Furniture cleaning in Ķīpsala - wooden houses, new flats and offices

An island with two kinds of home

Ķīpsala has historic wooden houses, private houses and new apartment buildings side by side. The work is the same in both cases: the furniture is not taken away, it is cleaned on site. What differs is what we need to know before the work.

• In a wooden house: how the room is heated, whether it can be aired, what access by the stairs is like.
• In a new flat: the sofa fabric, a light shade, the label.
• In an office: the number of chairs, when the room is free.

The Daugava bank, low-lying ground and wind are part of everyday life on the island, but not every house is affected in the same way. So we do not say that everything in Ķīpsala is damp. We only ask you to tell us if the room has signs of damp or a smell of mould.

Wooden house: air, warmth and furniture

In an older wooden house the room may be cooler, and it can be hot near a stove or fireplace. After cleaning, do not put the furniture close to a heat source, because that dries leather out and makes it brittle, and direct heat also harms mattress latex.

If a room is not heated regularly in winter, choose a day when the house has warmed up and let the air move. We do not promise a drying time: it depends on humidity, ventilation, temperature, fabric and filling. The furniture stays in the room, so it does not have to be carried down the stairs.

Older furniture may have no care label. That is not a problem, but we need to be told beforehand. The specialist assesses from photos and on site what the fabric allows, because too much water can leave water rings or change the colour.

New developments and short lets

In the new flats a sofa may be light-coloured, velour or faux leather. Velour and faux leather have no separate price: the prices for fabric sofas apply. The faux leather coating may peel with time, and cleaning does not repair that.

If the flat is a short let, the furniture gets used differently from furniture at home. A fresh stain is an easier job than an old one, so a simple rule helps the guest or property manager: blot, do not rub, do not use hot water. For rental flats see furniture cleaning for rental flats, and for property managers furniture cleaning for property managers.

Offices, exhibitions and teaching rooms

Ķīpsala has offices, an exhibition complex and the RTU campus with its hall of residence. A business needs to answer three questions: how many chairs, when they are free and what the fabric is.

Useful pages are office chair cleaning, conference room chair cleaning and banquet chair cleaning. An office chair costs from €10, a dining chair from €7. For larger volumes we agree the price according to the number and the fabric.

The label on a chair or sofa

On an office chair or sofa the care label may be under the seat or on the underside of the furniture. W means water-based foam, S means waterless solvent, WS allows both, and X means no liquids may be used. Do not confuse these letters with the circled W on clothing labels.

If the chair is leather, direct water and heat can damage it. If there is no label, say so in the form. The codes are voluntary, so some furniture does not have them, and then the specialist assesses the item from photos and on site.

Getting there and parking

You can reach the island quickly over Vanšu tilts and Ķīpsalas iela, but the traffic there is heavy. The island is in zone D, so say in the form where a car can stop near the house or office. Check the local signs too, as they decide what applies in a given street. This matters most if the furniture is in a courtyard house or an office building.

Prices in Ķīpsala

Sofa cleaning in Ķīpsala starts from €35 for a two-seater; a three-seater is from €45, a corner sofa from €50. An armchair is from €20, a mattress from €30. The minimum order is €45: if the total is lower, you pay €45. Travel is included. The price depends on size, fabric, dirt, smell and distance, and we agree it before the work. See prices.

May stay: colour change near a window, water rings from earlier cleaning, wear and a smell from the filling. Mould marks are not a cleaning job, and the cause of the damp has to be dealt with separately.

Other places

We also clean furniture in Dzirciems, Āgenskalns, Klīversala and Centrs. You will find the rest on the Riga page and in the list of all places.