House renovation firms prosper ahead of Tet
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House cleaning and renovation services firms in Hanoi are doing a roaring trade when Vietnam’s biggest festival Tet, or the Lunar New Year, is approaching.
Homeowners are now coming to those companies to just get a refusal due to an excess of requests.
Hanh from Dong Da District said most of the companies she has contacted will not take any more orders because they have closed their customer list nearly two weeks back.
Le Dinh Chi of Thien Uy company said he has also turned many customers down after closing enough deals with long-time customers almost a month ago.
The current cold spell in the capital city has driven the demand for house cleaning and renovation services because people are afraid to do the work by themselves to prepare for Tet which falls early next month, Hoang Le Hien, director of a renovation firm, said.
Prices for those services have thus risen by 20-30 percent this year depending on the requirements.
Yet, firms still take orders of cleaning household objects with prices running up to VND700,000 (US$35.9) for carpets and VND600,000 ($30.8) for sofas.
Rising input costs for cleaning equipment is cited as one of the reasons that have driven up the prices, cleaning and renovation firms said.
