Older wool and hand-knotted rugs go to a workshop with pick-up, while fitted carpets and large synthetic rugs are cleaned at home. Travel in Avoti is included, and pick-up and return is €10. Add photos of both sides of the rug so that a specialist can give the price.
Apartment buildings and courtyard blocks: which rugs and curtains you may find here
Avoti is a dense neighbourhood near the centre with a distinct historic street network. On and near Čaka iela, multi-storey brick apartment buildings dominate, while further from it the share of low-rise and wooden houses grows. The housing mix of the neighbourhood also includes courtyard blocks and renovated brick buildings with local commercial premises on the ground floors.
A flat in an older apartment building may have high ceilings, long curtains and a rug left by earlier residents. In a renovated brick building the home may be modern, with a new fitted carpet and a viscose or synthetic rug. In the first case think of wool and pick-up, in the second of work on site.
If it is not clear where to clean the rug, in the “Where to clean?” field choose “Not sure, please advise”. From the photos, a specialist will advise where to clean the rug.
A rental flat and the rug between tenants
If you let a flat, a rug or a fitted carpet may need cleaning between tenants. If the flat has to be ready by a certain date, write it in the request. Add close-ups of the stains and say whether the smell comes from smoke, animals or a closed-up flat.
If the rug was left by the previous tenant, you do not know its fibre and you cannot find a care label, a photo of the underside helps to identify the material. In more detail: rug cleaning in a rental flat.
A wool and hand-knotted rug in an old flat
In an old flat a wool rug can be older than the current furniture. Hot water together with rubbing usually makes wool felt, and the rug can shrink; this usually cannot be reversed. Conservators also warn that heat strips wool of its natural oils over time and weakens the threads, while high humidity can make the dyes bleed.
In hand-knotted and Persian rugs the natural dyes can bleed, so colourfastness must be tested in an inconspicuous place before the rug is wetted. Such rugs are cleaned with pick-up: from €10/m² for wool, from €15/m² for hand-knotted and Persian rugs, with the final price given from a photo. A calculation: a 2 × 3 m wool rug is 6 m², so from €60, and with pick-up from €70 in total.
Read wool rug cleaning and Persian rug cleaning.
Tall windows and heavy curtains
If the windows in a pre-war apartment building are tall, the curtains are long and heavy, and they are priced by the area of the fabric. For sheer and day curtains the price is from €2.30/m², and for heavy, night and double curtains from €3.70/m². If two heavy curtains come to 7.8 m² of fabric together, the sum is €28.86, and then the €45 minimum applies.
For lined curtains, write both fabrics, because the fabric and the lining can be of different fibres. In velvet curtains, water and pressure can flatten the pile. For blackout curtains, makers warn that heat and aggressive washing can damage the coating. See curtain dry cleaning.
The price of curtain take-down and rehanging depends on the situation. It is set by the length and height of the curtain rail, the number and weight of the curtains, the type of fixing and whether steps are needed.
Stairwell and the property manager
If an apartment building has a fitted carpet in the stairwell or the hallways, the request can be submitted by the property manager or the co-owners. For businesses and property managers the price depends on the area and the volume, and the unit prices are the same “from” prices. Write the area in the request and when the premises are free.
Read more on the page carpet cleaning for property managers.
Access in Avoti and parking
Aleksandra Čaka iela, Avotu iela and the public transport of the centre make access very good. In courtyards access can be restricted, so write how to reach the entrance. Avoti is in Riga’s paid parking zones B and C, so in the request write where a car can stop near the building.
Also add the floor, whether there is a lift and the size of the rug in metres without the fringe. If the rug is large, this helps to decide whether to clean it at home or with pick-up.
Rugs and curtains can be requested together. For a round rug write the diameter, for an oval one the length and width; the price is calculated by the rectangle the rug fits in.
Prices in Avoti
| Job | Price |
|---|---|
| Short-pile synthetic rug, at home | from €6/m² |
| Wool or cotton rug with pick-up | from €10/m² |
| Silk, viscose and hand-knotted rug with pick-up | from €15/m², price from a photo |
The minimum order is €45: if the total is lower, you pay €45. Travel in Avoti is not charged separately, while pick-up and return is €10 (both ways together). A flattened pile in a viscose rug may stay.
A renovated flat may have a viscose or “bamboo silk” rug. Wet viscose becomes much weaker and can change shape, and the pile can turn brown or flatten. For such a rug the price is given from a photo: viscose rug cleaning.
Nearby neighbourhoods
Next door are carpet cleaning in Centrs, carpet cleaning in Grīziņkalns, carpet cleaning in Maskavas forštate and carpet cleaning in Dārzciems. The whole city: carpet cleaning in Riga.
Sources
- On and near Čaka iela multi-storey brick apartment buildings dominate; further away the share of low-rise and wooden houses grows checked 7 November 2026
- Riga’s paid parking zones B and C checked 7 November 2026
- In velvet, water and pressure can flatten the pile checked 7 November 2026
- Heat and aggressive washing can damage the coating of blackout curtains checked 10 November 2026
- Hot water with rubbing makes wool felt checked 10 November 2026
- Heat strips wool of its natural oils, humidity can make the dyes bleed checked 10 November 2026
- Colourfastness must be tested in an inconspicuous place before wetting checked 7 November 2026
- Viscose pile can turn brown or flatten in moisture checked 10 November 2026