When we lived in Caloocan, our mom had a laundry woman who does our clothes and it has always been clean and nice-smelling. It's one of the things I took for granted because when I moved out on my own (and when my brother moved in as well), we were looking for a person who could offer hand washing for our clothes. We found Ate Ollie in KNL since there was a sign in front of her house.
PROS: Ate Ollie herself is nice and always on-call. She's one txt or phone call away if you need her to pick up your laundry, then she delivers it back to your place all done and folded. She also offers ironing services; It's relatively cheap since for a load of laundry for two people, we only pay around 400 pesos.
CONS: There has been more than one incident where we lost certain articles of clothing, and when we asked Ate Ollie about it, she said she had no idea only to find that piece in our next batch of clothes. This infuriates my brother since he has a lot of nice clothes and he thinks that it's being used by other people; The laundry quality is inconsistent at best. There are lots of times that it smells awfully like cigarette smoke or "amoy kulob." Our relatives point out how our new clothes would seem to be looking more damaged and ragged looking after just a few washes. We have a feeling she just washes it all together with our doormats and rags, or that it isn't rinsed enough, or she doesn't wash it well at all since we don't really supervise her.
TL;DR: Our experience with Ate Ollie made us learn that we should be less trusting next time and should opt for laundromats or investing in our own washing machine (once we get a bigger place). read more