In this busy 21st century world, few of us have time to keep our homes as pristine as we’d like, and even fewer have the financial resources to hire a full-time housekeeper to do it for us. As a result, we rush around with a vacuum cleaner and duster once a week or so and try hard to ignore the gathering dust and grime over the rest of the six days since the last clean-up. Nowadays, there are very few women who don’t need to take a job to help with the family finances, and many have careers they don’t want to give up in favour of being chief cook, bottle washer and maid!

One of the problems of not being obsessed with housework is that, without daily attention to cleaning, bugs, insects and other unpleasant arrivals such as dust mites can set up home in soft furnishings and carpets. Bad smells, infections and even severe allergies can result, and getting rid of the beasties isn’t a job for the sensitive, as many do-it-yourself spray-on remedies can cause allergies themselves, especially in people with breathing difficulties.

Bad odors in the home are often the result of smoking, although the dwindling number of smokers is a good thing, as is insisting that those who refuse to give up the habit only indulge outdoors! Stale smoke sinks into carpets, rugs and curtains and is hell to get rid of. For families whose house isn’t a home without the addition of a dog or dogs, their furry friends can trigger a flea invasion involving the entire family as well as their precious pets. Ill-trained or careless dogs can be responsible for other unmentionable odors as well…

Of course, kids can be equally disruptive of their indoor environment as can canines, dropping various foodstuffs on an expensive carpet or running amok with markers pens and paints. So many stains can only be removed with steam cleaning, and that’s a job for the experts with the right tools. Given the above and other unmentioned disasters, it’s common sense to book a professional carpet and fabric cleaner every so often.

Companies advertising carpet cleaning in Perth can be found on the internet, but choosing the best of the rest can be tricky. Untrained operators using strong chemicals can cause more damage than they’re there to remove, or can over-wet your carpets causing shrinkage and inconvenient days of drying out. A few, it seems, are using bait-and-switch selling techniques, quoting a reasonable cost but doubling it on site, and others may have no public liability and breakage insurances nor any idea of health and safety concerns.

Breathe Easy Carpet Care , a leader in the Perth field for its strict code of professionalism and ethics, is one company you’ll be glad you hired. In business since 1993, they offer everything from commercial cleaning to domestic carpet, upholstery, rug, leather and curtain cleaning, including a specialist service for valuable Oriental rugs and hangings. Their water damage restoration service extracts flood water from carpets and dries them out, leaving none of the usual damp odors following water incursions.

The perennial problem of dust-mite allergies is easily solved by the use of non-toxic treatments which completely remove the mites for as long as six full months, and germs or bacteria don’t stand a chance against the firm’s anti-microbial treatments. Odor removal, whether caused by cigarette smoke, animal urine or any other substance, is easy, however stubborn the smell. Cleaning light-colored leather furniture without damaging the surface can be time-consuming and very tedious, with Breathe Easy’s safe, efficient leather cleaning and conditioning service the best solution.

Another of their unique services takes care of a job homeowners love to hate – tile and grout cleaning. Bringing your bathroom back to new involves using high-pressure tools on the tile work and shower areas and works equally well on floor tiles in kitchens and dining rooms as well as on natural stone features. Carpet steam cleaning offered by Breath Easy Carpet Care is of a high standard, with the floor covering pre-vacuumed to thoroughly remove all dust and dirt and the correct cleaning solutions selected for the type of carpet.

It’s the same with upholstery cleaning, especially of sensitive fabrics, and the staff here have undertaken specialist training to make sure there are no disasters. All in all, potential customers can rest assured that their investment in quality carpets, soft furnishings and delicate fabrics will be cleaned to perfection with no adverse effects.