Danes Of Colchester
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Danes is the largest domestic launderer and dry cleaner in East Anglia and has been serving its customers for over 30 years. We serve thousands of domestic customers and businesses, large and small, via our own shops, our network of agencies and our award winning free door to door collection/delivery service.

We very much hope you enjoy using this website and that you will be added to our list of satisfied customers. We are always looking to improve our service and would be delighted to receive your comments on the quality of this site and of our wide spectrum of services. Do you hate washing, drying and ironing shirts week after week?
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Danes has consistently set itself apart from competitors by offering an excellent personalised service alongside high quality laundry and dry cleaning. We are the largest domestic launderer and dry cleaner in East Anglia and serve thousands of domestic customers and businesses, large and small, via our own shops, our network of agencies and our very successful, award winning free door to door service.
We pride ourselves on our high quality laundry service, which saves you time and effort whilst allowing you to enjoy fresh crisp bed linen that looks and feels luxurious. All items are individually inspected and logged in by hand, then categorised so they are washed with appropriate detergents according to care label instructions.
All garments received for dry cleaning are carefully inspected before processing. Any stains are skilfully removed by our experienced Dry Cleaning Manager who utilizes the most appropriate stain removal agents for each individual item. Garments are then carefully classified according to cleaning instructions specified on the care label.
Dry cleaning curtains is the most effective way to give them a new lease of life by removing accumulated dirt, dust and allergens, and should be done every 2 years. All curtains are carefully processed then hand pressed and wrapped so they are returned to you in immaculate, crease-free condition. We can clean blanket lined and oversized curtains, and can also clean your nets, pelmets, swags, tails and tie backs.
Our shirt service saves you time and effort by providing creaseless shirts that are ready to wear. Shirts are hand pressed and returned to you either on a hanger or folded, whichever is most convenient for you. We have also retained traditional methods of cleaning and hand finishing collars by using rice starch to produce a superb finish.
Reviews (6)
Malahat Howells
Malahat Howells
Jan 24, 2022
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I had some chinz curtains cleaned or more precisely ‘destroyed’ by this company. When I enquired, they said they had never heard of ‘chinz’. Although it was clear that they had washed one set of curtains and ‘possibly’ dry cleaned the other identical set as the glaze had only been removed from one, they insisted that the one set must have been older than the other, which was absurd as they were all made from the same fabric by an expensive firm in the last ten years.
Susan Anderson
Susan Anderson
Jun 30, 2020
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Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value
I have just had my extremely heavy curtains cleaned and am overwhelmed by the result .... absolutely fabulous they look like new. Thank you.
Wendy Grant
Wendy Grant
Sep 16, 2019
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Wendy Grant
Wow, what a brilliant Laundry....everything is immaculately washed and cleaned and never had sheets and towels, etc., so beautifully done. Especially like 'results', all wrapped in brown paper - no plastics!
Collected and delivered by great smiling young man, Denham, who is always so polite and cheerful - a delight to have around.
Cannot commend this Laundry highly enough and we find friends and neighbours who use it all rave about it too. Absolutely deserves 5 stars, if not more!
Linda Usherwood
Linda Usherwood
Dec 09, 2018
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Fantastic drycleaners and laundry. Very knowledgeable, friendly and helpful receptionist.
Paul R.
Paul R.
Feb 13, 2018
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Positive experience for 5 years until the manager (Chris) got involved and couldn't manage to send the final bill £430 to the right address or pick up the phone. An absolute train wreck to deal with and even had the nerve to be rude over the phone when trying to pay.

Avoid if possible, and if not, try your best not to deal with "management"
Emma Drysdale
Emma Drysdale
Dec 02, 2017
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I had a flood in the airing cupboard, arrived with a ton of wet linen, Danes were fantastic, took it all in immediately, got it all done that day to stop it going mouldy. Highly recommended