Sofa, carpet & car interior cleaning in Stratford

Short version: you text a few photos, you get a firm price, and on the day we bring the equipment to your door. Nothing gets hauled away, nothing leaves the house, and most furniture and carpet is usable again the same day.

From Lordship to Putney

Prime Interior Care is owner-operated and based in Fairfield, a short drive from Stratford on I-95 or the Merritt Parkway. We cover the whole town — the beach neighborhoods of Lordship, Paradise Green, Stratford Center, the Oronoque condo communities, and Putney and the North End up toward Trumbull.

The person who quotes your job is the person who shows up and does it, and there's no travel fee to come to Stratford.

What we clean in Stratford homes

• Sofa & upholstery cleaningSofas, sectionals, recliners, dining and accent chairs
• Carpet & area rug cleaningLiving rooms, stairs, finished basements and area rugs
• Mattress cleaningDust mites, sweat, stains and odor — done on the frame
• Car interior detailingSeats, carpets and mats, right in your driveway

Finished basements and mid-century houses

Much of Stratford is single-family houses — capes, ranches and colonials, a lot of them built in the decades after the war — and many of them have a finished basement with wall-to-wall carpet. Basement carpet is its own problem: it sits below grade, the air down there is damper than the rest of the house, and a carpet that stays wet too long starts to smell musty.

So in a basement we go heavier on extraction and lighter on water, and we'll ask you to run a dehumidifier for the rest of the day. If the carpet has ever had water come up through the floor, tell us before we quote: flood-soaked pad usually has to be replaced, and we'd rather say so than clean something that won't stay clean.

Condo communities

If you're in one of Stratford's condo communities, the cleaning is the same — the logistics are what change. Before we come, it helps to know:

• Where we can park close to your unit, since the equipment runs from the van
• Any community rules about service vehicles or working hours
• Your floor — our hoses reach a second floor; higher than that, tell us first
• One working outlet, and for larger carpet jobs, a sink we can use

Near the water, drying takes planning

Lordship and the neighborhoods along the Sound and the Housatonic get humid summers, and humidity is what slows drying most. We pull out far more water than we put in, so most upholstery and carpet is dry to the touch in a few hours. To help it along: run the AC or a dehumidifier, point a fan across the cleaned area, and stay off carpet until it's dry — clean socks, never shoes.

Common questions from Stratford

Also nearby

Next door in Bridgeport, and in Fairfield, Trumbull, Milford, Shelton, Westport, Norwalk, Stamford and Greenwich most weeks. Check your town.