Your local laundry since 2009.

Your local laundry since 2009.

Your local laundry since 2009.

A family laundromat that grew a folding table into two shops, a pickup van and a lot of regulars.

Folding on Harbour Street since March 2009

2009

2009

Twelve machines and one folding table on Harbour Street.

Twelve machines and one folding table on Harbour Street.

2013

2013

Dry cleaning and hand pressing join the counter.

Dry cleaning and hand pressing join the counter.

2017

2017

The first pickup van, and seven suburbs on the run.

The first pickup van, and seven suburbs on the run.

2021

2021

A second shop opens its doors on Rose Lane.

A second shop opens its doors on Rose Lane.

Today

Today

38 machines. Every load still folded by hand.

38 machines. Every load still folded by hand.

We opened on Harbour Street with twelve machines and a folding table. Seventeen years on, we still fold every load by hand, still wash with plain, gentle detergent, and still know most of our regulars by name .

We opened on Harbour Street with twelve machines and a folding table. Seventeen years on, we still fold every load by hand, still wash with plain, gentle detergent, and still know most of our regulars by name .

We opened on Harbour Street with twelve machines and a folding table. Seventeen years on, we still fold every load by hand, still wash with plain, gentle detergent, and still know most of our regulars by name .

What we won’t change

01

Gentle by default

Gentle by default

Gentle by default

Plant-based, fragrance-free detergent on every load unless you ask for something else. Sensitive skin is the rule here, not the exception.

02

Folded by hand

Folded by hand

Folded by hand

Machines wash and dry. People fold. Every shirt, sheet and sock goes across the same long table we started with in 2009.

03

Local first

Local first

Local first

Our drivers, our machines, our street. Nothing gets sent away to a factory, and you can always pop in and say hello.

The people who fold it.

Four of us, two shops, one long folding table.

Owner

Favourite fold: fitted sheets. Don’t ask.

Mon to Fri

Ros Kellaway

Since 2009

Owner

Favourite fold: fitted sheets. Don’t ask.

Mon to Fri

Ros Kellaway

Since 2009

Driver

Knows every lift code in Williamstown.

Tue to Sat

Tony Barrett

Since 2017

Driver

Knows every lift code in Williamstown.

Tue to Sat

Tony Barrett

Since 2017

Pressing

Can press a collar in eleven seconds.

Mon, Wed, Thu, Sat

Ellie Marsh

Since 2013

Pressing

Can press a collar in eleven seconds.

Mon, Wed, Thu, Sat

Ellie Marsh

Since 2013

Counter and machines

Will help you find the missing sock.

Thu to Sun

Jess Penrose

Since 2021

Counter and machines

Will help you find the missing sock.

Thu to Sun

Jess Penrose

Since 2021

Inside the shop

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Inside the shop: a wall of washers and dryers, a big washer, a folding cart and the door to the back room
Inside the shop: a wall of washers and dryers, a big washer, a folding cart and the door to the back room
  1. Folded shirts stacked on a blue folding table

    The long table

    Every load is folded by hand on the table we started with in 2009.

  2. Knitted socks in a wicker basket

    The lost sock basket

    Every odd sock waits here for its pair. Ask Jess.

  3. Two blue washers with a red laundry basket

    The 20 kg washer

    Doonas, quilts and the dog’s bed all fit. $13 a wash.

  4. An iron pressing teal fabric, seen from above

    Pressing, out the back

    Ellie’s station. Shirts come back crisp and on hangers.

  5. A wall of stacked white washers

    The machine wall

    Washers from 8 to 20 kg below, dryers above at $1 for six minutes.

Inside the shop: a wall of washers and dryers, a big washer, a folding cart and the door to the back room

Open every day, 7 am to 10 pm

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