Coast Laundries and Linen expands to six locations in lockdown

A Central Coast business which started in the first lockdown has managed to expand in lockdown 2.0 with six locations across the region.

A local business that started during the first Covid lockdown has managed to expand in lockdown 2.0.

Coastal Laundries & Linen is counting its blessings that they offer a service that everyone needs.

The business started in response to the Covid pandemic in late 2020 with the owner – formerly in the events industry – taking over four existing laundrettes at North Gosford, Woy Woy, Ettalong and Avoca Beach.

Coastal Laundries and Linen has opened in Point Clare and Kincumber.

A year on and they have expanded to six locations with new outlets in Kincumber and Point Clare.A new self-service laundromat has also opened adjacent to the existing Ettalong Laundrette.

“Opening during a lockdown wasn’t in our plans but we were already halfway there,” Coastal Laundries business managerNicole Hain-Lynch told the Express.

“We’d had six in the pipeline for a long time. Thankfully everyone has a need for laundry, that’s been our blessing.”

Coastal Laundries services both domestic and commercial clients with a pick up and delivery service now operating from Patonga to Toukley.

The team outside the new space in Ettalong.

Ms Hain-Lynch said the pandemic had heightened the community’s awareness of maintaining a clean premises at home or for their businesses. The business remain open as an “essential

service” throughout the lockdown period, however aspects have stopped such as supplying linen to boutique accommodation as well as the hospitality industry.

“Thankfully we do a lot of different work for a lot of different industries,” Ms Hain-Lynch said.

“We’re here to support the greater Central Coast community. Our shops are still open and people are still using the self serve laundromats.”

Ms Hain-Lynch said laundromats were becoming increasingly popular again due to the size of the machines and people being able to do a weeks washing in the one hit, along with larger items such as doonas.

They have also come a long way technically, offering contactless card payments instead of people scrounging for the right coins and having the ability to be serviced remotely.

Laundromats have come a long way with technology.

The new laundromats at Ettalong, Point Clare and Kincumber offer a “fresh take” on a traditional laundromat with the latest technology and bright colour scheme.

Ms Hain-Lynch said the response to the new stores at Point Clare and Kincumber had been amazing.

“It’s a really welcome new facility in these communities,” she said.

“The success of this business is due to the effort of a dedicated team of Central Coast locals keen to serve their local community. I’m immensely proud of what we’ve all achieved during a uniquely tumultuous time, and we’re still just getting started. There’s lots more to come.”

The Kincumber store is at the trade centre while the Point Clare store is opposite the train station and ALDI.

Coastal Laundries has a team of 16 from laundry operations staff to drivers.