hi perpax,
if you come to manila, makikita mo there are laundry shops that charge 15-19.95/kilo.
that made me wonder too…one thought is they mix clothes, kasi that would lower down their water consumption, another is they have a 45 pounder industrial machine that can laundry a lot of clothes all at the same time, which allows them to mix clothes. pero look at their quality. bottomline is mababa talaga ang margin ng mga ganyang price.  unless sa ilog or dagat sila ng dumaguete nag lalaba at paa ang ginagamit nilang panglaba, tapos sinasampay lang sa damuhan ang mga labada, kita nga sila.  :)
here in manila, we cannot consider free space as an excuse for lowering maintenance/fix cost kasi dito, even a car pays for a parking space..if you know what i mean? baka naman if you rent out your space instead of making use of it sa laundry shop, mas mag neto ka pa at wala pang pagod,  
-etten-

miss etten,
yun nga, those who don’t consider rent expense are not real businessmen. Pano sila mag expand kung ganun? Buti kung may property sila na di pinakinabangan kahit san lugar para wala sila rent e consider. But I asked about that shop in dumaguete, ganun talaga charge nila at sa kanila daw yung building, they have 15 sets washers n dryers and they pay as low as P80/day sa personnel (super mura). I just don’t know the quality. Yung iba nga, di na kinonsider yung cost of money! , and maybe depreciation cost.
Bayaan nalang natin sila. Babalik rin sa kanila ginawa nila!
Baka style talaga nila yun, hehe.
-Perpax-

Thanks etten and unicahija for your views. Difficult to compute for break even based on kgs. of clothes laundered and laundry services paid for since this will vary based on the mix of WDF, WDP and drycleaning services. In my case, I calculate my break-even point roughly based on my operating expenses, which is currently at around PhP40,000.
I get your point about need to keep production/sales high and costs down. Sa case ko, given na na mataas ang rent and salaries/wages expenses (which combined is more than half of the operating costs), I’m trying to reduce gas dryer bills by hang drying to the extent possible, a tip we got from etten. More importantly, kinukulit ko staff ko to bring in more customers (new as well as repeat customers). That is why I’m pursuing a pick-up station project, to increase my base of customers while keeping overhead costs down (since rent and salaries and minimal utilities expenses for a pick-up station).
The pick-up station is potentially profitable if I can keep the place afloat until yearend. I need a minimum of PhP800/day cash receipts to recover operating costs. Sa ngayon kasi wala pa masyado occupants yung condominium na malapit pero by December, 50 percent ang projected occupancy. If I can get just 20 percent of that 50 percent, mga 50 new clients din yon. Of course hindi dapat separate yung “feasibility” analysis ko of the pick-up station with the main shop. Sa main shop tataas naman ang variable costs wrt utilities, laundry supplies and maintenance expenses. I’m trying to save up to have a buffer fund that would finance my “net operating losses” until December. 
Sana nga maabot ko yung PhP50,000+ na mention ni etten na goal. Kung kaya nyo, why not namin! Kaya natin to!? he he 

-bueknight