Steam-sanitized, fragrance-free interior cleaned around the car seat before the hospital trip home, with no harsh residue left behind.
The car that brings your baby home from Mount Sinai or Trillium is the same one that has been collecting commuter crumbs, dog hair and coffee rings for years. Parents notice this about three weeks before the due date, usually around the time the car seat gets installed, and realize they would rather not have a newborn breathing in whatever has built up in the vents and carpet.
Auto Royale comes to your driveway or condo garage and resets the interior with steam, hot-water extraction and HEPA vacuuming, using fragrance-free, low-residue products on request. We work around an installed car seat without disturbing it, we are open 24/7 so later bookings can fit a nap schedule, and we leave the cabin dry and odour-free rather than smelling like a cherry air freshener.
A newborn's car is about air and surfaces. Dust and pollen in the vents, dander in the carpet and mould spores in a damp trunk all get stirred up when the heat comes on, so we HEPA-vacuum every fabric surface, blow out the vents with compressed air and steam the plastics. Steam cleans with heat rather than chemicals, which means nothing is left on the surfaces your baby will eventually touch, chew and drool on.
We also treat the odours parents stop noticing: old food, a damp smell from winter mats, lingering pet smell from before the baby. Those get enzyme treatment at the source so they do not return the first humid week of July.
A correctly installed car seat should not be removed and reinstalled casually, so we leave it in place and clean around and beneath it as far as we can reach with crevice tools and steam. If you want the area under the base cleaned fully, uninstall the seat before we arrive and reinstall it after, following the seat's instructions, or ask us to come before installation day. For the seat itself, we vacuum the shell and wipe the plastic, and leave fabric and harness care to the manufacturer's directions.
Tell us the baby is on the way and we switch to the gentler end of our kit: fragrance-free interior cleaners, steam for sanitizing instead of strong disinfectants where possible, a water-based protectant on the dash that leaves no greasy film, and no air freshener unless you ask for one. Surfaces are wiped with clean microfibre and dried before we leave. Where a disinfectant is needed for a spill or mould, we tell you which one and ventilate the car well.
Two to four weeks before the due date is ideal, after the car seat is in or just before. Later, once the baby is here, the spit-up, formula and diaper-bag spills start, and an express interior every month or two keeps on top of them. Text us the vehicle, whether the car seat is installed, any smells you want gone and your preferred window. Overnight and nap-time slots are both fine with us.
Typical time: A baby-ready interior detail takes 2–3 hours; a full inside-and-out takes 3–5 hours, and the cabin is dry when we leave.
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Add the exterior for +$100 (full interior + exterior). Extras: Heavy pet hair +$75, Vomit / biohazard +$150. We come to you, 24/7. Pay after the job by card, debit, cash or e-transfer.
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