Of course, the initial stages of the big cleanup must be done yourself, but after this, why not rope in the help of professional cleaners? This will not only ensure that everything is done to a high standard but more importantly, it’ll give you a chance to relax after your hard work.

As a professional carpet and upholstery cleaning company, we’ve got some top advice on the initial cleanup you’ll reluctantly have to do yourself - no matter how much wine you’ve had - but also about which professional services will be most valuable to you, post-party. With our sound advice, you can get ahead of the game and make sure the morning after the night before isn’t too gruelling.

Inevitably, after a big celebration, there’s bound to be plenty of food and drink leftover - but what should you do with it?

Well, if you have to get rid of it because it’s been left out all night, make sure you put it into the food recycling. There’s probably already a few funny smells coming from the kitchen, so chucking food into the bin will only make it worse! If you can, try to freeze as much as the food as possible to eat up later on. Or, why not get creative with some leftovers recipes - whip up some nachos with the leftover crisps or make a healthy breakfast bowl using the nuts and fruit you’ve got left.

Drinks are a little trickier; it’s likely that there are lots of half-full bottles of drink that simply won’t keep. If it’s wine, freeze it in an ice cube tray. This is a great way to store your wine for future use in cooking or cocktails. If it’s leftover fizzy drinks, The Guardian has some brilliant recipe ideas that you’d never believe involve Dr Pepper or lemonade.

Once you’ve cleared away the majority of the rubbish, it’s time to take a look around your venue and make sure everything is in order. Combine this with the initial sweep, mop and hoover - keep your eyes peeled for any problems areas so that you can point them out to your professional cleaning company once they arrive. This could be anything from a chipped tile on the floor to a red wine stain on the staircase carpet. In this case, it’s probably time to call in the professionals.

There are some parts of the post-party cleanup that are simply performed better by professional house cleaning services. In particular, the expensive fittings in your home must be treated with the utmost care, including your carpets, hard flooring and soft furnishings. There’s nothing worse than frantically trying to get rid of a carpet stain, only to make it worse because you’ve used the wrong cleaning products. Below we share some information on why it’s a good idea to hire a professional cleaning company after your big celebration.

Unfortunately, properly cleaning carpets isn’t as simple as hoovering up and spraying lots of product onto stains, especially after an event where there’s been lots of foot traffic and spillages. There are a number of benefits to hiring a professional carpet cleaning company after a party, both for you and your carpets. Here’s how your carpets will benefit:

There are also benefits for you - these are particularly applicable if you’re hosting an event at your own home:

If you’ve hired a venue you’ll be expected to return it in the same condition as you were given it. This can be a daunting prospect if you’ve hired the space and paid a deposit, so why not err on the side of caution and trust the professional services of a carpet cleaning company to ensure you hand the venue back exactly as you found it?

A professional cleaning company can also make sure your hard floors are back in good condition after an event too. The benefits of getting your hard floors cleaned are very similar to those of getting your carpets professional cleaned in that you can guarantee the job will be done right, increasing the lifespan of your floors and maintaining the style of your home.

Although you may think hard floors are much more durable than carpets, they can still get stained and damaged - and they are very expensive to replace! A professional cleaning company can clean or restore your floors so that any dirt, damages or chips are eliminated.

The expertise of a professional carpet cleaner also ensures that the correct products are used on the appropriate flooring. Imagine if you went to clean your beautiful wood flooring using an expensive chemical cleaner, only to realise it’s stripped away the polish and ruined the floor. With professionals, you won’t have this problem as their training and experience means they know how to treat different flooring types. So whatever flooring you’ve got, whether it’s wood, laminate, marble, natural stone, tile, limestone or anything in between, you know you can trust the professional products and techniques of an expert cleaning company.

Depending on how raucous your party was, it may be that your soft furnishings have been scuffed and dirtied too. For an all-inclusive service, you can ask your professional cleaning company to tend to your curtains and upholstery too. Whether they’re leather, dralon, cotton, microfibre or silk, an expert cleaning company will have the appropriate products to get those nasty stains out of your favourite armchair or blinds.

For soft furnishing products like this, it’s particularly essential that you trust professional cleaners; not only because these are the items in your home that you treasure and spent good money on, but also because bacteria can fester in these softer environments. In fact, sofas and armchairs are particularly prone to bed bugs and other insects, which will nibble away at you whilst you’re watching TV… eurgh! If that’s not enough to encourage you to hire a professional cleaner after having a party, we don’t know what is!

If you’re hosting a party at home or a venue in Birmingham and you’re looking for a cleaning company that you can trust, give us a call. We are one of the most highly recommended companies for carpet, upholstery, hard flooring and curtain cleaning in the area and this is purely based on the excellent results we produce.

Get in touch in time for your event and we can arrange a suitable time for us to visit your venue and get cracking on a quality and efficient clean, whilst you sit back and relax.