Chatsworth Laundry

There has been a launderette on this site for 50 years. Before that it was an Off Licence. 22-year-old owner Zak, originally from Gujarat, India, has been running things since he was just 18. With a penchant for expensive sports cars, when the smell of marijuana began to permeate the premises last year, all the old ladies doing their laundry assumed it was him. The police then discovered that his neighbour was growing and harvesting a plantation of 100, human sized specimens. Open until midnight every day, Chatsworth Laundry serves the local population as well as businesses throughout London, with pick ups from commercial premises throughout Hackney and the West End. 'We get everyone here really, but at one time there was nothing much here; now it is becoming really trendy.'