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| - So My wife and I are expecting several waves of company over the next 6 weeks and we have finally gotten around to doing our spring cleaning...in December. I work from home and generally I have time to be more of a House-Husband than a work-from-home-Husband, which means the general housework and upkeep is my department. But this happens to be my busy time of year work-wise as I am in full prep mode for contracts I have coming up in January.
Now, I am the first one to admit that my housework skills are mediocre. I tidy up well and do dishes but I'm not exactly an "into-the-nooks-and-crannies" cleaner my wife thought she was marrying. Needless to say, I vacuum our carpets, but I have couple that had NEVER been actually cleaned properly. They once had color, but now just looked, well, dingy. We have a scarf-and-barf kitty that tends to puke on our carpets regularly and eventually a few spritzes of Windex doesn't have the same cleaning effect as a professional.
It 's last minute. Mom arrives for the holiday in two days. Pro house keepers are in tomorrow am! But wait...2 of our 3 area rugs (we have wall to wall hardwood) are gross, and one has faint camouflage patterns of cat-puke of ol'! They'll vacuum, but still look bad! I need YELP!!!
I look up carpet cleaning and like any good Yelper find the biz with the most stars average with LOTS of reviews. (2-5 star reviews scream OWNER WRITTEN!)
I Clean Carpets spoke to me: To the point name; lots of reviews, 5-star average; owner-operated; pictures; owner responds to ALL Yelp reviews good or bad (Very few under 5 stars for this guy)
I phone. Rob the owner answers. He's busy. He's working while technically on holidays. Could he come ASAP like tomorrow? Yes, see you tomorrow.
He gave me a reasonable quote and assured me there wouldn't be any hidden charges or up-sells: a COMMON practice in the carpet cleaning biz. If $15 a room sounds too good to be true...it's because it is.
Rob arrived early as he has a cancellation. He moved our rugs outside into my garage and driveway as he didn't want to steam on top of hardwood. He put down plastic sheeting first and put the rugs on top. He then WENT TO TOWN on my filthy rugs! Slowly colors emerged, colors I remembered loving when I purchased the rugs in 2005! Barf-Camo faded into the delightful patterns intended by the manufacturer! In less than an hour all three (2 8x12's and 1 5x8) rugs were pristine. Pre-treat and deodorizer included, Rob even left me 2 free spray bottles of cleaning products: a low alkaline all-purpose cleaner and an enzyme pet stains cleaner as a bonus!
Will we call Rob again? Of course. Do I recommend his work? Highly. Will I ever rent a gross expensive and useless carpet machine at Safeway? um..no.
I Clean Carpets is a name that stands alone: Rob Cleans Carpets! Thanks Rob!
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