Spending a Small Fortune on Carpet Cleaning

You know the drill.  Get all your junk off the floor, vacuum up the dust balls, the stray Skittles and M&M’s along with the stuff-stuffed-into-boxes-so-you-can-deal-with-it-later frenzy so that you are ready when the carpet cleaner arrives.

Over the years I have cleaned my carpet in various ways.  I have cleaned it myself with a rented machine and used various carpet cleaner outlets.  Recently, I have used Linton’s Carpet Cleaners.  Linton and his wife Neela take pride in their work.  They charge a pretty penny for it, but you know what you are going to get.  Super clean carpets.

Linton will tell you that he will not haggle with the price.  He is very up-front about that.  Still, you try to weasel an area rug here and carpet mat there into the overall price.  Today, I think he was trying to make me happy.

The best part of getting carpets cleaned is the time right after, when, if you are fortunate to have a hot, dry day so that the carpets dry faster, you can spend a little time amidst your boxed clutter to admire how good each room looks unfilled and contemplate what stuff you might be able to get rid of.  You can’t move about your house freely, so you either lock up and go out or you sit with the drying carpets thinking about what else you would like to clean or update.  Really what you think about, is what items can be given away so that the next time the carpets are cleaned, the stuff won’t have to be moved.