About the service
I prepare wool and fur for storage, and I always begin with the wardrobe rather than with the garments. Everything comes out onto a clean sheet, and I go through the empty cabinet with a torch: larvae sit in folds and seams, cocoons hide in corners, along the back wall, under the shelf edges and behind the skirting board. Dusty woollen blankets on the top shelves are the usual source — they lie untouched for years, nobody airs them, and the whole problem starts there rather than in the coat you noticed holes in.
Then we sort. Damaged items go aside so you can decide about them later with a clear head; a hole is a fact, not a verdict. Only clean things go back in — washed or professionally cleaned, because moth goes for stains, sweat, perfume and body odour, and an unwashed jumper is bait no matter what you put beside it. Where the fibre allows, I use cold or gentle warmth; where the label forbids it, I do not experiment on your coat. The empty wardrobe gets vacuumed thoroughly — seams, corners, shelf undersides, the rail — and the bag is changed and taken out of the flat immediately, otherwise the eggs simply move house.
What I do not do, and I say this before we start: I do not treat homes with insecticides. That is the job of a licensed pest control service, and if the flat is heavily infested — moths flying in several rooms, cocoons in the carpet — you need them, not me. Any product I use is applied strictly per its instructions, in a ventilated room, with no children or pets nearby, and never on a garment you are about to put on. Cedar blocks and herb sachets are a supplement, not protection: scent repellents do not kill a larva and will not rescue an item that is already infested. I also do not repair or restyle fur — that is a furrier's work, not storage prep.
What is included:
— full unloading of the wardrobe and an inspection of the empty cabinet, including corners, skirting and shelf edges;
— item-by-item sorting: clean, needs cleaning, damaged, discard;
— cold or warm treatment where the fabric allows it, and an honest refusal where it does not;
— thorough vacuuming with a bag change and immediate disposal;
— breathable cotton garment bags for wool and fur instead of polythene; vacuum bags only for synthetics;
— separation by season, labelling and a written inventory of what is stored where;
— a follow-up check a month later to confirm nothing has hatched.
Timing: one wardrobe takes three to five hours on site; a full walk-in or several cabinets — a working day. I usually come within five to ten days of agreeing, and the follow-up visit is scheduled at the end of the first one.
Then we sort. Damaged items go aside so you can decide about them later with a clear head; a hole is a fact, not a verdict. Only clean things go back in — washed or professionally cleaned, because moth goes for stains, sweat, perfume and body odour, and an unwashed jumper is bait no matter what you put beside it. Where the fibre allows, I use cold or gentle warmth; where the label forbids it, I do not experiment on your coat. The empty wardrobe gets vacuumed thoroughly — seams, corners, shelf undersides, the rail — and the bag is changed and taken out of the flat immediately, otherwise the eggs simply move house.
What I do not do, and I say this before we start: I do not treat homes with insecticides. That is the job of a licensed pest control service, and if the flat is heavily infested — moths flying in several rooms, cocoons in the carpet — you need them, not me. Any product I use is applied strictly per its instructions, in a ventilated room, with no children or pets nearby, and never on a garment you are about to put on. Cedar blocks and herb sachets are a supplement, not protection: scent repellents do not kill a larva and will not rescue an item that is already infested. I also do not repair or restyle fur — that is a furrier's work, not storage prep.
What is included:
— full unloading of the wardrobe and an inspection of the empty cabinet, including corners, skirting and shelf edges;
— item-by-item sorting: clean, needs cleaning, damaged, discard;
— cold or warm treatment where the fabric allows it, and an honest refusal where it does not;
— thorough vacuuming with a bag change and immediate disposal;
— breathable cotton garment bags for wool and fur instead of polythene; vacuum bags only for synthetics;
— separation by season, labelling and a written inventory of what is stored where;
— a follow-up check a month later to confirm nothing has hatched.
Timing: one wardrobe takes three to five hours on site; a full walk-in or several cabinets — a working day. I usually come within five to ten days of agreeing, and the follow-up visit is scheduled at the end of the first one.
