Even on holiday some chores still have to be done …such as washing & ironing ( well maybe at least the washing!) and we try to do what we can to ease the burden.
The Laundry!
Everything in the laundry is free and to save our guests buying lots of products for just a few washes among other things we provide washing powder, softeners, stain removers, colour catcher sheets, anti limescale tablets and also vinegar as an eco friendly alternative. We always have a plentiful supply of vinegar & use it for all sorts of things – it’s marvellous stuff.
Inside the laundry
The laundry is open 24 hrs a day
Also kept in the laundry are a sewing box for all sorts of emergency repairs, a shoe cleaning box and a basic first aid box . There is also a stock of sturdy reuseable carrier bags for supermarket trips and a supply of tokens for the trollies – nothing more frustrating than getting to the trollies and then finding you haven’t got a euro!
A Pandora's box of threads, buttons,elastic, needles, safety pins...everything you could possibly need in a sewing emergency!
Shoe cleaning box with creams,sprays, cloths brushes & good old fashioned shoe polish
The laundry also seems to be a great place for a gossip – guests often get chatting while ironing or putting the washing on. I don’t think I’ll ever forget the time when at the end of a busy Saturday one of our guests found me tidying up the laundry. We chatted for a bit ,then she left only to come back later with a couple of glasses of bubbly, some warm melted chocolate and a bowl of strawberries! The conversation flowed from the laundry into the games room and we stayed there talking until Amar eventually wondered what had happened to me & came looking for me at 9.30pm! He also got drawn in when the guest’s husband joined us….when we came out it was dark and Emma & Alistair were asking if we weren’t going to feed them that night! I still smile about that …thank you Mrs G for the happy memories!!
Chatting in the laundry of course isn’t obligatory but it does seem to lighten the load!
lots of washing lines!
Anyway to recap here is a list of everything you will find in the Laundry –
Washing machines with full instructions!
Tumble Drier
Irons & Ironing boards, baskets & pegs
Clothes airers ( also lots of extra long clothes lines in the garden)
Gite name tags to identify washing loads if necessary
Mops & buckets
Hoovers
Recycling boxes for light bulbs & batteries
Laundry products – washing powder, softeners, stain removers,colour catcher sheets,anti limescale tablets & the all important vinegar
Net bags for delicate items
First aid box
Sewing box
Shoe cleaning box
Reuseable carrier bags & tokens for shopping trolllies