Question about laundry in Sheung Wan

Andrew W Scott · 06-09-2006, 12:42 AM

Just moved to HK a few days ago...I've got a question about getting my clothes laundered. I live in Sheung Wan and will be here for months, maybe longer.

I've searched the forums and see that a lot of people have had problems with dry cleaning. I don't need any dry cleaning done, I just need the standard "by the bag" or "by the pound" laundry...but here's the tricky bit - I want all my shirts pressed.

I HATE ironing with a passion and back home I wash my clothes and then take all my shirts down the road to the dry cleaners and they press (not dry clean, just press) my shirts for me. I pay the equivalent of about HK$15 a shirt back home! But here obviously I'd like to get it much cheaper, especially since I go through a lot of shirts in the heat and humidity. I'm having like 3 showers a day!

Any suggestions anyone? Thanks in advance for the help...

MotoHK · 06-09-2006, 12:54 AM

Most places dont starch shirts. Clean Living charges $22HK per shirt-non same day service. Lowest price I found. No starch but it looks well not sure what they do to it. Doesnt have that stiff starched feel but its very neat looking. Places in the suburban US charge $0.99 per shirt, any way you want it done and same day service. Laundy is $0.99 per pound.

kombuchakid · 06-09-2006, 01:15 AM

do the 'by the bag' thing then sort out the shirts and get them ironed.
each shirt should cost $7 in your area.

Andrew W Scott · 06-09-2006, 01:28 AM

To MotoHK - I was never into the starch thing anyways and your HK$22 sounds like a Central dry clean price to me.

To kombuchakid - yes this sounds like what I want to do, but where do I get them ironed? At the same place that does the bag wash? Or someone else? When I pick them up are they on hangers and I have to walk through the streets back to my place with a bunch of ironed shirts?....hahaha what an image....

kombuchakid · 06-09-2006, 01:47 AM

yes the same laundry will do it for you; take your laundered bag back home seperate and head on back with your shirts. Return the hangers and try to wrangle a discount for that.

Andrew W Scott · 06-09-2006, 01:57 AM

even better, do what I used to do back home, which was take the unironed shirts in already ON my own hangers, then when i pick them up ironed they are already on my hangers ready to go in the wardrobe...i'm so f**king organised...yeah!!