Furniture cleaning in Āgenskalns - for wooden houses and Āgenskalna priedes

Two very different Āgenskalns homes

The smaller streets of Āgenskalns are dominated by low-rise apartment buildings with fairly large green gardens. In the northern part, Riga's first housing estate, Āgenskalna priedes, was built in the 1950s and 1960s. The neighbourhood also has pre-war masonry buildings, public institutions and a market. This is not just architecture: the house decides how much space there is around the sofa, how dry the air in the room is, and how long the furniture will need airing.

In a wooden house, upholstered furniture may stand by an outer wall or by a stove, if the flat still has one. In the Priedes, the small room is often the bedroom too, so the sofa bed is in use every day. In both cases the floor and the lift do not matter, because the furniture stays where it is.

A high room, a cool stairwell and drying

Fabric and foam stay damp for some time after cleaning. How long depends on air humidity, ventilation, room temperature, fabric and filling, so we do not promise a number of hours. The Health Inspectorate (Veselības inspekcija) considers 40–60% relative air humidity comfortable, and in a wooden house in autumn it may be higher.

What you can do: after the work, open a window if the weather allows, and keep the door to the next room open so that the air moves. If you heat the room with a stove, do not push the furniture up against it. Direct heat dries out and deforms leather, and it does not suit a latex mattress either.

Older furniture: start with the label

The care label is often hidden under the seat cushions or by the base of the furniture. It may carry a letter code, which sets what the fabric may be cleaned with at all:

• W: water-based cleaning, sparingly, without soaking the fabric;
• S: only a water-free method in a well-ventilated room;
• WS: both methods are suitable;
• X: no liquid at all, only vacuuming and light brushing; any other cleaning has to be assessed separately.

An older armchair or a sofa inherited in a pre-war flat may have no label at all, because these codes are voluntary. In that case, take a close-up photo of the fabric and one of the whole piece, and the specialist will tell you what you can expect. Not every old fabric is worth wetting: the colour may run, and the fabric may shrink.

What you can order in Āgenskalns

• Sofa cleaning in Āgenskalns: fabric, velour, faux leather and leather sofas, including a sofa bed for a small flat.
• Mattress cleaning at home: especially if the mattress is heavy and there is nowhere to take it.
• Armchair cleaning: older chairs that have stood in the same place for years.
• Rental flat furniture cleaning: for a landlord between tenants.
• Café chair cleaning: the neighbourhood also has food and creative businesses, and for larger volumes we agree the price separately.

Price and travel in Āgenskalns

Prices are the same as across Riga: two-seater sofa from €35, corner sofa from €50, sofa bed from €40, armchair from €20. The minimum order is €45, and travel in Āgenskalns is included. If you only want a two-seater sofa cleaned, the cheapest way to reach the minimum is to add a pouffe from €10 or a few cushions from €2.

The final price depends on size, fabric, dirt, smell and distance, and we agree it before the work. Full list: prices.

What may stay

We do not promise that everything will disappear. An old grease stain on the backrest, a water ring in the fabric and old urine in the filling may stay or only get paler. Pressure marks on velour are a property of the fabric, not a stain. If furniture has stood for a long time in a damp corner and the smell comes from the foam, cleaning may not change that, and the cause of the damp has to be dealt with first.

We also work nearby: in Torņakalns, Zasulauks, Dzirciems and Klīversala. You will find the other neighbourhoods under where we work.

What to write on the form if you are in a wooden house or the Priedes

• the house: wooden house, masonry building or estate flat;
• what needs cleaning and how many pieces;
• whether the room has a stove or a damp corner;
• where a car can stop in the small street or the yard;
• what has happened to the furniture: a stain, a smell or simply years of wear.

On the Rīgas Satiksme map, Āgenskalns has no paid parking zones, but road signs may say otherwise in some places, so a short note on the form is useful. No more information is needed.