When Laundrapp* offered to give me credit to check their service out I jumped at the chance, who wouldn’t want their laundry pile decreased? I was actually very surprised that our area was included in the service as we are usually missed out, being a village with over 3 miles from the nearest town.
The Laundrapp service works by ordering what you would like dry cleaned or laundered, you pick a time slot, it gets picked up and then dropped back off at agreed time slot all nice and clean. The website says you don’t need to bother about putting it in a bag as the Laundrapp people will come with one of their bags for you to put everything in. Thankfully I put ours in a bag as he didn’t turn up with a Laundrapp bag.
The website was easy to navigate and you can choose to have particular items dry cleaned or washed, dried and ironed or per kg for laundry to be washed and dried. Once you have chosen what is being laundered, you pick a date and time slot for both collection and drop off. Pick up and drop offs are in hourly slots between 7am and 8pm, the minimum order in £20 but the delivery is free. I was given £25 credit which covered the cost of a set of king size bedding and two bath towels.
I put my order through at 8am on the Wednesday (to be picked up Thursday 9-10am and dropped back Monday 9-10am) before getting ready to go to work, by 8.30 I had a missed call, voicemail and text message from the laundry guy asking if it was possible to pick up at 11.45 that morning whilst he was passing. As D said he could take an early lunch for him to collect I said yes. At 12.15 he still hadn’t arrived, having been stuck in traffic but he didn’t ring or text to say he was delayed and unfortunately D had to take business calls so he couldn’t be there to give the laundry. This meant I had to then organise another time with him. I can understand him wanting to make it worth his journey fitting us in to a route he is already doing but it took away the simple, hassle free transaction that it is meant to be. However, the plus side of having his contact details meant I could organise pick up and drop offs at separate addresses which you can’t do on the website, it also meant that I could have my laundry dropped off on the Friday rather than waiting until Monday.
The experience for me ended up being a bit of a faff when I had enough to organise and think about without adding laundry to it, however I think the concept is great. I’m sure in towns and cities there will be so many laundries signed up to Laundrapp that everything will go as smooth as it should do x
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy says
Oh I really need something like this. The washing just seems to constantly pile up!
Fashion and Style Police says
This sounds like a very convenient service. Nice.
Dean of Little Steps says
That sounds amazing and convenient especially those maddening busy days. I have a pile here that needs to be done too 😉
Joanna says
I like concept of this as we had days where I am inundated with washing and feel overwhelmed with it.
Jess Powell (Babi a Fi) says
Now this is an app I can actually see the point of! I think we’d probably have the same problems here, as it’s not a big town, but I bet it works really well in cities. x
Francesca - From Pennies to Pounds says
This looks super handy! My brother would love this, he was just saying this morning that he hates bringing all of his laundry back because it’s so heavy!
Jemma@listoflovelythings.com says
I would need this for the ironing!
Keely says
Ooh pick up sounds like it was a bit of a faff, but glad it worked out well for you!
Clairejustine says
Sounds a great idea. I am never caught up on washing and ironing. Especially as my 2 eldest boys came home from Uni a few weeks ago!!
Kara Guppy says
This looks great for busy people
laura dove says
Oh what a great idea!! I never buy clothes that need dry cleaning, purely because I know I will never get round to doing it! Fab idea!
Rachel says
Having used the app, I do love it. I think for times when you are just overflowing with things to do, it can just take the pressure off because it is so user friendly x
Newcastle Family Life says
This sounds brilliant, I have never heard of anything like this before. I need something like this in my life as my laundry pile is never ending xx
Alina says
Never heard of this before, such a good idea. That reminds me.. I still need to get my wedding dress cleaned!
Lilinha says
It’s a shame the experience wasn’t straight forward for you, but it sounds like a great service for busy families! 🙂