Something you will also need if you decide to do your own laundry is a good and reasonable laundrette which seems contrary to my previous advice. However there will be days when there will be all changes and all arrivals sometimes for several days straight and you just need a break. Therefore to have a back up you know you can send at least a few sets to and forget about them is a great relief. The best way to find one is to ask around other owners as they always know the best and cheapest services. You will also need this information should you decide to have throws as they will get all sorts on them, a top choice is take away so you have to be able to get them washed. There is also the important issue of storage. I myself favour the type of duvet cover with the buttons that fasten rather than the popper kind as the poppers tend to melt and you cannot get them fastened again where as you don’t have that problem with buttons.

On the other hand if you are an operation of more than six rooms I would recommend that you use a linen service where they bring you the sheets and things and you send them back when they are done. This dramatically reduces your start up costs as all the linen belongs to the laundry and you pay as you go. I would recommend if you do this you shop around as many services are better or worse than others. Be very strict with them about the quality of linen you require and any that are dirty, not ironed property or have holes in send back or they may just tell you to chuck them away. This can be quite a common occurrence as they use extra strong bleach and cleaning products destroy fabrics quickly so they are used to a high turnover. You do pay more for this service so the economics are something to consider but it does free you up for other tasks such as marketing that you may consider more important.