Laundry Room & Play Room: I went to a new super launderette complete with a huge soft play centre
A huge launderette and indoor play room has opened in Sheffield on the outskirts of the city centre. Reporter Sophie Mei Lan went to visit.
Following calls for a launderette in Sheffield city centre, the self-service Laundry Room opened three months ago.
Sheffield entrepreneur Mohsen Chinaveh, who also runs an aesthetics clinic according to Companies House, is the man at the helm of the launderette and its accompanying play centre on St Mary’s Gate.
Both venues are conveniently placed in the Antenna House building, previously occupied by Ant Marketing.
There’s also limited free parking for customers at the front.
The launderette is tinged in turquoise lights with an inviting circular doorway as if you’re stepping into a washing machine.
It’s a self-service facility lined with huge washing machines, and a dry cleaning counter, all open seven days a week, from 7am to 10pm each day.
Better still if you have children, you get 20 per cent off the play room next door.
We were here just to play today, as I hadn’t come armed with my washing. I was expecting a small play area next door, more of a subsidiary to the main launderette.
I was pleasantly surprised as we walked into the soft play centre where there’s an entrance counter and cafe bar. Here you pay enter (£9.50-£7.50 for children and £2.50 for adults).
There’s a cafe area with tables and chairs. Everything is brightly coloured similar to a candy shop.
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The floors are soft throughout with plenty of places to store your shoes.
There’s a range of ball pools with interactive games. The main play area has several slides with climbing frames and toys to play with.
There’s a large ball pool with a cannon and huge computerised screens and colourful slides.
The areas are set up from toddlers to ten years old. It says up to 12 years old but the play area definitely suits a younger demographic.
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I never thought I’d be bothered by a launderette but now I have a big family and minimal places to dry clothes. It's ideal, especially with the added incentive of the play centre.
It’s a great place for people who live on their own to socialise, not to mention the number of people who now live in apartments with no washing machines.