Well the next campaign then needs to be to improve the shopfront of the launderette (and other rubbish shopfronts in the town centre).

I hope all of you that feel so strongly about it will help with this.

anyone able to come up with some design ideas for how it can be improved so that we can give the landlord some ideas?

I think there needs to be some separation of the issues of 'appearance' from 'purpose' here. We do still just about live in a world where not everyone can afford a washing machine..... and even those that can have them go wrong on occasion!