As the county town, Maidstone has just about every kind of home Kent has to offer. There are Victorian and Edwardian terraces around the town centre and up towards Penenden Heath, post-war estates at Shepway and Park Wood, larger detached homes in Bearsted and Boxley, and a steady stream of new-build developments on the edges of town. Carpet cleaning in Maidstone ranges from a single lounge in a town centre flat to whole-house cleans in family homes.
Carpet cleaning for Maidstone homes
Older terraces often have narrow hallways and steep stairs that take most of the household's footfall, so those are usually the first places to grey. Stairs are slow to clean properly, which is why they're usually priced separately, but they also tend to show the most dramatic difference afterwards.
Newer homes on estates such as those around Grove Green and Allington often came with light, budget-grade carpet fitted by the developer. These are usually polypropylene, which resists most stains but attracts greasy soil. A proper pre-treatment and rinse brings them back up well, but they can look patchy if they're shampooed at home and not rinsed.
Bigger homes in the villages are more likely to have wool carpets and good rugs. Those need wool-safe products and a cleaner who doesn't just turn the heat up. If that's you, our page on rug cleaning explains what to look out for.
Lettings, offices and businesses
Maidstone has a large rental market, with lots of flats near the stations and in converted buildings around the town centre. Landlords and tenants regularly need end of tenancy carpet cleaning on a fixed date, often with only a day between tenants.
The town also has a lot of office space, from the business parks near the M20 junctions to smaller offices in the centre. For those, commercial carpet cleaning can usually be done out of hours.
Areas covered around Maidstone
Cleaners cover the whole of Maidstone and the surrounding villages, including:
- Maidstone town centre
- Allington
- Barming
- Bearsted
- Boxley
- Coxheath
- Grove Green
- Loose
- Park Wood
- Penenden Heath
- Shepway
- Tovil
- Weavering
- Aylesford
- Larkfield
- Headcorn
- Harrietsham
- Lenham
- Marden
- Staplehurst
Postcodes: ME14, ME15, ME16, ME17, ME18, ME20, TN12. Nearby: Carpet cleaning Medway, Carpet cleaning Tonbridge, Carpet cleaning Sittingbourne.