@Andicom

First of all, if you want to open a laundry outlet, do you plan to commit 100% of your time and energy on it or just let someone else take care of it while you sitting and sleeping at home and do nothing?

Mind my question please because you play an important role.

@Andicom

OK, starting with RM30k means you don't have the dry cleaning machine. The dry cleaning machine actuallly generates more than 50% of all your income. But to be safe, start small.

Yes I spent 7 months looking for a good location at first.

The rest of my story, you can check at http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/557066

The thread might have all your answers because I can't type the same answer over and over again.

Very late reply....

Here's the answer : I prefer those family with stable income as they wear expensive coats, suits, jackets and they will send them for dry cleaning. Dry cleaning is the income generator for laundry business. Not singles or students. Students and singles are those who sends very light clothing for normal washing and it need a lot of hard work and less pay.

Haha, I just realized that I have a thread regarding the business. haha !

yes of course. who else is going to do it ?

In my shop, I never mix clothes unless the customer send only 1-2 pieces which easily detected when sorting out. The keypoint is not to mix.

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Added on September 24, 2010, 2:17 pmLaundry operator has the rights to reject.

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Added on September 24, 2010, 2:20 pmYes, operators have no choice but to mix them up. Operators can't seperate them as it's not cost effective unless the customer pays twice the price and orders the operator to wash them seperately. For example RM2/kg, if the customer sends 3kg which should be RM6, how can we wash them twice as the cost per cycle is already about RM6. That's the reason certain operator do not accept undergarments.

This post has been edited by am_eniey: Sep 24 2010, 02:20 PM

Exactly, but minimum 5kg is already too expensive. Should be around 2.5kg-3kg.

1. Your location must have a big potential for all businesses but better stay away from most old timer in business.

2. The increase of utilities is not that big actually. There's nothing to be that worried about for now. The bills for electricity/water/telephone/internet/gas should be around RM1000 depending on how brilliant you construct/assemble the wiring system.

3. That's why I always say to prepare extra 50% out of the initial capital. How do you define small scale? However the space needed should be big anough to store curtains/carpets/toto/comforters/clothes that customers do not take or forget to take sometimes reaching many years. What is co-tenant?

4. Actually hire purchase brings more bad than good. They will ask you to pay even though you business is yet to grow just like car/house loan. Same procedure with interest.

I suggest you prepare cash with extras as backup, if you are not prepared financially and thinking of starting with loan or hire purchase, you better put the plan to a halt for the time being.

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Added on October 4, 2010, 10:08 amContract always sounds good but there are so much evil lies within. For a small scale laundry like what you are planning to operate, taking laundry for small cafe and massage centre is like walk in customer with COD method of payment. But not for big restaurant or even a small hotels as they need their laundry as cheapest, fastest and cleanest as possible. As they send in big quantity ( mostly in big 20 wheeler container) that payment is quite hefty but the WORK is like hell. You will also need extra industrial type ironing system that is called flatwok ironer that will cost you a bomb. Most operators who do this contract cleaning, they start at a small scale ordinary laundry because this is the period of learning. Might take years of experience to get the most knowledge.

The pricing for hotels should be 30sen per towel and 60sen for queen size bed sheet. You need many types of chemical to eradicate the dirt within hours. Furthermore you need your own big van or truck to do pickup and delivery to the hotels.

Most operators who do hotels, they apply cronism because they know somebody from the inside, but the best thing is getting contract from your own customer. When you do their clothes neatly, they will recommend you laundry to their bosses, God knows who they are and what their position are, we don't. If you are lucky, your customer might probably be the hotel owner. Just like one of my customer

This post has been edited by am_eniey: Oct 4 2010, 10:08 AM

haha, no problem. If it's regarding laundry business, everybody is free to speak out.

more than enough to start the business

look for professional dry cleaners !

kindly contact
Laundry/Dobi Business Startup Packages according to my signature.