Launderette
Launderette: Automatic washing machines, by the load. The first self-service launderette opens in Bayswater in 1949, with American machines that take a load…
Automatic washing machines, by the load. Sell an hour's washing to people with no machine at home.
The first self-service launderette opens in Bayswater in 1949, with American machines that take a load of washing and give it back clean in about half an hour. Customers pay by the load and sit and wait, so the business is the machines, the water and the electricity, and keeping every one of them working. It spreads fast through the terraces and the rented rooms, and lasts wherever homes are too small for a machine.
- Setup costs
- £69,000 to £207,000
- Competition
- Medium
- Category
- Shops & High Street Services
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