Airbnb Carpet Cleaning Between Guests in Denver: 4 Real Jobs
Colorado Choice Carpet Cleaning does Airbnb and short-term rental carpet cleaning between guests across the Denver area. Call me at (720) 730-8055 before noon and I can usually get a truck to your rental the same day, with the price quoted on the phone. It's $119 for the first 3 areas, and the carpet is usually dry in 2–4 hours, so a morning checkout can still be ready for an afternoon check-in.
I've run Colorado Choice for 23+ years. Below are four real jobs from rentals and guest turnovers in Denver, Littleton and Aurora, what each one needed, and what I did.
The Short Answer: What a Between-Guests Cleaning Needs
Speed you can plan around. Call before noon for the best chance at a same-day slot. Carpet is usually dry in 2–4 hours.
The right chemistry for the fiber. Wool, nylon, polyester and LVT each need something different. Guessing is how a stain sets or a floor gets damaged.
Spot work before extraction. Food, drink, coffee, pet and construction spots get pre-treated by type, then extracted.
Photo-ready, not just "clean enough." Guests didn't choose to inherit the last guest's stain, and a bad first impression can turn into a review that stays on the listing.
4 Real Short-Term Rental and Guest Jobs
1. Downtown Denver: a coffee stain on wool carpet, new guests the next afternoon
One of my accounts is a property manager for a downtown Denver hotel and short-term rental: 100 units, wall-to-wall Berber-style wool carpet, and two to three visits a month for five years. After an 11 AM checkout, a unit had a dried coffee stain, and a handyman had already tried to treat it. New guests were arriving the next afternoon. The call came in on a Friday at 8 PM, and we went that night.
Wool is a protein fiber, so I checked the pH with a test strip first and used wool-safe spotting chemistry. It went on low-moisture with dwell time, then gentle hand agitation with a soft brush in the direction of the loops. We extracted with the truckmount at a lower temperature than our standard carpet setting, with multiple dry passes. The stain came fully out, with no tannin shadow, and the carpet was dry enough for turnover by morning. Read the downtown Denver wool carpet job.
2. Littleton: a 750 sq ft basement made Airbnb-ready
A construction company finishing work upstairs in a 1970s Littleton home needed the basement ready to list as an Airbnb. It was about 750 square feet with a full staircase, older polyester carpet, and red, blue and green construction spots everywhere. We spent 30 minutes hand-spotting each spot type before the truck ever turned on, then ran 250-degree truckmount extraction through every square foot. When we pulled out, the basement was Airbnb-ready. Read the Littleton Airbnb basement job.
3. Aurora: red clay ground into a basement Airbnb's LVT
A basement Airbnb in Aurora had months of red clay tracked in from the parking lot across its luxury vinyl plank and stairs. The owner had been mopping between guests and thought the sheen was gone for good. We cleaned the LVT field and stairs with pH-neutral, wear-layer-safe chemistry, pre-treated the heaviest clay at the entry, and used low-moisture extraction. The mineral film lifted, and the original finish came back. Read the Aurora Airbnb LVT job.
4. Aurora (Smoky Hill): spots from one guest, with another on the way
A condo owner in Smoky Hill had a nephew stay about two weeks, and food and drink spots ended up across several rooms of her gray nylon carpet, roughly 20 years old. Another guest was coming soon. I sorted every spot by type: enzyme pre-treatment for the protein stains, alkaline pre-spray for the tannin stains, full dwell time, CRB agitation on the packed-down traffic paths, then full truckmount extraction with our Prochem Apex GTX. Every spot came out, and the carpet cleaned to one even color. Read the Smoky Hill job.
Side by Side
Job | Surface | Problem | What I did | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Downtown Denver hotel / short-term rental | Berber-style wool | Dried coffee stain, handyman already tried | pH test, wool-safe spotter, hand agitation, lower-temp extraction | Stain fully out, dry by morning |
Littleton basement Airbnb | 1970s polyester, 750 sq ft + stairs | Red, blue, green construction spots | 30 min hand spotting, 250° truckmount | Airbnb-ready |
Aurora basement Airbnb | LVT + stairs | Months of red clay film | pH-neutral chemistry, entry pre-treat, low-moisture extraction | Original finish back |
Smoky Hill condo, Aurora | ~20-year-old gray nylon | Food and drink spots after a 2-week guest | Spots sorted by type, CRB, truckmount | Every spot out, even color |
What It Costs
My prices are the same whether it's your home or your rental:
First 3 areas: $119 (a hallway counts as an area)
Each additional area: $35
Closets, bathrooms and landings: free
Stairs: $4 per stair
Pet treatment: $45 per room, with my 30-day pet stain and odor guarantee on the spots it treats
Couch: $139 · Sectional: $179
LVT, tile and area rugs: priced at the property when I see them
Most furniture moving is included. You can pay by card, check or cash. If you manage more than one unit, see how I handle carpet cleaning for property managers.
How I Do It to the Standard
Every job follows the IICRC S100 Standard for professional carpet cleaning: identify the fiber, pre-treat by soil and spot type, give the chemistry its dwell time, then rinse and extract with truck-mounted hot water extraction. On a turnover the clock is tight, but the dwell time doesn't get skipped. That's what keeps a stain from wicking back before the next guest.
How I Know Denver Rentals
My home base is in Castle Rock and my second location is in Centennial, so I'm working the Denver metro every day. I've cleaned for the same downtown Denver property manager for five years, across 100 units, and turnovers in Littleton and Aurora are a regular part of my week. I know what a 1970s basement, a wool hotel carpet and a red-clay parking lot do to a floor, and what each one needs before the next check-in.
FAQ: Airbnb Carpet Cleaning in Denver
How fast can you clean carpet between Airbnb guests in Denver?
Call me at (720) 730-8055 before noon and I can usually get a truck there the same day. Carpet is usually dry in 2–4 hours, so a morning checkout can be ready for an afternoon check-in. On the downtown Denver wool job, the call came on a Friday evening and the carpet was ready for turnover by morning.
Do you clean LVT and stairs in short-term rentals, too?
Yes. In the Aurora basement Airbnb we cleaned the LVT and the stairs with pH-neutral, wear-layer-safe chemistry and low-moisture extraction, never steam. I price LVT and tile at the property.
Is older carpet worth cleaning before listing a rental or Airbnb?
In most cases, yes. The Littleton basement was 1970s polyester that a reasonable person might have replaced, and it cleaned to a condition ready for guests. If the carpet has structural damage, delamination or odor in the pad, I'll tell you before we start.
Need a turnover cleaned before your next guest? Call Colorado Choice Carpet Cleaning at (720) 730-8055. Hundreds of 5-star Google reviews, IICRC-certified, BBB-accredited, owner-operated for 23+ years.
