Carpet & Rug Cleaning in Southampton
Deep fibre cleaning, stain lifting and odour treatment. Vetted, insured crews across SO14, SO15, SO16, SO17, SO18, SO19 — with a fixed price agreed before we start, from £45.
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- £1m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019

Carpet & Rug Cleaning · Southampton
from £45
Fixed price, quoted before we arrive
- Postcodes
- SO14, SO15, SO16, SO17, SO18, SO19
- Availability
- 7 days
- Cover
- £1m liability
- Licence
- CBDU300454
What we can show you for Southampton
78 jobs completed in Southampton
78 carpet & rug cleaning jobs completed in Southampton, taken from our job records — 441 across Hampshire in total.
Southampton access and housing notes
SO14, SO15, SO16, SO17, SO18, SO19 housing stock and loading reality, written for Southampton rather than the county.
Carpet & Rug Cleaning in Southampton: what actually matters here
A unitary port city with two universities, a large purpose-built and converted student sector north and east of the centre, and Victorian and interwar suburbs spreading out to Bitterne, Shirley and Bassett.
The housing stock is Victorian and Edwardian terraces and large converted houses through Portswood, Highfield, St Denys and Bevois Valley, much of it in shared student occupation; interwar and post-war semis at Bitterne, Sholing, Shirley and Bassett; post-war council-built estates at Lordshill, Millbrook, Weston and Thornhill; and a substantial modern waterside flat market at Ocean Village, Chapel and the Itchen riverside, which decides the tools, protection and crew size we bring to a carpet & rug cleaning job.
Southampton is a dense city and the parking scheme decides the job. Most of SO14, SO15 and SO17 sits inside resident permit zones with limited or no visitor bays, and the terraced streets around Portswood and Bevois Valley are narrow enough that a Luton blocks them while it loads. Modern waterside blocks at Ocean Village and the Itchen riverside have height-restricted underground parking, booked service lifts and concierge sign-in. Southampton City Council is a unitary authority: it runs the city's own household waste recycling centre, its own parking rules and its own bulky-waste collections, and a Hampshire County Council tip permit is not the relevant document here.
A carpet & rug cleaning booking in Southampton covers Portswood, Highfield and St Denys on the same fixed price as the town centre — the crew works the whole SO14, SO15 and SO16 footprint rather than a narrow postcode.
Southampton is one of the larger settlements in the county, and addresses around The cruise terminals and the old town walls, with the Itchen Bridge crossing east in particular tend to need the access details confirmed before the van is loaded — we ask about that at quote stage, not on the day.
What a carpet & rug cleaning job includes
We clean carpets by hot-water extraction: the pile is pre-sprayed, agitated and then flushed with hot solution and drawn straight back out under vacuum, which lifts the soil that sits below the surface rather than moving it around. Rooms are priced individually, so a hallway and a small bedroom do not cost the same as a through-lounge.
Before we start
- Fibre test on an unseen corner so the right chemistry is used on wool, synthetic and blended pile
- Small furniture moved and replaced; heavy items cleaned around
- Dry vacuum pass to remove grit that would otherwise turn to mud
The clean
- Pre-spray and agitation on traffic lanes, doorways and under dining tables
- Targeted spot treatment for tea, wine, pet and grease marks
- Hot-water extraction rinse with a low-residue solution
- Edges and stair nosings detailed by hand
Afterwards
- High-power extraction pass to cut drying time
- Pile groomed so it dries evenly
- Typical drying window of 3–6 hours with windows open
What changes the price on a carpet & rug cleaning job
- Old stains that have wicked into the underlay can reappear as the carpet dries; we flag those before cleaning rather than promising a result we cannot guarantee.
- Wool and sisal need lower moisture and a different solution — that is a technique change, not a surcharge.
- Pet odour is treated at the backing, which is a separate treatment and is quoted separately.
Carpet & Rug Cleaning prices for Southampton properties
| Job | From | What it covers | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carpet cleaning | £45 per room | Hot-water extraction · stairs priced as one area | 3–6 hours |
Carpet & Rug Cleaning reviews from Hampshire customers
4.5 ★ from 3,131 Trustpilot reviews10/10 had Nicola & Marius and were very friendly and got stuck in straight away. Oven is like brand new and the carpet is like new as well! Will recommend!
Great job done on bathrooms, kitchen and carpets
3 cleaners turned up and took just over 4 hours to clean a 5 year end of tenancy 3 bed property with carpets and oven done. They did a good job and I was very satisfied with the results. Only criticism is that the oven hob pan support stands were still quite greasy/dirty, otherwise I…
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Where we cover around Southampton
- PortswoodSO17
- HighfieldSO17
- St DenysSO17
- SwaythlingSO17
- Bevois ValleySO14
- Ocean VillageSO14
- ShirleySO15
- FreemantleSO15
- BassettSO16
- LordshillSO16
- MillbrookSO16
- BitterneSO18
- SholingSO19
- WoolstonSO19
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Recent jobs near you
Real jobs our crews have completed nearby, with the price the customer actually paid. Published with their permission.
Oven Cleaning
Southampton
August 2026
One oven cleaning job completed in Southampton in August 2026.
Carpet Cleaning
Southampton
August 2026
2 carpet & rug cleaning jobs completed in Southampton in August 2026.
Deep Cleaning
Southampton
August 2026
One deep cleaning job completed in Southampton in August 2026.
Southampton questions, answered.
How quickly can you book carpet & rug cleaning in Southampton?
Same-week slots are standard in Southampton, with next-day often available midweek. Month-end tenancy changeovers are the busiest window across Hampshire, so book those a week or two ahead.
How long will the carpets take to dry?
Three to six hours in a ventilated room, longer in a cold north-facing one. We finish with a dry extraction pass specifically to shorten that window, and you can walk on the carpet in clean socks straight away.
Can you guarantee every stain will come out?
No, and anyone who does is guessing. Dye stains, bleach marks and stains that have reached the underlay may lighten rather than disappear. We tell you which of your marks fall into that group before we start.
