Getting a pile of ironing under control

Most ironing piles are not mysterious. They are shirts that have to look straight, school uniform for Monday, and a duvet cover nobody wants to wrestle with on a Sunday night.

Count items, not baskets

“A basket” can be eight shirts or forty mixed pieces. A rough count is enough: under ten, ten to twenty, twenty to forty, or more. Separate shirts from everything else if the shirts are the reason you are asking.

Trousers, tea towels, pillowcases and a cotton dress do not take the same time. You don't need a spreadsheet. “Mostly school uniform and my work shirts” is a clear brief.

What an iron can and cannot fix

A domestic iron will not turn a damaged fabric into a new one. Scorch marks, missing buttons and a shirt that went into the wash still damp and twisted are not ironing problems. Labels that say do-not-iron should be kept out of the pile, or at least pointed out.

We are not a dry cleaner. Wool, beading, and anything you would normally take to a specialist should be named before it is included. Stain removal is not something this website advertises.

Regular or once

A one-off pile before a holiday is different from a fortnightly shirt run. If you want it repeating, say so, and say whether the clothes need to be hung. Folded shirts take less space. Hung shirts crease less on the way back into the wardrobe.

There is no price per item on this site. The number, the fabrics and how often you want it done are what a quote needs.