Laundry in switzerland sucks - Page 17

Peg A · #**321** 21.09.2011, 23:21

	Quote:	adrianlondon
	There should be a system here where you can see the laundry schedule and address of all EFers, so you can pop over and use someone else's laundry room when desperate.

I think one of my neighbors sometime did her bf's laundry or let him do it or something as we had a note posted in the waschküche that our laundry facilities are for residents only.

I'd not think too many people would really WANT to use ours, runs me close to 1.5chf per load, depending upon what I'm washing.

biff · #**322** 21.09.2011, 23:38

	Quote:	Today only
	It always amazes me the amount written about laundry in Switzelrand; it's so easy, just do what you would do back in UK/US................ buy a washing machine ! They are easy to plumb in the bathroom or kitchen, fine many gerances say you can't have them, but who abides by all the rules anyway and who's going to tell them anyway !

In the USA I would have a bigger apartment/house with room for a washing machine and dryer. In the UK I would either have a bigger apartment, or a nearby laundromatt.

But where I am living, the laundry is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - one floor underground. It includes a drying room as well as the dryer, so anything I hang up to dry is dry in less that 24 hours.

biff · #**323** 21.09.2011, 23:39

	Quote:	adrianlondon
	There should be a system here where you can see the laundry schedule and address of all EFers, so you can pop over and use someone else's laundry room when desperate.

Careful Adrian, are you offering something here???

Chemmie · #**324** 22.09.2011, 11:32

	Quote:	Wollishofener
	Just some remarks about "laundry in Switzerland" > laundry is NOT a federal affair > laundry is NOT even a Cantonal affair > laundry is NOT even a municipal affair > laundry is a matter of the house owners/adminstration AND > laundry is a matter of the people in a house > AND of YOU

It's also not an affair of the EU, Schengen, UN or the Red Cross, but I don't think that any of those were mentioned or assumed in this thread (well I havn't read all the pages of the thread).
I think it's been a generallly accepted trend that it is a matter of the house owners/administrations/residents....all of which happen to be located in the Nation of Switzerland. This produces a bit of common ground to solve and issues or misconceptions when situations arise!

zymogen · #**325** 05.01.2012, 22:44

Thanks to my lovely neighbor -who used the washing machine on my laundry day- I'm still busy with this huge after-holiday pile of clothing.

And yes, I left a note. A BIG one, right on the machine.

happyday · #**326** 09.01.2012, 18:48

For sb I know, laundry days for them are allocated.
But what she didn't know she needed to leave a note if she wasn't gonna use the machine on her laundry day. But after an old lady barked at her few times for not leaving a note and drying little longer than should in the laundry room(laundry need to removed the very same day before 9 sth like that, surprisingly they are not even allowed to dry their clothes in the flat)

They bought a machine for them after they were told "it isn't allowed to have but if you have I don't know about it" from an estate agent.

It really sucks!! Lucky that we have our own though.