In Riga and the Riga region fitted carpet up to 100 m² costs from €4/m², over 100 m² from €2.50/m² for the whole area. Write the number of rooms, the area of the corridors and which floors can be free at the same time.
Rooms, corridors and lobby: three different jobs
In a corridor the carpet wears in a long, narrow path down the middle, where guests walk and pull suitcases. In a room the stains are scattered: by the bed, by the table, by the bathroom door. In the lobby the carpet collects street dirt, and in winter sand and road salt from shoes.
In the lobby or the rooms there may be separate decorative rugs. If they are wool, silk, viscose or hand-made, they are cleaned in a workshop with pick-up and return, not on site. For a wool or hand-made rug, colourfastness must be tested on a hidden spot before it is wetted, because the dyes can bleed.
How to plan cleaning around occupancy
A room cannot be let straight after the carpet is cleaned, because the carpet has to dry. How long a carpet takes to dry depends on the fibre, the pile thickness, the room humidity and the ventilation. So in a hotel it is easier to plan the cleaning in parts, by which rooms and floors are free at which time.
In the request, say when the rooms are free: how many rooms there are on each floor, on which dates occupancy is lower and whether the corridors can be closed for a while. If a floor can be emptied completely, write that.
Carpet cleaning in a guesthouse, hostel and campsite
In a guesthouse or hostel the area is smaller, but there may be several separate rugs of different sizes. Large synthetic short-pile rugs can be cleaned on site from €6/m², and wool and cotton rugs are cleaned with pick-up from €10/m². For a small volume the minimum matters. The minimum order is €45: if the total is lower, you pay €45.
A campsite or a guesthouse may be outside Riga. Travel is included in Riga and up to about 15 km outside the Riga boundary; further out it is from €10. Pick-up and return in Riga costs €10 (both ways together); in the Riga region up to about 15 km from the Riga boundary it is also €10, and further out another €10 is added.
Smoke smell and mould in a carpet
If there has been smoking in a room, the smoke smell in the carpet is a separate question. In the study by Bahl et al. (2014), tobacco smoke residue in cotton and polyester remained for 19 months. The Tobacco Control overview writes that ordinary measures, including cleaning carpets, reduce it only for a time. A smell can be reduced, but we cannot promise it will go: it can return from the walls, curtains and furniture.
If a carpet in a room or in a basement has mould, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) writes that mould in a porous material often cannot be fully cleaned out and such a material may have to be thrown away. Before the request, photograph the place and write why the carpet was damp.
What a hotel should write in the request
- The number of rooms and the approximate carpet area in one room.
- The length and width of the corridors or the total area in m².
- Separate rugs: the size, the fibre if you know it, photos from above and from the underside.
- Which rooms are smoking rooms or where there is a smell.
- The time when the rooms are free and which floors can be free at the same time.
- The lift and where a car can stop.
How much hotel carpet cleaning costs
For businesses the price depends on the area and the volume; the unit prices are the same “from” prices. Fitted carpet up to 100 m² costs from €4/m², over 100 m² from €2.50/m², and then this price applies to the whole area.
- Rooms and corridors, 400 m² in total: 400 × €2.50 = from €1,000.
- Odour treatment, extra: from €3/m² only where it is needed.
- A 2 × 3 m wool rug in the lobby with pick-up: 6 m² × €10 = from €60 + pick-up and return €10 = from €70.
The price depends on the size in m², the fibre, the pile length and thickness, the dirt and stains, smell or urine, access and distance. After you fill in the form, a specialist contacts you and gives the price based on the size, the fibre and the photos. All prices: carpet and rug cleaning prices.
What usually comes out and what may stay
Usually comes out
- dust and street dirt in the corridors and the lobby;
- fresh drink and cosmetics stains, if they have not been rubbed;
- greyness in the middle of a corridor, if the pile is not worn.
May stay
- worn pile along the line where suitcases are pulled;
- smoke smell that returns from the room;
- hair dye and bleach patches;
- mould in a porous carpet.
Before the job, a specialist tells you what to expect. Similar jobs: carpet cleaning in a restaurant and a cafe, carpet cleaning in a theatre and a church, carpet tile cleaning. All business jobs: carpet cleaning for businesses and institutions.
Sources
- Tobacco smoke residue stays in textiles for a long time checked 7 November 2026
- Carpet cleaning and painting reduce smoke residue only for a time checked 7 November 2026
- Mould in porous materials may not be fully cleanable checked 7 November 2026
- Carpet care: blotting stains, moisture and dyes, light and fading of colours checked 10 November 2026
