The carpet new Burien owners inherit
Burien's older housing stock is the draw, but the carpet usually comes with a history. Buy or rent one of these homes and you're often standing on carpet that's been down for years and never professionally flushed, soaking up everything from the last family and their pets. The damp Puget Sound air keeps it from ever fully drying out, so old odor lingers and traffic lanes look permanently gray. That's not dirt you vacuum away. It lives at the base of the pile and down in the pad, and it takes hot water extraction to lift it.
- Inherited carpet that's never had a professional deep clean
- Old pet stains and urine odor soaked into the pad
- Worn, grayed-out high-traffic lanes from the previous household
- A musty edge that marine-air moisture keeps refreshing
- Settled dust and allergens in long-lived older homes