Mission - Find a reputable carpet cleaning company that would arrive on time, do quality work, use "green" products and not charge me an arm and a leg.
Mission Accomplished - Northside Carpet Cleaning filled the bill and then some! Matt & Al arrived exactly on time - 9:00 a.m. sharp. We walked through the house, checked out what needed to be cleaned, five rooms berber carpeting and a white (yes WHITE) love seat!
Although both these guys are young they know what they are doing, especially Al. Based on their experience and the label on my love seat they recommended dry cleaning instead of steam. Now, got to say my love seat really wasn't all that dirty except around the bottom, but I couldn't believe how great it looked when they were finished! Very happy with the results!
The steam method worked great on my five rooms of carpeting they cleaned. The whole process from start to finish for all 5 rooms and the loveseat was just around 2 1/2 hours.
The carpet was entirely dry the next morning and my house still had a pleasant "citrus" smell because of the green products they used.
I'm sure I could have gone with one of those big nationally-known companies, but I like using local firms whenever possible and I'm glad I did! I liked them so much that I plan on having them back to clean my tile floors.