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Laundry is absolutely the biggest "housekeeping" item I have trouble with. I would pay a lot of money (thousands of dollars) for a robot that would take dirty laundry and wash, dry, and fold.

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Can't you pay a human to do that, if you're willing to pay thousands to have it done for you?

Yes, I suppose I could. I guess that I don't want another human coming into my house in my absence to do that, nor do I want to have to schedule it to happen when I'm home. Nor do I want to take my laundry someplace else and have to return later to pick it up.

I could probably live with leaving the laundry on the porch and having it returned there. I'll have to look into whether such a service is available in my area.

Traditionally, you would physically separate your living quarters from the areas where servants would work. In this scenario you could have a laundry room in the basement and a dumbwaiter connecting your basement to your closet, and have a separate door that only goes into the basement.

I’d pay a similar amount just for folding —- especially with a kid or two and two working parents, it’s our biggest household time-suck.

https://foldimate.com and https://helloeffie.com

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