Older flats may have wool and hand-made rugs, which are cleaned with pick-up in the workshop. Large synthetic rugs and fitted carpets are cleaned on site.
Pre-war buildings: what rugs and why with pick-up
The buildings are dense: wooden and brick pre-war buildings, courtyard housing and commercial areas by the market and the railway. The mostly residential blocks are in the south-eastern part of the neighbourhood around Lubānas, Salaspils and Slāvu streets.
If your flat is in an older building, the rooms may have high ceilings, and the floor may be covered with a wool or hand-made rug that you have had for years. Such a rug needs controlled wet cleaning and full drying, which a living room does not provide. Hot water together with rubbing can make wool felt, and the rug can shrink; usually this cannot be reversed.
So the suitable model for such a rug is rug cleaning with pick-up: the rug is cleaned in the workshop and brought back. The price is from €10/m² for wool, pick-up and return €10 both ways together.
Courtyards, the market and paid parking: what to write in the request
Maskavas iela, and the closeness of the Central Station and the market, give good but busy access. Dense historic buildings, the railway and traffic create different conditions from less busy districts. The northern part of Maskavas forštate by the Central Market is in the Riga paid parking zone (B, C), so in the request write where a car can stop by the house and whether the entrance is through a courtyard. Travel to Maskavas forštate is included in the price.
State in the request:
- which floor the flat is on, whether there is a lift and how wide the stairs are;
- whether the entrance is from the street or through a courtyard and gates;
- the length and width of the rug in metres, not counting the fringe;
- the material, if known, or the label from the underside of the rug;
- stains, smell and old furniture marks on the rug;
- photos of the top and of the underside.
Heavy furniture that cannot be taken off the rug must be mentioned in the request.
A hand-made or Persian rug in an old flat
With hand-made, antique and Persian rugs the natural dyes can bleed. So before any wetting, colourfastness should be tested in an inconspicuous spot. If there is no care label, a photo of the underside matters more than a description.
For silk, hand-made and antique rugs the price is set from a photo, from €15/m². Example: a 2 × 3 m silk rug is from €90 plus pick-up €10, the final price from a photo. We do not do repairs or fringe restoration. See Persian rug cleaning and wool rug cleaning.
Tall windows and heavy curtains
In older buildings the windows can be tall, and the curtains longer and heavier. For some natural fibres the length can change by up to about 3% in damp conditions. If the curtain fabric and the lining are of different fibres, read both labels. With velvet curtains, water and pressure can crush the pile, so do not rub them.
The price of curtains is calculated by the area of the fabric, not of the window: for heavy, night and double curtains from €3.70/m². Example: three heavy curtains, each 1.5 × 2.6 m of fabric, are 11.7 m² × €3.70 = €43.29, so you pay €45. The price of take-down and rehanging depends on the situation, and is set by the length and height of the curtain rail and by whether a ladder is needed. Read curtain dry cleaning and curtain cleaning in Maskavas forštate.
Stairwells and a fitted carpet in the rooms of an old building
If a room or a stairwell has a fitted carpet (carpeting), it cannot be taken to the workshop, so it is cleaned on site. The carpet maker Shaw Floors recommends hot water extraction for a fitted carpet at 12–18-month intervals, and excess moisture without extraction can cause wrinkles and delamination. The price up to 100 m² is from €4/m²: 25 m² is 25 × €4 = from €100.
Read more: fitted carpet cleaning in Maskavas forštate and carpet cleaning for property managers, if a building needs its stairwell carpet cleaned.
Prices in Maskavas forštate
| Job | Price |
|---|---|
| Wool or cotton rug with pick-up | from €10/m² |
| Silk, viscose, hand-made or Persian rug with pick-up | from €15/m², price from a photo |
| Heavy, night and double curtains | from €3.70/m² |
| Short-pile synthetic rug, at home | from €6/m² |
The minimum order is €45 (for cleaning only): if the total is lower, you pay €45. You pay nothing extra for travel to Maskavas forštate, but with pick-up €10 is added for pick-up and return both ways. Example: a 1.5 × 2 m wool rug is 3 m² × €10 = €30, so the cleaning charge is €45, so with pick-up from €55 in total. Old urine in wool and dye stains may stay even after cleaning. The price depends on the size, the fibre, the dirt and stains, the smell, the access and the distance.
Sources
- The mostly residential blocks are in the south-eastern part, around Lubānas, Salaspils and Slāvu streets checked 7 November 2026
- Paid parking zones in Riga checked 7 November 2026
- Hot water and rubbing make wool felt checked 10 November 2026
- Heat and humidity damage wool, the dyes can bleed checked 10 November 2026
- Length changes of natural fibres of up to 3% checked 7 November 2026