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Drapery & Curtain Cleaning in Tempe, AZ

Turnover-ready drapery for owners, landlords, and lakefront condos.

Tempe mixes mid-century homes with original drapery, condos near the lake, and rentals around ASU. We clean drapery in place for homeowners and property managers alike, with no take-down and no bare windows.

Close-up of patterned designer drapery fabric hanging beside a window

Inside Tempe Window Treatments

Original panels in older Tempe homes hold decades of cooking, smoke, and dust, and brittle hardware may not survive a take-down. We test the fabric, clean in place, and treat smoke and odor where it has set into the weave.

Condos and townhomes near the lake run smaller window counts but heavier use, with sliders dressed in wide panels that open and close several times a day. The leading edges wear and gray from hands. Cleaning restores the face, and slider panels are checked for frayed hems and loose hooks before the work starts.

Landlords replace drapery more than they need to. A panel that looks finished after three leases is holding soil, not damage, and on-site cleaning restores it for a fraction of new fabric and installation. In The Lakes and Warner Ranch, curtains and lined drapery in rental units come back presentable for the next showing. Each panel is sorted at inspection: soiled, or torn, sun-rotted, and stained past recovery. You hear which before any drapery cleaning starts.

Panels, Sheers and Top Treatments

Linen drapery being cleaned on the rod in a living room

How our drapery cleaning process works

Pricing and Minimums

ItemPrice
Standard panels$200 to $400 each
Oversized and two-story panels$400 to $750 or more
Silk and specialty fabricfrom $300 a panel
Valances, cornices and swags$100 to $200 each
Visit minimum$350

Unlined rental panels sit at the low end of per-panel pricing, while lined mid-century drapery with original pleats prices higher.

Common Questions

Can you remove smoke odor from drapes in a Tempe rental?

Yes, in most cases. Results depend on how long the odor has been in the fabric, and the panels are assessed before work starts so you know what to expect.

Can drapery be cleaned between tenants before move-in?

Yes. The visit is scheduled inside your vacancy window, and drapery, blinds, and rugs are finished in one trip, well ahead of the next lease. Panels are back in use the same day.

Can you quote drapery across several rental units?

Yes. Send the unit count and roughly how many panels each unit has, and the whole set is quoted together. Property managers can book directly without routing everything through the owner.

Can candle soot be cleaned off sheers?

Yes. Candle soot is an oily carbon that clings to sheer polyester and leaves a gray haze, darkest above the spot where the candles burn. It is broken down with a method set for the fiber and lifted in place. Heavy, long-standing soot can leave a faint shadow.

Can tab-top curtains be cleaned on the rod?

Yes. Tab-top panels stay threaded on the rod, and the tabs are cleaned along with the face, since they hold dust and hand soil where the curtain gets pushed open. Nothing slides off the end of the rod, and the panel hangs evenly when it's done.

Serving Tempe, AZ