Property Managers: Laundry Rooms Goes High Tech

Desperately searching for coins to wash those clothes that must be cleaned is a thing of the past as Apartment Laundry Room goes high-tech! New high tech laundry rooms may make this scenario of digging in couch cushions obsolete. This technology is a win-win situation for the laundry room provider and the residents using it.

Coinless, Cashless electronic laundry room systems offer improvements over traditional coin-operated laundry rooms simply because they are convenient and more secure.

A "smart-card", sometimes referred to as AccessCard, is used to gain access to coinless, cashless laundry machines. Residents also have the option to prepay their AccessCard by check and increase the balance that can be applied to laundry costs.

For security reasons, only a resident using the smart card system will be allowed to enter the laundry area. This system will provide security for both the individual and the equipment. Thieves would not be doing thousands of dollars worth of damage to valuable equipment in order to steal a few dollars worth of coins.

There are some laundry room service providers, which improve their convenience by offering remote monitors. By checking the availability status of washers and dryers through their computers, the residents can avoid unneeded trips to the laundry room. Their telephone or cell phone can also receive voice messages informing them with notification of when the laundry is finished or when a specific number of machines are available. There are some types of monitoring systems that can determine approximate times as to how many minutes are left until the laundry is done. How neat is that?

While this may appear to benefit the tenant more than the owner, there is also a great deal of benefit on their part. Of course, they support making the investment in high-tech and innovative laundry facilities because they no longer have to waste time collecting coins. But even more conveniently, the machines total their revenue for them; they even keep up with the year to date totals. Furthermore, in circumstances where there is stiff competition to maintain full occupancy of apartments, condos, dorms, or hotel rooms is highly competitive, a laundry room featuring innovative technology often differentiates between vacancy and no vacancy signs.

If you want to upgrade your laundry operations to the latest and greatest technology available, including top quality equipment from companies such as Whirlpool and Maytag, then seek out high tech managed laundry service companies to deliver only the very best for your facility.

Only select a company that guarantees to provide detailed revenue information and cashless machines with monitoring capabilities that ensure your user’s safety. You can ensure good work at a fair price by choosing a company that offers you all of the high-end services and equipment that you require.

Don’t get taken to the cleaners; make the right choice!

About the Author

Joann Charamuga is an experienced property manager in charge of many multi-family housing units with common area commercial laundry. She highly recommends Web Service Company’s coin less laundry systems and Hawaii laundry service for going high tech with no worry services.