End of Lease Carpet Cleaning and Flea Treatment Burleigh Waters: Matching the Treatment to the Carpet

A first time customer, a rental exit and a slight smell

This was the first time this customer had called us. They were moving out of a rental in Burleigh Waters and booked an end of lease carpet clean and a flea treatment together.

The carpet had a slight smell. Not strong, and not the kind that meets you at the door. Just there.

So an antibacterial enzyme treatment went through the carpet as part of the clean. No antimicrobial treatment was needed.

The photo shows the order of the day. On the left, the gear is laid out and nothing has touched the carpet yet. On the right, the same room is finished, and the lines in the pile are the wand marks left by truck mounted extraction.

Antibacterial or antimicrobial: what is the difference?

Both are enzyme treatments. Both work on the cause of a smell, rather than masking it with a covering product.

Antibacterial enzyme treatment is our standard. It deals with the bacteria in the fibre. It suits a carpet with a slight smell, or one that simply needs to be hygienically clean.

Antimicrobial enzyme treatment is the step up. It works against a wider range of microbes than bacteria alone, and it is what we use on heavier, more established soiling, where the problem has gone down into the base of the pile, the backing and sometimes the underlay.

One is not a better version of the other for every carpet. They are different tools for different levels of the same problem.

Why antimicrobial was not used on this carpet

A slight smell does not need the heavier treatment. The antibacterial treatment, together with a thorough truck mounted clean, deals with it.

Putting antimicrobial through a carpet that does not need it adds cost for the tenant and does nothing extra for the carpet. We would rather tell you that than sell it to you.

The decision gets made in front of the carpet, not over the phone. We check how strong the smell is, where it is, and what the carpet looks like, then choose. For the other end of the scale, read about a Mermaid Waters rental exit where the odour was extremely strong and antimicrobial was the right call.

The flea treatment, in the same visit

The flea treatment was done on the same day by a licensed technician, so the tenant had one visit and both pieces of paperwork the property manager asks for. Every flea treatment comes with a Pest Management Advice Service Report.

On the warranty, here is the plain version. A rental exit or precautionary flea treatment carries no warranty. On an active infestation, a warranty applies only where the full three step treatment is done indoors and outdoors, the pets are treated and stay on prevention, and the follow up visit is taken. There is no fixed period, it is set per infestation.

More on how the two services fit together is on our end of lease carpet cleaning and flea treatment page, and the flea side on its own is on the flea treatment page.

End of lease carpet cleaning Burleigh Waters: booking it

Book the clean for after the removalists have gone and the property is empty, ideally one to three days before the final inspection. The carpet needs to be dry and untrafficked on inspection day.

Carpet is priced on the rooms, counted one per room, and the flea treatment on the property. The minimum call-out fee is $145 plus GST, and you get an estimate rather than a quote, because we do not know exactly what we are walking into until we see it. More detail is on the carpet cleaning page and our carpet cleaning Burleigh Waters page.

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