Laundry might look like an infinite process that piles up, however a brand new service presents an answer to overwhelmed Houston households.
Enter NoScrubs, an Austin-based residence laundry pickup service that has simply expanded to Houston. Described by the corporate as “DoorDash — however for laundry,” they wash buyer’s garments at native laundromats and return them the identical day folded and able to be put away.
The service took off like gangbusters in Austin, making an growth to the state’s largest metropolis an apparent alternative. It isn’t common protection simply but. For now, solely the next zip codes have NoScubs service out there: 77002, 77004, 77005, 77006, 77007, 77008, 77009, 77010, 77018, 77019, 77024, 77025, 77027, 77046, 77056, 77057, 77081, 77098, 77401, 77030, 77003.
A single pickup begins at $40 for 20 kilos of laundry, whereas the fundamental month-to-month subscription is $60 for 2 pickups. All providers use hypoallergenic detergents.
The typical American household spends about 240 hours a 12 months on laundry, making it a really time-consuming chore. For folks with disabilities, troublesome work, schedules, and different circumstances, it may be an actual assist, says co-founder Matt O’Connor.
“A few of our favourite buyer tales merely revolve round saving folks time after they have one thing difficult happening,” he writes in an e mail. “For instance, one buyer reviewed NoScrubs saying ‘So pleased I may cry! (Partially as a result of I am pregnant and my feelings are heightened!)…1000% suggest you probably have time restrictions or bodily restrictions! ‘ So, whether or not it’s saving time, the affordability, or the pleasantly stunning turnaround time, NoScrubs has a wide range of advantages for any buyer.”
NoScrubs can be a brand new alternative for Houston’s gig employees. As a result of there are not any passengers, it may be a safer various to driving trip share for ladies and different folks apprehensive about having strangers of their automobiles. As NoScrubs companions with native laundromats, drivers are additionally going to centralized places somewhat than everywhere in the map, resulting in much less put on and tear on their automobiles. The laundromats profit as effectively, since NoScrubs masses are ones that might in any other case be performed at residence.
“Our mannequin makes driving a tiny fraction of the time, so of us who don’t wish to put on down their automobiles and spend a ton on gasoline love working at NoScrubs,” added O’Connor.
To rejoice the Houston launch, NoScrubs is providing 50 p.c low cost off the primary two months for CultureMap readers with the code CULTUREHOUSTON at noscrubs.com.
