Carpet Cleaning Business

Just prior to moving out of our student housing we had no choice but to employ the services of a carpet cleaning business to wash and clean our manky old rugs and floor coverings. It was either that or forfeit our moving in deposit! It has to be said that I was a little worried, as you hear so many disaster stories about carpet machines shrinking the fabric or the steam floor cleaners soaking the pile to such an extent that mildew sets in before it has time to dry.

Actually, all of our floors where so soiled, and so grubby, that it would have been an embarrassment to invite the neighbourhood tramp into the house. Get the picture? We were disgusting, but we used to laugh it off as normal for a couple of lads shaking up and living away from home for the first time in their lives.



Anyway, the carpet cleaning business charged a pretty penny, although not as much as I might have expected. It was only a couple hundred dollars, and when they were done, the carpet was even cleaner than when we moved in.

hat doesn't say that much. It seemed like a carpet cleaning business hadn't come to clean the room in yonks, and the accumulated detritus of years of poor maintenance had discolored the carpets to a mottled gray color. We didn't care – we filled the place with beer bottles and smelly gym socks anyway. But still, on parent visiting day, it was always kind of uncomfortable. Even with days of preparation, we couldn't get the place in shape even after trying some dry carpet washing agents on the floor ourselves.

Before we called the carpet cleaning business, we had just had our farewell party and were packing out to leave for the year. It was quite the bash, one for the record books as my coach used to say. We even had a band play, and guests from all over the hall – and all in our dorm room. We were up quite late drinking, and by the end of the night, we knew that a carpet cleaning business was badly needed from the mottled and dirty appearance of the rug. Okay, so we’re not talking Dalton carpet here but still!

There was beer spilt on the floor, a particular virulent spot where someone had vomited, and one place that smelled strangely of body odor. It was really quite nauseating to even be in that room after the party, and the move out date was only two days away. Well, needless to say, we panicked, and despite a failed attempt at home carpet cleaning ourselves, we became afraid that if we didn't call the carpet cleaning business in time, there would never be any way where we could get the room ‘uncontaminated’ and our security deposits returned.

I had seen some grungy looking dorm rooms before that point, but this place was rock bottom. There were even cigarette ashes rubbed into the corners, not to mention the vivid blue stain spewed across the center of the room! Our carpet was so splattered with unrecognizable stains and marks, it could have served as a clown’s outfit, but a very sad clown he would have been, having to wear such filthy, unhygienic stinky set of clothing. If nothing else, I will definitely practice more carpet care in my future dwellings.