Saturday morning on the trail loop, a golden retriever finds the one muddy cove along the lake. Twenty minutes later he's shaking off on the stair landing of a house in Berkeley Hall. We hear some version of that story a few times a month.
Lake Carolina is big. Forty-plus neighborhoods sit on about 1,850 acres around a 200-acre lake, tied together by roughly thirty miles of trails, and the houses lean two-story. Put stairs and dogs together and you've described most of the visits we make here.
Stairs wear out first
Every trip up and down lands on the same few inches of each step. The front edge of the tread goes flat and dull long before the bedrooms look tired. In the Summerlin and Ashland Downes homes, a lot of those stairs are covered in light pile that looked wonderful the first year.
Stairs take longer than an open room, so we price them on their own. Mention them when you call, and we'll set aside enough of the visit to do them right.
Lake water and the smell that shows up later
Pond water has its own smell, and a wet dog carries it straight into the carpet. Toweling off at the door helps. Even so, a musty odor tends to show up a day or two later in whatever spot the dog likes to lie in, and a spray only covers it for an afternoon.
Our odor removal starts with an enzyme that breaks down whatever is producing the smell, and we work it down to the pad. One honest limit: when a spot has been soaked over and over for years, the pad under it can be past saving. If that's where things stand, your tech will tell you before you spend money on it.
Townhomes around Harborside
The townhomes near the Town Center on Helton Dr are a different kind of job. They're narrow and tall, and a lot of owners keep an area rug in the main room on top of wood or vinyl plank. We clean area rugs in place, on your floor, and if the wood around the rug looks dull we can do a hardwood cleaning on the same trip.
On the day
Furniture gets moved where it's safe to move. Problem spots are treated first. Then the main clean uses carbonation and very little water to lift dirt up out of the fibers, so nobody spends the evening stepping around soggy carpet.
Both Lake Carolina Elementary campuses let out on a schedule you already know by heart. If you'd like us gone before the kids get home, choose a morning when you book online. Phone works too: 803-393-7625, and we'll sort out a time together.