Upholstered furniture cleaning in Dārziņi - for private houses and garden buildings

From allotments to a year-round home

Dārziņi changed greatly in the 1960s, when companies gave their employees allotment land. So one street may have both a private house lived in all year and a small seasonal building. For furniture cleaning this difference matters more than the address: a sofa in a heated house lives in different conditions from one in a garden house that nobody heats in winter.

The age or condition of a building cannot be read from the name of the neighbourhood, so describe your own case in the form. Three things will help: whether the house is heated all year, where the furniture stands and how long it has gone unused. From the photo and this information, the specialist will tell you what to expect.

Several pieces of furniture in one request

The minimum order is €45. In a private house this is usually no obstacle: a three-seater sofa already starts from €45, and a two-seater from €35 together with two dining chairs from €7 goes over it. So it pays to walk round the house first and note down everything that needs cleaning, rather than sending requests one piece at a time.

• in the living room: sofa cleaning in Dārziņi, armchairs and pouffes
• in the bedroom: mattress cleaning in Dārziņi and an upholstered headboard
• in the kitchen: dining chairs with upholstered seats
• in the yard: terrace cushions and car seats

Read more about work in homes like these on the page furniture cleaning in a private house.

A garden house after winter: what the smell means

If upholstered furniture has stood all winter in a closed building, the first signal in spring is often a smell, not a stain.

The Health Inspectorate (Veselības inspekcija) considers 40–60% relative humidity comfortable, and above 80% the risk of mould in a room is high. If the fabric has merely soaked up the smell of the room, cleaning and thorough airing often reduce it. If mould has appeared in the filling, cleaning is not the solution: in porous material it may be hard or impossible to remove completely, and you often have to decide whether to replace the furniture.

So before you send a request, look underneath and where the cushions sit. Black or greenish marks should be photographed separately. It is better to learn the truth before the work than after it.

Where the work happens and how to dry furniture in a private house

Cleaning is done right there, so the furniture need not be carried out. If the sofa stands in a room that is not heated in winter, choose a time when the house has warmed up and can be aired. Drying depends on air humidity, airing, room temperature, the fabric and the filling, so we do not promise a set number of hours.

If the windows can be opened, open them, and let the air move in the room. A terrace cushion left outside dries only as well as the weather allows, so in a rainy week it is better to choose a room indoors.

Dog, cat and the sofa by the garden door

In a house with a garden, a pet brings in sand and damp, and hair collects exactly where it sleeps. Hair and surface dirt can usually be removed well. Urine is another matter: if liquid has passed through the fabric to the foam, the smell may stay even after cleaning, and the smell area may be up to three times larger than the visible stain.

Say in the form whether there is one stain or the pet keeps coming back to the same spot. If a cat does this repeatedly, it is advisable to consult a vet before cleaning, because the reason may not lie in the sofa. As for fleas: that is a job for pest control, not cleaning. Read more on sofa cleaning after a cat or dog.

If furniture has got soaked

If water has reached a sofa or mattress, write in the form what kind of water it was and how long ago. After soaking, a mattress is usually a case for replacement, because it is almost impossible to dry it before mould starts to grow. For upholstered furniture, the assessment depends on the filling. More: furniture cleaning after a flood.

Prices in Dārziņi

The published prices apply in Dārziņi: a sofa from €35, a mattress from €30, a car seat from €12. The minimum order is €45, and travel is included. The price is affected by size, fabric, dirt, smell and distance, and we agree it before the work.

In all honesty, we should also say what may stay: old stains, traces of mould and pet urine that has reached the filling may still be visible or noticeable after cleaning. Read the full list on the page what can be cleaned and what may stay and see prices.

Nearest neighbourhoods

We also work in Ķengarags, Rumbula, Šķirotava and Krasta rajons. The other neighbourhoods are on the Riga page and in the list of all places.