Price list
The price list, and the date.
Twenty alterations with the price and the working days each one takes. Choose a job and the list works out the day it will be ready if you hand it in today, counting Monday to Saturday, with the express date beside it.
Alterations, prices and ready-by dates
Curtains
Curtains shortened, a pair, unlined
- Price
- £45 with express (£30 standard)
- Takes
- 3 working days, Monday to Saturday
- Hand it in
- on Monday
Ready to collect from
Thursday 5 November
Standard service would be Saturday 7 November at £30. We write the same date on your ticket, and ring the day before if anything changes.
| Job | Price | Takes | Ready if in today |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trousers taken up, plain or blind hem | £14 | 3 working days | Thu 5 Nov |
| Jeans taken up, the original hem kept | £16 | 3 working days | Thu 5 Nov |
| Trousers taken up with turn-ups | £18 | 4 working days | Fri 6 Nov |
| Trouser waist taken in or let out | £18 | 4 working days | Fri 6 Nov |
| Trouser legs tapered | £24 | 5 working days | Sat 7 Nov |
| Dress straps shortened | £10 | 2 working days | Wed 4 Nov |
| Dress or skirt taken up, unlined | £18 | 4 working days | Fri 6 Nov |
| Dress or skirt taken up, lined | £28 | 5 working days | Sat 7 Nov |
| Dress taken in at the side seams | £28 | 5 working days | Sat 7 Nov |
| Prom dress fitted, hem and bodice | £65 | 10 working days | Fri 13 Nov |
| Jacket sleeves shortened from the cuff | £28 | 5 working days | Sat 7 Nov |
| Jacket taken in at the back seam | £35 | 6 working days | Mon 9 Nov |
| Sleeves shortened with working buttonholes | £45 | 7 working days | Tue 10 Nov |
| Suit fitted, jacket and trousers | £75 | 7 working days | Tue 10 Nov |
| Coat zip replaced | £30 | 4 working days | Fri 6 Nov |
| Coat sleeves shortened | £32 | 5 working days | Sat 7 Nov |
| Coat relined | £85 | 10 working days | Fri 13 Nov |
| Curtains shortened, a pair, unlined | £30 | 5 working days | Sat 7 Nov |
| Curtains shortened, a pair, lined | £45 | 7 working days | Tue 10 Nov |
| Curtains made to measure, a pair, from | £180 | 15 working days | Thu 19 Nov |
Prices include VAT. Handed in before 3pm on a working day, that day counts; later, or on a Sunday, the count starts the next working day. Sundays are not working days.
Dry cleaning and laundry
Cleaned in the shop, priced per piece.
Most things two working days; shirts the next working day if they are in before 10am.
- Two-piece suit · 2 working days£16
- Jacket or blazer · 2 working days£10
- Trousers or skirt · 2 working days£7.50
- Dress, from · 2 working days£12
- Coat, from · 2 working days£15
- Jumper or cardigan · 2 working days£7
- Shirt, laundered and pressed · 1 working day£3.50
- Duvet, any size · 3 working days£22
Repairs and everything else
- Button sewn on£3
- Split seam mended£8
- Trouser or skirt zip£16
- Jacket or coat zip£30
- Darning a moth hole, from£12
- Invisible reweaving, from£60
- Express service, half the days+50%
- Curtain measuring visit, within three milesFree
- Curtains hung, ones we altered£20
- Collection and delivery in Penarth£5
- Wedding dress delivery, Penarth and Cardiff£20
- Redoing an alteration that is not rightFree
Questions about prices and dates
Is the date on the website the date on my ticket?
Yes. The counter uses the same rule: the job's working days, counted Monday to Saturday from the day you hand it in (if before 3pm) or the next working day. If the workroom falls behind we ring the day before.
What does express cost?
Half as much again, for half the working days (at least one), when the workroom has room. Ask at the counter; on a busy Saturday in June the answer may be no.
Why is my job not on the list?
The list has the twenty most common jobs. Anything else is priced at the counter when we have seen the garment, and the price and date go on the ticket the same way.
Bring it in, or book a fitting.
Most alterations and all dry cleaning need no appointment: come to the counter on Glebe Street and we pin it there and then, with the price and the ready-by date on your ticket. Bridal, made-to-measure and evening fittings are booked.