Ironing at home

gilly41

Hi
I have send you a message Carli
xx

iwanttosave_2

Someone mentioned about hanging and folding.

The general rules I follow are, hang shirts, dresses, sweatshirts, long sleeved t-shirts and flimsy ladies tops.

Fold t-shirts, pjs, towels, underwear and bedding

Thefunkygibbons

Do we iron bedding?

I used to, but now I use the tumble drier (for bedding only)

Now sure how the cost time equation balances

megisabel

Im an ironing lady too!

I got loads of interest when I first started and had to turn business away when I started childminding too as I just had no time.

I ended up sticking with 2 customers but sadly one died not long ago. The other I am still ironing for and am about to start childminding her gorgeous baby so that particular customer has been great for me!!

I charge 70p per item regardless of what it is. Bedding charged at higher multiples of 70p. I collect and deliver too.

*Sparkle*_3

i remember my mum ironing for other when i was young she used to charge £5 a black bin bag!! thats really cheap!! that was in the 80's

halloweenqueen_2

Sometimes charity shops sell bundles of coat hangers.

flea72

im interested in doing this too - i love ironing.

however, where do you stand if you ruin someones clothing. Not that i often burn things, but sometimes new fabrics/trims catch you out. I just wondered do you need insurance to cover such things, or does no-one else ever scorch things?

Flea

*Sparkle*_3

Hi

with regards to registering with inland revenue.
You have to register within 3 months of trading with the inland revenue, which is a quick 10 minute phone call to them, they are very approachable and helpful.
You will need to keep your receipts of your incomings and outgoings, at the end of the year you will need to fill out a tax return/self assessment send it off and they will work out how much tax you have to pay on your profit.
If you earn under a certain amount a year (cant remember the exact figure) something like £4,500 you will not need to pay tax.

For more info about running a business please visit https://www.businesslink.gov.uk

Hope this helps if you have any further questions feel free to ask.

Regards

iwanttosave_2

flea72 wrote:

im interested in doing this too - i love ironing.

however, where do you stand if you ruin someones clothing. Not that i often burn things, but sometimes new fabrics/trims catch you out. I just wondered do you need insurance to cover such things, or does no-one else ever scorch things?

Flea

There are ironing cloths you can buy from places like betterware, or even clip on soleplates for your iron that means you can even iron on silk or transfers at high temps without scortching, I just have £50 put to one side incase of accidents, never had one yet though. Through experiance you get to know what item needs what temp just but touch, but the cloths are a good buy, they cost just under a fiver I think

halloweenqueen_2

Does anyone know where i could buy those flimsy plastic covers like they put over your clothes at the dry cleaners, due to have some building work again done soon and I'd like to protect my clothes better this time, the fine dust got everywhere last time and this time will be going on too long to live out of a suitcase. thanks!
By the way lakeland do ironing cloths! was looking at those steam generator irons!!