What Do You Love About This Business?

[Lounge Lizards]

What do you love about being in the carpet cleaning business?


I love meeting the different people everyday & interacting with them, the stories some of them tell, especially the older folk.

I love the challenge of something difficult, especially when other carpet cleaners have written the job off as non-restorable or impossible.

I love the opportunity (for me), that suits my lifestyle.

Not being super smart, I love not having to work hard for the good money it offers.

I enjoy being able to help others with problems, when & if I can.

Delia loves the money

What attracted you to this business?

Nothing, I got into it by accident after moving to West Australia, I was asked to take over the care-taking of a modest apartment block.

The cleaning of these apartments followed, which then saw me start my own cleaning business, which very soon developed into carpet cleaning (1971), using an ancient shampoo polisher which then progressed into porties, t/m's and lastly VLM.

I found that I enjoyed doing this more than anything else I had tried before & I was not tied to an office desk.

There's an age old ad which states "When you're' on a good thing, stick to it".


Are you planning to do this till retirement?

Yes, and beyond.

I doubt that I can ever fully retire from this industry, it has become a passion, a way of life for me.

Although I will slow down, I do intend to get more into carpet dyeing and stain removal processes.

I have been asked to consider teaching which I have point blank refused, I'm a worker, not a teacher.

However, if my memory deteriorates, then plans may change.

Stop moving, start dying.........................