We moved into a new house recently and the previous owners - who had a dog and two young boys - left the carpets in such a terrible state we were seriously considering recarpeting the whole place. So we called a local carpet cleaner - Morris Carpet Cleaning - to see if they could do anything and we were absolutely astonished at how well the carpets came up. Morris got them so clean we are no longer considering replacing them and the roughly $150 we paid for the service is astounding value when you think of the thousands that new carpets would have cost us. What's more, Mr. Morris was a very easy man to deal with - friendly and experienced and very puntillious about getting every last spot out of our carpets.

Approximate cost: $150 - for five rooms