What’s needed for a perfect rug and carpet cleaning

House Cleaning Denver: Tips and Tricks

Perfect house cleaningAt the end of the tenancy, it may be a time for a little bit of end of tenancy cleaning. The tenants should keep everything clean, but often that’s a mirage. The flawless services of a cleaning company are therefore all that you’re looking for, because they have all the professional equipment and outfit to make your rugs like new. On the other hand, if you have your own lovely hand-made rugs and carpets in your house – you should take good care of them on a monthly basis or so. It’s not enough only to clean everything at the end of the season, but it’s not recommended to treat the carpets and the rugs quite frequently, especially the hand-made ones. Their colors and freshness requires special attention, while the big carpet that covers the entire floor of the room definitely requires more time to enhance it into the picture perfect carpet. In all cases – next are few ideas and items that one may need for the perfect cleaning of the coziest thing for the wintertime.

  1. A vacuum cleaning system is as important as the carpet itself. Whether it comes to big carpets for the winter or rugs with complex irregular shapes – vacuuming is the first most important thing to do for removal of dirt, sand, grit or other greater particles. Vacuuming is the most common method for domestic cleaning and the easiest one too. It would be better if you can move or rotate the carpet so it becomes evenly exposed and all the corners are easy accessible. Find out the most unpleasing spots visually. They are usually the spots around the legs of big furniture objects like the kitchen table, the sofa, the wardrobes, as well as the spots with the heaviest foot traffic. If needed – make sure to repeat the vacuuming process or shake the small rugs through the balcony if possible.
  1. House cleaning tips for DenverBegin with a deep cleaning method. There is a myriad of opts to deep clean your rugs and carpets, and the services of the professional cleaners can help you with this yet overwhelming task. A rental wet-cleaning system is a typical choice to begin with, but first make sure to know the exact condition of your carpets and rugs. There are colors, materials and mostly Oriental rugs, which are not recommended for cleaning with detergents and solutions. Other carpets and colors can be deep cleaned only with a special detergent, while steam-cleaning machines are definitely not recommended for long fibrous carpets.

 

  1. For small rugs – a machine or a hand wash is the perfect choice. Just read the label of the carpet to make sure that it’s suitable for washing. This can take place outdoors in the summertime or in a hot spring day, when the direct sunlight, the hot air and the big open space facilitate the natural evaporation of the water. For this, you may need a tub according to the size of the rugs, a drying rack or so, shampoo or your favorite cleaning detergents.
  1. How to  get stains our of a rugFor carpets with stains and dirt at only a few small spots – a stiff brush will do the perfect job. Treat the spot with a dis-solvent solution, then – leave a few minutes according the manual to dissolve completely the stains and the dirt, and rub in circles until it becomes a real mess. There is no need to struggle – wipe it off with a cloth or spatula, then treat again with a dry compound or directly vacuum the humid spot until it becomes even brighter than the rest of the carpet.

Article by Ella Andrews on behalf of this website

Happy New Year!

Post-Holiday Blues?

Happy New Year to all of you and here is to a wonderful 2015! We thank you for being part of the Denver Concierge family. Now that the holidays are over, many of you may be asking “what the heck happened to my home!?” Holiday parties and guests can take a toll on your home. Of course, a deep cleaning by Denver Concierge is the easiest way to relieve some of that, but for the things that we can’t fix, we found a pretty nifty resource for you. From red wine stains to wax on tablecloths, we found this very interesting.

Partner Special – Business Head Shot


Anyone out there besides us with outdated photos? If yours was taken with the camera on the left it’s time to update! We get so busy we forget just how long it has been. One of our partners, Misha Photography in Broomfield is holding a special event where you can get a brand new business head shot for only $30! The regular price is $125 so this is quite the deal! The deal is one day only on January 15th at the Misha Photography Studio, so RSVP soon! She’s the best in the business and you will also get a chance to network a bit if you so desire (oh and free martinis!). Mention Denver Concierge when you register and you will receive a bonus surprise gift!

Our Best and Brightest

We love to celebrate our successes and each year we name our best Team Leaders and Cleaning Associates. This year we are proud to announce Josefina Quinonez as our Cleaning Associate of the Year! Runner up was Aurora Dominguez. Our Team Leader of the Year is Natalia Olivas who ran away with the award. Runner up was Nancy Ramirez. We love to celebrate our best people and for 2014 these were the best of the best! Thanks to you our clients for letting them shine! Keep your comments and compliments coming as you are the basis for these awards!

Happy Holidays & Schedule Notes

Happy Holidays

Happy holidays to all of you…Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to the best clients any company could ask for!

Also, please be aware that we will be closed on December 25th and New Year’s Day. Those days both fall on Thursday this year, so more importantly we ARE working on Friday of both weeks. We will be contacting you to reschedule if you fall on one of our closed days, but if you are scheduled for Friday either week, we will be coming as usual. We hope you have all had an amazing year and we look forward to an even better 2015 with all of you!

Energy Tips & Saving Money

Energy Tips & Saving Money
We ran across this great piece on saving energy in our homes. We are always looking for tips we can pass along and we found this piece by Popular Mechanics to be very useful. If you are like us, we are always looking for ways to be more efficient and maybe save a buck in the process! We hope you feel the same, the details are here.

Weather Reminder

So far we have been really lucky this winter in regard to snowfall. Just a reminder that we will do everything in our power to stay open and get to your homes when the white stuff hits. Please understand that it gets pretty chaotic when we get ‘dumped on’ but we will do our best to let you know what is going on. Generally speaking if schools are closing we are as well, but if you want real time updates, you can follow us on Twitter at @bestmaidsdenver.

Tipping

We get lots of questions about whether or not our ladies accept tips around the holidays. We like to think we take great care of our people, but like anyone in the service industry they always appreciate tips. The easiest way to make sure that everything is handled fairly is to work with Angela in our office directly. She can work with you on any details and make things easy for you. Of course, if you want to provide to the girls directly, we would recommend giving that to the Team Leader in your home. From our ladies to you, THANK YOU for your kindness, hospitality and generosity. We see this all year long…not just at the holidays and it is appreciated more than words can express!

New Year’s Resolutions & Productivity

We love finding stuff that makes us more productive. Like you, we have been known to make resolutions as well. In 2015, our resolution is to be more productive and we found these tips at Revolution Australia here that might help. Here’s to sticking with all of our resolutions in 2015!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

We would like to wish you and yours a wonderful Thanksgiving this month. In this time of gratitude we would like to say thanks to you for trusting Denver Concierge in your home. We are grateful for each and every one of you and from our 70 employees…THANK YOU for being a part of the Denver Concierge ‘family’.

Also, please be aware that we will be closed on Thursday and Friday of Thanksgiving week so our employees can spend time with their families and recharge. We will be reaching out to those of you that have cleans scheduled for those days so we can get you rescheduled.
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We Have a New Look!

We have updated our website! We think it better reflects the type of company we are and the incredible clients we serve. We will always maintain our “old school” approach to cleaning and in that regard we are rather “retro”. That said, we wanted to update our look, so we encourage you to take a peek! As always we can be found at www.denverconcierge.com. You will see links to our Facebook page (feel free to like us!) Twitter, and all of the other modern accoutrements, including live chat and easy to use buttons for a quick review (always appreciated!) If you have any feedback please let us know!

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