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Wash with Wally: Stocking Your Wash-Dry Fold Business

by Wally Makowsky | Jan 22, 2015 | Wash With Wally

Originally posted – Jun 01, 2012 What types of cleaning products and other items are required for me to have what you would consider a fully stocked wash-dry-fold arsenal for my attendants? Basically, to start a wash-dry-fold service, you need bagging supplies...

‘The Landlord Didn’t Repair the Roof! Can I Withhold the Rent?’

by Editor | Jan 22, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3

Withhold rent and you can count on a visit by a process server with an unlawful detainer complaint identifying you as the defendant. Like night follows day… like the sun rises in the east. But, you argue, the landlord, in breach of his obligation under the lease, has...

How Much is My Rent?

by Editor | Jan 22, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3

Your coin laundry’s lease states, under a paragraph called “rent,” that you are to pay a sum of money to the lessor once a month, on the first day of each month during the term of the lease. Is that all it costs you to “rent” your store...

Lease Option: Future Rent Shall Be Determined By Mutual Agreement

by Editor | Jan 22, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3

In an action arising out of San Francisco, a tenant entered into a written lease with a landlord for a term of five years. The lease contained an option provision, which provided as follows: “Providing the Lessee has faithfully performed all of the terms,...

Liability Can Be a Slippery Slope

by Editor | Jan 22, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3

Picture this scenario: A woman slips and falls on the floor of your self-service laundry and suffers substantial injury to her back. An ambulance is called to transport the customer to a nearby hospital. The wailing sound of the siren grows fainter and fainter as the...

Common Sense vs. Company Policy

by Editor | Jan 22, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3

The concept of common sense clashed with company policy in a decision regarding an El Torito Restaurant in Burlingame, Calif. A disabled individual requested permission to use the employee restroom on the first floor, to avoid dealing with the 18-stair climb leading...

To Disclose or Not Disclose

by Editor | Jan 22, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3

What should be said about a former employee when you receive a call from a prospective new employer requesting information about the employee’s performance? In one California case, the plaintiff voluntarily left her employment with the defendant and then sought...

When Colleges Offer Free Laundry

by Editor | Jan 22, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3

A laundry owner located near a state university recently posed an interesting legal question. It seems that the school has begun offering “free laundry” to students residing in its dormitories. And, in fact, this appears to be somewhat of a trend, as an...

Laundry Leases: Exercising Your Option to Renew

by Editor | Jan 22, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3

The most important asset of your self-service laundry business is your lease. Washers and dryers produce little income in storage or in a parking lot. As you probably know, coin laundry operators are repeatedly advised to enter into long-term lease arrangements,...

Some Advice on Giving Advice

by Editor | Jan 22, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3

A member of the Coin Laundry Association recently called me regarding an adverse ruling in small claims court, which resulted in a $770 judgment against the laundry owner. Apparently, an attendant employed by the owner assisted a customer – at the customer’s...
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