Best laundry service for family in McLean area?

[Anonymous]

These replies are really provincial, OP. Don’t let them deter you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have one teen in charge of laundry, the other in charge of dry cleaning. They do the laundry and dry cleaning of everyone in the house.

Does the dry cleaning teen drive? Very jealous.

[Anonymous]

I'm usually with the fellow woh parents looking to save time and mental energy. I do think the kids can handle this one though. My kids do travel sports and do their laundry - 5th and 8th grade. You have a rare dcum consensus, so take heed.

[Anonymous]

I just reread your post. If you don't have a full week's worth of clothes, how will you use a service? You don't have enough clothes. Who doesn't have a week's worth of clothes. Weird.

[Anonymous]

Another way to do laundry is to do one load a day. Put it in the washer when you get up. Have the first person home first put it in the dryer or hang what needs to be hanged. Bring it to the family room and everyone can take and fold and put away what is theirs when they get home. (That last part takes five minutes for each person- tops). The next morning put in the next load. If you really need more than 7 loads a week- do an extra one on Sunday.

[Anonymous]

One of the benefits of becoming a teenager is getting to do your own laundry.

Your kids will be helpless in college.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm looking for reviews on laundry services for a family with school-aged kids. We'd be sending out a range of items -- play/public school clothes for our elementary and high schoolers, machine-wash school uniform items for our middle schooler (specifically wrinkle-free oxfords and khakis), a bunch of very sweaty sports wear for the older two, and some delicate items for myself and the high schooler (bras, blouses, machine wash suiting). Our bi-weekly cleaner does sheets, and we can manage towels, so no linens. Can you recommend a service in the McLean area? We're thinking twice per week. We want to ensure items are properly sorted so that delicates are treated properly, colors don't bleed, etc. and also want to avoid lost/damaged items. Thanks!

Your post screams volumes of your inadequacies as a parent that your HS and elementary school students have never been taught how to sort clothes--light/dark--and how to press a button on a washing machine! I suggest you spend 3 minutes explaining this procedure. Of course, this is assuming you know how and you know what "assume" means.

[Anonymous]

She’ll just pay to outsource laundry in college too. Kid won’t ever have to know this or the price of bread.

[Anonymous]

Wow I’m sorry OP for the rude comments. I’ve outsourced laundry a few times when life has gotten crazy. My go to is Columbia Pike (not sure if they go all the way to mclean). I’ve also tried Rinse but wouldn’t trust them with anything beyond kids clothes that I don’t care as much about. I found out about that places off of MONA (moms of north Arlington). Plenty of ppl get help with laundry.
I also sometimes pay our cleaning service to fold.

[Anonymous]

Hate doing laundry, I use Happy Nest app. They pick up and deliver. I don’t send underwear, bras, linens, towels or delicates. Comes folded, I use it for every day clothes. Note, they don’t pretreat stains.

You pay by the bag. Sometimes I have 1 bag and sometimes 2 for a family of 4.

[Anonymous]

Common in NYC but not sure about elsewhere.

I knew a kid in college who mailed his laundry home cross country so his mom could do it and mail it back.

[Anonymous]

DIY

[Anonymous]

I’d be afraid I’d bring home bedbugs. Laundromats are notorious for having them around

[Anonymous]

Columbia Pike Laundromat. I know they service Arlington. If you’re not too far out in McLean maybe they service your area.

https://columbiapikelaundry.com/

[Anonymous]

Readers here might need more context OP. Are your teens reluctant to have their siblings’ underwear cleaned with theirs?