Linen and laundry service means Fort Lauderdale STR Cleaning washes, dries, folds and resets bed and bath linen as part of the turnover, in properties that mostly have their own laundry — so the wash runs during the visit rather than becoming a separate trip.
Nearly all the houses across Tamarac, Sunrise, Coconut Creek, Margate and Lauderhill have their own washer and dryer, which is an advantage most beach condos do not have. It means linen is handled in place, during the visit, without leaving the property.
The catch is that a house's machine is a household machine. It was sized for a family's weekly wash, not for stripping four or five beds and a stack of pool towels in a single afternoon.
How many loads does a house turnover actually take?
More than one, and that is what decides the length of the visit. A four or five bedroom property with several bathrooms and a pool generates several full loads, and a domestic machine runs them one after another rather than at once.
Which means the turnover length is set by the laundry rather than the cleaning. Owners planning a two-hour changeover on a large house are usually planning around the wrong constraint.
What keeps a property from running short?
Enough complete sets that a bed can be made from stock while the last guest's linen is still in the machine. Without that, the check-in time depends on a dryer finishing.
Pool towels need counting separately. Almost every property here has a pool, guests use pool and bath towels on the same day, and only one of the two is usually on the owner's list.
Can the laundry be done at the property?
Yes, and in these houses it usually is — it keeps linen from leaving the property and removes a collection trip. What it does mean is a longer visit, because a domestic machine runs several loads in sequence rather than together.
Why does a big house take so much longer to turn over?
Usually the laundry rather than the cleaning. Five beds, several bathrooms and a set of pool towels is several full loads through one household machine, and no amount of extra hands makes a wash cycle shorter.
Should I stock extra linen sets?
On anything larger than a two-bedroom, yes. Enough sets to make the beds from stock while the previous guest's linen is still washing is what stops a check-in time from depending on a dryer.