A Comfortable Stay

Posted on: 3 June 2019

When you and your roommates prefer to be well-dressed, delivery dry cleaners are a lifesaver during times when you are all too busy to make time to drop off your clothing. Your decision to share the service together helps to cut down on unnecessary trips by the delivery driver and helps preserve the environment. However, you may find that sharing the service causes you to run into a few challenges regarding your laundry care needs. You can use these tips to manage the most common challenges people encounter when they share a laundry service so that you and your roommates maintain the peace and enjoy perfectly pressed garments to wear to work and out on the town.

1. Establish a Laundry Station

With dry cleaning delivery, you will typically place your clothing outside in a designated bag to await pick up from the driver. While this system works well, it can be an issue if someone stores the laundry bag in their room or forgets to put their garments inside. Set up a place in your home where everyone knows that they can find the bag. For most houses, the laundry room or bathroom is an ideal place to set up a clothing drop-off station. You can also store supplies such as stain markers there as well so that everyone has what they need to add the clothes to the pickup bag.

2. Decide How to Split the Cost

Dry cleaning charges can vary according to the amount and types of clothing that go in the bag. Since most delivery services are paid in one lump sum through an online system, you and your roommates will need to decide how to split the cost. If you all have similar amounts and types of clothing, then you may decide to keep things simple by dividing up the cost evenly. However, you may need to request an itemized list of the costs for your dry cleaning so that each person can pay their exact share if someone tends to have a larger amount of clothing that needs to be cleaned. Making these decisions now helps to avoid arguments later about what is everyone's fair share.

3. Plan How to Distribute the Clothing

There is something amazing about coming home to find a bag of freshly cleaned clothing just waiting to be placed in your closet. However, you will find it frustrating if someone gets the bag first and dumps the clothing on your bed. Make an agreement with your roommates that whoever finds the drop-off first needs to handle the clothing appropriately. For instance, you could all take turns hanging the clothes up in each other's closets. If you are not that close, then establish a shared area such as a coat closet as the space where everyone can go to find their clothing.

To learn more, contact a company like Rockwood Dry Cleaners.