Carpet cleaning in Markham, from Unionville to Cornell.
Townhomes in Berczy Village, detached streets in Cornell and Greensborough, and the century houses off Main Street Unionville. Carpet, upholstery, stairs and rugs, priced per area.
Run by Kharl Reynolds, who quotes the job and does the cleaning himself. Over six years cleaning carpet and upholstery, insured, and the only person who will be in your home.
What Carpet Cleaning Costs in Markham
The vocabulary, in plain English
Steam cleaning versus hot water extraction, what 250 PSI actually measures, what the IICRC training covers, and why we keep going on about pH. It is all defined on the carpet cleaning page, along with what happens step by step if you decide to book.
Nineteenth-century main streets and twenty-year-old subdivisions.
Markham became a city in 2012, and its housing runs across a wider span of years than almost anywhere else we work. Main Street Unionville and Markham Village are preserved nineteenth-century streetscapes. Cornell, Greensborough, Berczy Village and Cathedraltown were finished in the last twenty years or so. Between them sit decades of subdivision in every style.
That matters because the carpet is different at each end. Newer builds are almost all synthetic broadloom, cleaned hot and rinsed hard. Older homes throw up wool and wool blends, which need a lower water temperature and a gentler solution — get that wrong and you can shrink the backing or set a dye running. We identify the fibre before anything is sprayed.
Markham Neighbourhoods and Postal Codes We Cover
We work across all of Markham. These are the neighbourhoods people actually name when they call, and the postal code areas that cover them.
| Postal code | Area it covers |
|---|---|
| L3P | — |
| L3R | — |
| L3S | — |
| L3T | the Thornhill boundary area, shared with Vaughan and Richmond Hill |
| L6B | — |
| L6C | — |
| L6E | — |
| L6G | — |
Postal code areas are drawn by Canada Post for mail routing, not to match neighbourhood boundaries, so several of these cover more than one neighbourhood. Where we could not confirm which area a code covers, the row is left blank rather than guessed at. One source puts the total number of postal code areas in Markham higher than the list below, so treat this as the codes we could confirm rather than a complete set.
Townhomes, stairs, and where the money goes
Markham skews more to townhomes and detached houses than to towers, and on a townhome the stairs are usually the job. They are the hardest-worn carpet in the house and the slowest to clean, because every tread and riser is worked by hand rather than pulled in a straight line. Stairs are quoted separately at $6 a step with an $85 minimum per staircase, so a thirteen-step flight lands at the $85 minimum rather than $78.
For the rooms themselves we price by type rather than by package tier. A small bedroom is $69, a large bedroom or living room $99, a hallway $45 and a closet $30. Five areas or more takes 10% off the carpet subtotal. The minimum service call is $175, which on a single small room is higher than some advertised opening prices in Markham. On a three-bedroom with a staircase it is not close.
The price estimator builds an exact figure from these same rates in about a minute, and a quote is free either way.
The method, on real jobs.
These are our own jobs from across the GTA West rather than from Markham specifically — we would rather show you real work than caption someone else’s stock photo with your city. The method is the same wherever the van stops: pre-spray, dwell, hot water extraction at 250 PSI, then a rinse to take the chemistry back out.
Services available in Markham.
Carpet Cleaning in Markham
Same rate card, same portable equipment, same technician.
Upholstery Cleaning in Markham
Same rate card, same portable equipment, same technician.
Pet Stain & Odour Removal in Markham
Same rate card, same portable equipment, same technician.
Water Damage Restoration in Markham
Same rate card, same portable equipment, same technician.
Area Rug Cleaning in Markham
Same rate card, same portable equipment, same technician.
Stair & Hallway Cleaning in Markham
Same rate card, same portable equipment, same technician.
Carpet cleaning FAQs for Markham.
The questions we are asked most about professional carpet cleaning in Markham — usually by townhome owners who have been quoted a flat price that buried the staircase. If yours is not here, ask us.
How much does carpet cleaning cost in Markham?
Small bedroom $69, large bedroom or living room $99, hallway $45, closet $30, and stairs $6 a step with an $85 minimum per staircase. Five or more areas takes 10% off the carpet subtotal and the minimum service call is $175. Three small bedrooms, a large bedroom and a living room is five areas, so $405 becomes $364.50.
Do you clean stairs in Markham townhomes?
Yes, and it is the most requested job here. Stairs are quoted separately from rooms at $6 a step with an $85 minimum per staircase, because each tread and riser has to be worked by hand rather than pulled in a straight run. A thirteen-step flight comes to $78 on the per-step rate, so the $85 minimum applies instead.
Can you clean older wool carpet in Unionville or Markham Village?
Yes. Wool and wool blends need a lower water temperature and acid-side chemistry, because heat or the wrong pH can shrink the backing or move a dye. On wool we skip the alkaline pre-spray and clean with the Prochem All Fiber Rinse on its own — pH 4.2 to 4.5, WoolSafe approved, and formulated to stabilise dyes rather than move them. We identify the fibre before anything is sprayed rather than running one setting across every job.
Which parts of Markham do you cover?
All of it, including Unionville, Cornell, Milliken Mills, Berczy Village, Markham Village, Angus Glen, Cachet, Greensborough, Wismer Commons and the Markham side of Thornhill.
Do you do move-out carpet cleaning in Markham?
Yes. Vacant units clean faster and dry faster because there is nothing to work around, though they are not priced any differently. If a landlord has told you the carpet must be professionally cleaned, it is worth reading what Ontario law actually requires of a tenant before you agree to anything.
What a Visit Actually Costs in Markham
Carpet cleaning prices in Markham are set out with the staircase priced separately, because on a townhome the stairs are usually the job. Markham runs to townhomes, and on a townhome the staircase is usually the job. Every figure below comes off the rate card above, with the arithmetic shown.
Two bedrooms and the landing
$69, $69 and $45 comes to $183, just above the $175 minimum service call.
The same, plus one staircase
A 13-step flight works out to $78 on the per-step rate, so the $85 staircase minimum applies instead. That brings the visit to $268.
A full townhome with the staircase
Two small bedrooms, a large bedroom, a living room, a hall and a closet is $411 at list — six areas, so 10% off brings it to $369.90. Add the $85 staircase and the visit is $454.90.
Upholstery, area rugs and pet treatments are priced per item on top and do not count toward the five-area threshold. If your home is not one of the three above, the estimator will build the exact figure in about a minute from these same rates, or tell us what you have and we will price it.
Carpet Cleaning in Markham — Ask About Same-Day Availability
To book carpet cleaning in Markham, call or text 437-873-3116. Count your stair treads before you do — it is the one number that changes a townhome quote. Or send us the details. Same-day carpet cleaning in Markham is often available, though it depends on where the rest of the day is routed — we are the furthest east from base here.
Markham is the furthest east we go, roughly 43 km from base, so same-day depends on where the rest of the day sits. Move-out work is the case that needs it most, because a handover date does not move — call as soon as you have the date rather than the day before.
Same-day and next-day slots. Often available in Markham, subject to that day’s routing. Vacant units clean faster, which sometimes makes a same-day fit possible when an occupied home would not. Short notice does not change the room rates, though a same-day visit carries a $50 priority surcharge. What runs out is the day, not our flexibility on cost.
Emergency water extraction is different. Burst pipes and basement flooding are answered around the clock, because delay decides how much is salvageable. That is water damage restoration and flood cleanup, not standard carpet cleaning.
Move-Out and End-of-Lease Carpet Cleaning in Markham
Townhome turnovers almost always include a staircase, which is quoted separately at $6 a step with an $85 minimum, so it is worth counting the steps before you compare quotes.
Before you agree to anything a landlord has asked for, it is worth knowing what Ontario law actually requires of a tenant at the end of a tenancy. Our move-out and end-of-lease guide sets that out, including where a demand for professional cleaning is and is not enforceable.
Where else we work.
Markham borders Richmond Hill to the west and shares Thornhill with Vaughan. The move-out and end-of-lease guide sets out what a landlord can require in Ontario, and stair and hallway cleaning has the detail on how stairs are quoted.
We are a Brampton business and Markham is about 43 km from our Brampton base. The cleaning rates do not change by city, though a $40 travel service fee may apply outside Brampton. About us covers the equipment, the chemistry and what we do not take on.

