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An empty home is the best time to clean carpet
With the furniture gone, every square foot of carpet can be reached, including the traffic lanes, the edges and the areas that sat under beds and sofas for years. It is also when the carpet’s real condition shows.
Rental carpet tends to arrive in rough shape. In our experience the vacuum is the first thing to be neglected, and in the desert that matters: grit left in the pile cuts the fiber every time someone walks on it. A move-out cleaning has to deal with that dry soil before any water touches the carpet.
Moving in instead? Even when you are told the carpet has been cleaned, it may not have been cleaned well. One client with a cat allergy called us after her agent assured her the carpets had been done. We still pulled a startling amount of cat hair out of them.
Who this is for
- Tenants at the end of a lease
- Landlords and property managers between tenants
- Homeowners preparing a house for sale
- Buyers and renters before they move in
- Long-term tenants keeping older carpet presentable
Common problems
- Dark traffic lanes from tracked-in grease and dust
- Pet hair and dander worked deep into the pile
- Spills and spots left by the last occupant
- Pet urine and odor
For urine and odor, see pet urine and odor removal. For individual spots, see carpet stain removal.
Our Move-Out Cleaning Process
Pre-Vacuum
Dry soil comes out dry. A thorough pass with a quality upright vacuum removes grit and loose hair before the carpet is wet.
Pre-Treat
A pre-treatment loosens the bond that grease and soil have on the fiber, concentrating on traffic lanes and spots.
Counter-Rotating Brush
Our brush machine works the pre-treatment in and lifts embedded hair and dirt to the surface without untwisting the fiber the way circular scrubbers can.
Rinse & Dry
A hot soft-water rinse flushes everything out, then the carpet is groomed and dried with air movers.
What to expect from a move-out cleaning
Before we arrive
The emptier the home, the better the result. Our cleaning systems are truck-mounted, so we need a parking space close to the entrance you want us to use. If you are a tenant, check what your lease or property manager asks for and tell us when you book. The full list is on our preparation page.
Drying
Drying time depends on the carpet, the weather and the airflow. A vacant home with the air conditioning on and the fans running dries fastest. Our preparation page explains how to set the house up.
Honest limits
Cleaning removes soil. It does not reverse wear. Where grit has cut and frayed the fiber in a walkway, the carpet stays visibly worn however clean it is. Bleached spots, burns and lost color do not clean out either. Heavily neglected carpet may need a restorative cleaning and can still fall short of new.
We cannot promise what a landlord will decide about a deposit. What we can do is clean the carpet properly and tell you honestly what will and will not come out before we start.
From our job files
A new owner in Peoria inherited a badly soiled carpet from the previous homeowner and expected to replace it; restorative cleaning saved it: the Peoria job. See also the pre-move-in cleaning and a long-term rental with 20-year-old carpet.
