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I pay $60-$70/month to have my laundry done. They do a better job than I would, and I value my time highly. Plus the capex of a washer/drier, and the opex of detergents and dryer sheets, and I think I'm coming out well ahead...

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In theory, Handy (https://www.handy.com/services) does this for you for significantly higher rates at your own home. I've used the service before when it first started and rates were 40-60%/hour of what they are now. Seems like they could not keep up with demand - scheduled appointments would get cancelled less than an hour before and be incredibly inconvenient - which I would guess was a factor to them increasing their prices to attract more talent while keeping margins.

tl;dr; services like this exist, but 60-70$/mo is laughably low (assuming min 2-3 loads of washer + dryer per month)

This is a wash-dry-fold service out of my local laundromat. I just drop off a big sack of laundry in the morning, they weigh it and charge by the pound (Wednesdays is a sub-$1 special), and then I pick it up after work, clean, nicely folded, bagged up, and with all my shirts on hangers. It's pretty close to the best thing ever.

I see. I was envisioning a "bigger" service - your quoted price makes sense in that case.

Does it include ironing ?

I feel like in 2017 we should have an automatic Ironing Machine in every home.

I feel like in 2017 nobody should have to wear clothes that need ironing.

No one should wear clothes that look professional?

The hardline against even business casual dress by some people boggles the mind.

Ironing appropriate clothes will make you look substantially more put-together. Try it please.

Not op, but they have no-iron dress shirts that look pretty good directly out of the drier.

You mostly have that actually: Get stuff out the washer within 20min of it being done and hang it to dry.

Alternatively I have a few shirts made by high threat count Egyptian cotton and those are wrinkle free if you just put them in the bathroom while taking a shower and the let 'em dry. Pretty price, but honestly worth my time.

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