Moving out
Carpet Cleaning at the End of a Tenancy
BC has a written rule on this, and most tenants have never read it. The Residential Tenancy Branch's Policy Guideline 1 says a tenant is generally expected to steam clean or shampoo the carpets when:
- The tenancy lasted a year or longer.
- Someone in the unit kept uncaged pets or smoked there, however short the tenancy was.
- The tenant stained the carpet, on purpose or through carelessness.
Check your tenancy agreement as well, since it can spell out more.
Two things go wrong more often than they should. People book the clean for the morning of the move, then hand over the keys on carpet that’s still damp, which makes the walk-through harder for everyone. If you can, book the day before. And keep the receipt. It’s the simplest proof that the carpets were professionally cleaned.
Years of pet damage in an old rental carpet sometimes won’t come out. If the stain has soaked through to the backing, we’ll tell you before you pay for a clean that won’t satisfy anyone.
Transparent pricing
What Carpet Cleaning Costs in New Westminster
Rental suite or family house, the rate card doesn't change. The total is agreed at your door before we start.
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Service
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Price
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3 rooms and a hallway |
$129 |
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Each additional room |
$39 |
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Stairs |
$39 |
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Pet urine treatment |
Priced separately |
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Area rugs |
$10 per 10 sq ft |
Working in New West
Five Kinds of Home, Five Different Visits
New Westminster is small, and its housing changes block by block. Where you live tells us most of what we need to plan.
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Where
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What we usually find
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What to tell us when you book
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Queen's Park, West End |
Original hardwood with wool or older rugs on top, not much wall-to-wall |
The age and fibre of the rugs, if you know them |
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Brow of the Hill, Uptown |
Carpeted rental suites in walk-up buildings |
Your floor, and where we can park on the slope |
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Downtown, the Quay, Victoria Hill |
Carpet in the bedrooms of tower units |
Building name and the elevator booking rules |
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Glenbrooke North, Connaught Heights, Moody Park |
Detached family houses with carpet on more than one floor |
How many rooms and flights of stairs |
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Queensborough |
Newer townhouses on Lulu Island, often with carpeted stairs |
That you're in Queensborough, so we plan the bridge crossing |
One thing holds across all five. From October to April the air here stays damp, and ground-floor and riverfront units dry slowest. Most carpet is dry in 4 to 8 hours; in winter, expect the longer end and keep a fan or the ventilation running.
For regular upkeep rather than the end of a tenancy, see our home carpet cleaning page.
Our services in New West
Other Work We Do in New Westminster
Most New West calls start with carpet, and plenty turn into a combined visit. In the heritage houses that usually means area rug cleaning in New Westminster for the rugs over the hardwood, and sometimes fireplace cleaning in New Westminster where a gas insert went into the original opening. Condo owners tend to add upholstery cleaning in New Westminster, or dryer vent cleaning in New Westminster when a long vent run inside the walls has slowed the dryer down.
Detached houses that lean on a forced-air system all winter are where furnace cleaning in New Westminster and air duct cleaning in New Westminster come in, and the two cost less booked together. Shops and offices along Columbia Street can book commercial carpet cleaning around their opening hours.
Where we work
Neighbourhoods We Cover in New Westminster
Both sides of the Fraser, mainland and Queensborough: Queen's Park, Brow of the Hill, Glenbrooke North, Moody Park, the West End, Connaught Heights, Massey Victory Heights, McBride Sapperton, Downtown and Quayside, Uptown, Victoria Hill, Fraserview and Queensborough.
Nearby cities
Book Carpet Cleaning in New Westminster
Tell us your neighbourhood, the type of home, and your move-out date if there is one.
