Wash & Fold

Wash and Fold

A laundry service where garments are machine-washed in water with detergent, tumble-dried, and neatly folded. Suitable for everyday clothing, bedding, and towels. Fresh Folds charges $5.50 per kilogram for wash and fold with free doorstep pickup and delivery.

Why Families Choose Wash and Fold

There comes a point in every household where laundry stops being a chore you can stay on top of and becomes something that quietly takes over your weekends. For a family of four in South East Queensland, that tipping point usually arrives around six to eight loads a week. Between school uniforms, work clothes, towels, activewear, and bedding, the basket never seems to empty. That's exactly why our wash and fold service exists — we wash, dry and fold your clothes so you get those hours back without cutting corners on how your garments are cared for.

What Actually Happens When We Wash, Dry and Fold Your Clothes

When your laundry arrives at Fresh Folds, it doesn't just get thrown into a machine. Every bag is sorted by fabric type, colour, and soil level before anything is washed. Whites go with whites, darks with darks, and delicate items are separated out so nothing gets damaged in the process.

Each load is washed in commercial-grade machines using eco-friendly, biodegradable detergents at the correct temperature for the fabric. Our machines are significantly larger than household units, which means your clothes have room to move freely during the cycle. That movement is what actually lifts dirt and odours out of fabric — not just soaking everything in hot soapy water.

After washing, everything is dried at the appropriate temperature. We don't blast everything on high heat the way most of us do at home when we're in a hurry. Synthetics get low heat, cotton gets medium, and anything that shouldn't go in the dryer is hung to air dry. Once dry, every item is neatly folded and packaged ready for you to put straight into drawers and wardrobes.

Who Benefits Most

Honestly, just about anyone who wears clothes. But our most common wash and fold customers tend to be:

• Busy families across Logan, Ipswich, and Brisbane South who would rather spend Saturday at the park than sorting socks
• New parents drowning in onesies, burp cloths, and tiny socks that somehow multiply overnight
• Shift workers and FIFO employees who don't have regular weekday hours to stay on top of housework
• Older Australians who find the physical demands of lifting wet laundry and reaching clotheslines increasingly difficult
• Anyone recovering from injury or surgery where bending, lifting, and carrying baskets isn't an option

What Does It Cost for Your Household?

Our wash and fold service runs at $5.50 per kilogram, which makes it straightforward to estimate what your household would spend. A typical load of mixed clothing weighs about four to five kilograms, so that's roughly $22 to $28 per load. For a couple doing three loads a week, you're looking at around $66 to $84 weekly. A family of four running five or six loads would sit between $110 and $168 per week depending on the weight.

When you factor in the time saved — easily five to seven hours a week for a larger household — most families find it works out to well under what they'd value their own time at. Pair it with our pick up and delivery service for a flat $12.50 and you don't even need to leave the house.

An Eco-Friendly Approach

We're a family-owned business based right here in New Beith, and looking after the local environment matters to us. All of our detergents are biodegradable and free from harsh chemicals. Our commercial machines use significantly less water per kilogram than a standard household washing machine, and the higher spin extraction means less energy is needed for drying.

By consolidating multiple households into efficient commercial loads, the overall environmental footprint per garment drops considerably. It's one of those cases where convenience and sustainability actually go hand in hand.

Need More Than Just Folding?

If your work shirts or school uniforms need pressing, our wash and iron service adds professional finishing to every garment. It's popular with office workers who want to look sharp without spending their Sunday evenings at the ironing board.

Ready to hand off the laundry? Get a free quote today and see how much time you could get back each week. We service over 200 suburbs across South East Queensland with flexible scheduling that fits around your life.