In houses with several rooms and a children’s room, synthetic rugs can be cleaned on site, while wool and delicate rugs are taken to the workshop with pick-up. In Vecdaugava travel is not an extra charge, but pick-up and return both ways costs €10. Attach photos of the top and the underside to the request, and a specialist gives the price.
Cottage-style houses and several rooms
Vecdaugava is a northern waterfront neighbourhood between Vecāķi, Mangaļsala and Vecmīlgrāvis. In the 1950s and 1960s it was built up with cottage-style residential houses, and today it has detached houses, low-rise residential buildings and gardens. If a house has several rooms, one building can have a living room rug, bedroom rugs, a hallway runner and a children’s room rug.
Each rug can have a different fibre, so one request ends up with both options. Synthetic rugs and fitted carpet are cleaned on site in the house. Wool, silk, viscose and hand-made rugs are cleaned in the workshop with pick-up, because delicate fibres need controlled wet cleaning and full drying, and a living room floor cannot provide that.
Vecāķu prospekts and what to write in the request
The main access road to Vecdaugava is Vecāķu prospekts and local roads. So in the request write the address and say how to get from the avenue to the house and where a car can stop. If there is a narrower spot or a barrier on the way to the house, write that as well.
Add the size of each rug in m² (length × width, without the fringe), photos of both sides and notes about stains, smell or pets. If the order also has curtains, write their length and width, because the price is based on the fabric area. Before cleaning, take chairs, small tables and flowerpots off the rug at home.
A children’s room rug: first aid for stains
In a children’s room the rug is the floor where children play, eat and draw. If a liquid has spilled on the rug, first blot it with a clean absorbent material and do not rub, because rubbing presses the stain deeper. For a blood stain use cold water, because heat sets it. Chewing gum can be hardened with ice in a plastic bag and scraped off, and wax can be carefully scraped off with a blunt knife, while ironing through paper can press the wax deeper.
With plasticine, felt-tip pen or paint, what matters is how long the stain has been there and what the fibre is. Children’s rug cleaning is calculated like an ordinary rug: synthetics at home from €6/m². Example: a 2 × 1.5 m rug is 3 m² × €6 = €18, so the minimum applies, €45.
A jute or sisal rug in a modern interior
If the house has a jute or sisal rug, it has to be handled differently from synthetics. Jute and sisal can turn brown from water, and makers advise cleaning them dry. So such rugs should not be washed with water at home, and for any stain blot the liquid up at once and do not add water.
For cleaning jute and sisal rugs the price is set from a photo. The price is formed by the rug size in m², the fibre and the backing, the stains and water marks, and pick-up or work on site. Send photos of both sides.
A hallway and stair rug in a private house
If a cottage-style house has a second floor, the stairs may have fitted carpet. Makers such as Shaw advise cleaning fitted carpet periodically with hot water extraction, usually every 12–18 months depending on traffic. Stair and hallway carpet cleaning costs from €4/m²: 10 m² × €4 = €40, so the charge is €45.
If the stair carpet is wider or longer, write the sizes in the request and attach photos from above and from below.
A cat or a dog and a rug in a house with a garden
If the house has a cat or a dog that goes outside and comes back, hair, sand and soil get into the rug. Hair and sand are best vacuumed up before cleaning, and mention urine or smell spots in the request. Veterinary sources name enzymatic cleaning products as a general approach to animal urine and note that repeated marking can be a health or behaviour issue; ask a vet.
If urine has reached the rug backing, the underlay or the floor, cleaning the rug may not end the smell. Rug urine treatment is an extra treatment from €3/m². Example: a 2 × 3 m synthetic rug with urine treatment is 6 m² × €6 = €36 plus 6 m² × €3 = €18, in total from €54. The smell can be reduced, but we cannot promise it will disappear.
Prices in Vecdaugava
Travel to Vecdaugava is included in the price. If the order total is lower than €45, the charge is €45: this is the cleaning minimum, and the pick-up charge is added to it. Pick-up and return costs €10 (both ways together).
A long-pile or thick rug costs from €10/m², a wool or cotton rug with pick-up from €10/m², and a silk and viscose rug from €15/m² with the final price set from a photo. Example: a 2 × 3 m wool rug with pick-up is 6 m² × €10 = from €60, plus €10, in total from €70. May stay: plasticine, paint or bleach marks. All prices are on the prices page.
Sources
- Veterinary sources name enzymatic products for animal urine checked 7 November 2026
- Repeated marking can be a health or behaviour issue checked 7 November 2026
- In the 20th century, in the 1950s and 1960s, the neighbourhood was built up with cottage-style residential houses checked 7 November 2026
- Blot stains, do not rub; wax checked 7 November 2026
- Blood: cold water, hot water sets it checked 7 November 2026
- Chewing gum: harden with ice and scrape off checked 10 November 2026
- Candle wax: scrape off; ironing can press it deeper checked 10 November 2026
- Jute and sisal can turn brown from water, makers advise cleaning them dry checked 10 November 2026
- Makers advise periodic hot water extraction for fitted carpets checked 10 November 2026