some flyers printed up to deliver but Im a bit scared! Hope Im not too crap an ironer to do this and a bit unsure how I will package (for want of a better word) the ironed clothes to go back to the customer!

Wish me luck!

How wide an area are you considering covering? I suppose I'm too far away

Where are you again Elliot?

Heaton. bit of a trek really (can't remember exactly where you are but it was out north ish somewhere wasn't it?)

Well, talking of irons, I just want to screeaammmmm. I'm so mad with myself. I dropped (as you do) the butter dish on the floor, the pat of butter decided to take a short cut down the front of my trousers. Ding (electic lightbulb smiley!) The best way to get butter out of clothes is to iron them with a piece of brown paper on them. Great, well not if they are microfibre trousers and the iron is not on all of the brown paper. Result = 1 x hole and really dry/brittle fabric on a pair of really nice trousers that are only 2 weeks old :( sob, sob, sob.

we use an ironing service that collects and delivers back on hangers, covered in plastic. They charge 1.30 per lb in weight, regardless of items, so we mainly send shirts

My Mum used to ask her customers to provide the ironing in a laundry basket with a bundle of hangers for shirts/trousers (and I think possibly t-shirts too), she would then give them the basket back with certain items folded in it, duvet covers etc and the rest on the hangers.

The place I have taken my ironing to is a cleaning business and they buy in wire hangers and polythene clothes bags and you get everything back on hangers and a bag over every half a dozen or so items.

Elliott Im in Heaton a couple of times a week as DDs dad lives there and I do lots of picking up and dropping off!

So if you were interested it wouldnt be a problem

Wonder where I could get hold of plastic clothes covers and hangers cheaply?

bump

Theres an ironing shop up the road from me and they charge £9 for 12 shirts.

Not sure about a whole bag of stuff, I could find out is you want.

I think most ironing people expect the clients to provide hangers and boxes to return the stuff in.

Look on ebay if you want to buy some - in the trade section, I think!

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sorry pecka, should have read the whole thread......yo have prices already.

What about a £1 shop for hangers. I'm sure the one near me does packs of them

Good luck with your new venture P'Rollover....I think out of any service you could have this has got to be one of the best because it frees up your time so much.
I pay about £25 every fortnight to have 2 bin bags full of ironing done and I mean brimming with clothes........the ironing is delivered packed in individual plastic bags complete with hangers. The hangers are at no extra charge but they are the metal ones, I supply my own as not keen on those hangers.
The price is based on each item but I can't remember how much as I have had this service for ages but I think it is individual items rather than an hourly rate.

What a god send this service is!

How is it going Peckarollover???

Hi can anyone help

I have now just about set this up but still unsure on a few things as so far customers have been friends/family. I have a call on my answer machine tonight to call someone back about prices etc

These are my prices

80p for any adult item of clothing 40p for childs and other small items and 1.50 for single bedding, 2.00 for double and 2.50 for king

what do you think?

Also, could you tell me how the ironing you get is presented on its return to you?

Im not sure what to do about hangers, plastic covers for hanging clothes etc etc

Any help MUCH appreciated