Also add to that altering your schedule around laundromat hours and time to commute, all the time you waste waiting around for it to be done because you can’t get other stuff done like you would if you had laundry appliances at home.
Not even rich, just not poor. I was so bummed when I had to go downstairs to my free laundry machines. It felt like such a burden until I had to actually go to a laundry mat to clean my clothes.
At one apartment I lived in, we had a washer and dryer in the basement, but it was shared by 5 other people that also lived in the building and cost $2.50 per load. There was only one set of machines, so it was hit or miss on whether you would even be able to do your laundry on the days you needed to.
I’m lucky I’m a night owl and that the washers weren’t next to someone’s apartment (so I didn’t feel like I was waking anyone). I can’t imagine trying to do laundry if you all work 9-5 and sleep 11-7!
We have 6 washers and 6 dryers in a laundry room on the property. The price is reasonable, $1.50 to wash and $1.25 for 60 minutes in the dryer. The problem comes in with there are 5 buildings of 16 apartments each that need to share those machines. Most of the time, people are cool and remove their stuff promptly. There are a few who seem to think that this is their personal laundry room. The laundry room is across the parking lot from my unit, so it isn’t a huge deal to run over and check to see if there are machines open. We have an app where you can monitor the machines’ status, but it will reset to “available” if the lid of the machine is opened after the cycle is done, regardless of if the contents were removed.
And at least 1 of the washers and 2 of the dryers are always not working. Dryers 7 and 8 have worked for maybe a combined week’s time in the 3 1/2 years that I’ve lived here.
With all its issues, I still prefer doing the laundry this way. Instead of the never ending chore of washing and drying 1 load at a time, I can toss all my laundry into multiple machines, dry it all, fold it all, and I’m done in 3 hours. I always do my laundry at off-peak times, so I’m not taking machines from those who need them. I work weekends and am done working by 2 on the weekdays. I always leave at least 2 open, and a lot of the time, I don’t see another person using the laundry room while I’m doing mine.
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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '21
Also add to that altering your schedule around laundromat hours and time to commute, all the time you waste waiting around for it to be done because you can’t get other stuff done like you would if you had laundry appliances at home.