We clean at your home in Riga and the Riga region, a two-seater from €35, a three-seater from €45, a corner sofa from €50, smell treatment from €15 extra. The top layer can usually be put right, but smell from the upholstery may stay. If you have not bought it yet, first read what to check.
What to check before you bring a sofa home
It is much cheaper not to buy the wrong sofa than to clean it. Listing photos do not show smell, so view it in person or ask the seller to answer a few questions. An evasive answer is an answer too.
- Is the sofa in a flat, or has it stood in a cellar, garage or shed?
- Does anyone smoke or keep pets in that home?
- What is on the label, and has it survived at all?
- Can the cushions be removed so you can look at the seams and gaps?
- Is there a smell when you lean down to the seat and when you lift a cushion?
- When was the sofa last cleaned, and with what?
If the sofa has stood in a damp place and smells of mould, think again about buying it: mould can be hard or impossible to remove fully from porous materials, and cleaning does not solve that.
Three things cleaning does not solve
The first is mould in the upholstery. The US Environmental Protection Agency writes that porous materials that have gone mouldy may have to be thrown away. More detail: mould in a sofa.
The second is pests. If you suspect bedbugs or fleas in the sofa, that is a pest control job, not cleaning. The website of the Health Inspectorate (Veselības inspekcija) points to a register of disinfection, insect control and rodent control services. Before that, make sure they really are bedbugs.
The third is the smell of smoking. In studies, smoke residue stayed in cotton and polyester even after 19 months, while carpet cleaning, repainting and wiping surfaces in rooms gave only short-lived results. The smell can usually be reduced, but nobody can promise it will go: cigarette smoke smell in a sofa.
What to do once the sofa is at home
- Inspection Take off the cushions, empty the box and look in the gaps. What you find will tell you more about the sofa than the listing did, especially whether people ate on it and what has lived in it.
- Airing Before ordering, leave the sofa in a ventilated room, unless it is damp. This helps show what is just the smell of the room.
- Photos Send photos of the whole sofa, the worst spot and the label, and write what is known about it.
- Price A specialist gets in touch and tells you what to expect and what it costs. We agree the price before the work.
What usually comes out and what may stay
Usually comes out
- strangers' everyday dirt and greyness;
- crumbs, dust and hair in the gaps;
- many stains on the surface.
May stay
- an old stain of unknown origin;
- smells of smoking and animals from the upholstery;
- mould or a mouldy smell;
- sagging foam and wear.
With a used sofa the origin of the dirt is often unknown, so it is harder to promise anything before the work. The first cleaning often shows what is a stain and what is wear.
How much used sofa cleaning costs
The price depends on size, fabric, how dirty it is, smell and distance, not on whether the sofa is used. A two-seater from €35, a three-seater from €45, a corner sofa from €50, a large corner sofa from €60, smell treatment from €15 extra. The minimum order is €45: if the total is lower, you pay €45. Travel is included in Riga and up to about 15 km outside Riga; further out it is from €10. If the sofa cost little, compare: sometimes cleaning costs more than the sofa did. All prices.
Sources
- Porous materials that have gone mouldy may have to be thrown away checked 7 November 2026
- Smoke residue in cotton and polyester after 19 months checked 7 November 2026
- Ordinary cleaning gave short-lived results checked 7 November 2026
- Bedbugs: pest control specialist, one treatment is very rarely enough checked 7 November 2026
- Register of service providers checked 7 November 2026