Sofa and mattress cleaning in Avoti

A rental flat between tenants

Pre-war tenement houses and courtyard wings mean that a sofa and mattress often stay in a flat after the previous tenants. An owner here has one practical question: what to do about the stains the last tenant left, before the next one views the flat. A photo of each stain makes it possible to judge in advance whether it is worth cleaning or better to replace the furniture.

This work has its own page: rental flat furniture cleaning. If you keep the keys, write that in the form. After cleaning, the flat needs airing, so plan a gap before anyone moves in.

Courtyard wing, floor and car

Avoti has paid parking zones B and C, so please say in the form where a car can be left near the house. If the way into the courtyard is through a gate with a code, write that too.

On and near Čaka iela, multi-storey masonry tenement houses dominate, and further away the share of low-rise and wooden houses grows. If the windows face an enclosed courtyard, the air moves less, and moisture airs out more slowly. Leave the window and the room door open, and do not make the bed straight away.

A mattress that does not have to be carried down

Mattresses are heavy, and on the third floor with no lift it is simpler not to take them anywhere. Mattress cleaning at home means work at the bed. One side of a double mattress costs from €45, the second side +50%.

Mattresses do not tolerate excess liquid. Foam keeps moisture inside for a long time, and in a spring mattress it may mean rust. That is why a mattress must not be soaked, and why an old stain may stay even after cleaning. If you have found bedbugs, that is a job for pest control, not ours.

If the flat is your own, not rented out

In a smaller flat, a sofa or sofa bed is often also a bed. It then collects the same as a mattress: sweat and skin particles, not just dust. Dust mites live in rooms where people sleep too: the Health Inspectorate (Veselības inspekcija) says they multiply in mattresses, bedding and upholstered furniture when relative humidity is 50–70%.

One clean will not solve this. Mites come back as long as there is damp in the home, so everyday habits help: wash bedding at 60 °C and air the bedroom for at least 15 minutes in the morning. Cleaning freshens the fabric, but it does not treat allergies.

If a sofa bed is used every night, it is worth cleaning the pull-out part as well. Mention this in the form, because it does not show in a photo.

Prices, minimum and travel

Two-seater sofa from €35, sofa bed from €40, corner sofa from €50, single mattress from €30. The minimum order is €45, and travel in Avoti is included. In a small flat it is good value to combine a two-seater sofa with cushions, or a mattress with chairs.

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

What to write in the form if you live in Avoti

• the address, or at least the nearest street, because Avotu iela and Čaka iela are long;
• which wing and floor, and whether the entrance is from the courtyard;
• whether the gate has a code;
• what needs cleaning and what has happened to the furniture;
• whether the flat is empty or someone lives in it.

If the keys are with someone else, mention that straight away. Small details like these save a conversation later. If you do not know the name of the fabric, there is no need to look it up: a close-up photo is enough, and the specialist will tell you what it is.

What may stay after tenants

Cigarette smoke smell in fabric may lessen, but we do not promise to remove it: smoke residue stays in the fibres and filling and may return. Animal urine that has soaked into the foam may remain even after cleaning. If a flat has been damp for a long time and the furniture has mould, it usually has to be replaced, and the cause of the damp has to be dealt with first.

We also work nearby in Centrs, Grīziņkalns, Maskavas forštate and Dārzciems. Other places: where we work.

A shop or café on a courtyard ground floor

The ground floors of Avoti's buildings have local commercial premises. There, chairs and upholstered benches get dirty at a different pace from those in a flat. If you have premises like this, see café chair cleaning. A dining chair costs from €7, an office chair from €10, and for larger volumes we agree the price separately. The work has to be planned for a time when there are no customers on the premises, because the furniture then needs to air. On parking, the note above applies; just mention the entrance from the street as well.