Swifty is the unicorn among services - they perform a much needed job and do it very well - excellent in all aspects.

I just needed a blinds repaired and they were great. They arrived on time and the guy was really friendly and knew his stuff. He was a member of the family owned business. They clean blinds as well. I will definitely use them later this year to brighten up my 20 year old blinds. Nice he didn't try to upsell me to newer blinds. read more

Spectacular! All around an awesome company to work with. Communication A++ Got back to me right away after my inquiry. Showed up in on time. Came back at the right time. Very professional and Dustin was terrific. Quality Work A++ Exceeded my expectations. Had some faux blinds cleaned and 2 repaired. The did such a great job. Pricing A++ the amount that I paid was very reasonable. I would highly recommend Swiftly. read more

Swifty Blind Cleaning - Cleaned and repaired string. - Shades & Blinds Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Blind cleaning and re-stringing honeycomb blinds is such a nuanced, specialized skill. It was not easy to find a company but boy, are we glad we found Swifty Blinds. They were able to fit us in early due to a customer cancellation, came on time, dealt professionally with our building managements access issues, worked thru it, took the blinds and returned them and reinstalled within 24 hours. Swifty also sells new blinds (Hunter Douglas brand) so when the time comes due to replace them, we'll be back. Highly recommend them and if you are lucky enough to get Dustin... BONUS! River North Chicago read more

I HIGHLY recommend Swifty Blind Cleaning! Everyone else wanted to sell me blinds. I wanted my blinds CLEANED, and Swifty's team was responsive, timely, professional, knowledgeable and friendly. I set an appointment, they arrived, took down my blinds, and brought back squeaky clean blinds the same day! They installed them and even repaired a couple missing pulls. Excellent service, great value, and my blinds look brand new! Bam! read more

Swifty Blind Cleaning - 6 months later, not a speck of dust! - Shades & Blinds Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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This is an exceptional local business. I was recommended to go here by a neighbor. I needed to get my bedroom blind restrung. I phoned up in advance and they gave me an estimate of what the possible charges could be. I dropped off the blind on Monday and it was ready for collection within 24hours. The service was excellent. You can tell they are experts and took great care when performing the repair to my blind. The pricing was very reasonable. They saved me a ton of money as I won't need to purchase a replacement blind. I am very grateful. read more

If you're looking for phenomenal, honest service, this is the place! The personal customer support is fantastic! We're helping get my sister's condo ready for sale and we needed some wood blinds repaired. At the store I met Laurie, who checked out the condition of the shades. The window coverings are very old and, most likely, will be replaced by the buyer. A few hours later, Dustin called and asked a few questions. The repairs were made the same day! We husband picked them up and had an issue with one of our Graber blinds, that also needed attention. Dustin came up with a clever fix and then hubby wanted to pay for the work. The amount was extremely less than expected. We're in the market for additional window coverings and you can be sure that we'll go back to Swifty Blinds. read more

Dustin is a wizard at Swifty Blind Cleaning. I cannot say enough good things about him and his family business, customer service, and their commitment to quality work. I recently bought a condo with luminettes, and they told me cleaning them might not be worthwhile. They also came, and showed me how to use them, draw them open and closed, and how to use care in using them. The company is just wonderful - they are dedicated to making sure they take good care of you, and you are satisfied with their work. They will come back until you are completely satisfied. And, their prices are reasonable too. They are a terrific family-owned local company. I have been delighted with their service! Make sure you use them - I know you will be happy! read more

Swifty Blinds has repaired Hunter Douglas Silhouette blinds in my home three times, most recently today. I could not ask for better service. It is hard to find someone to come to your home, and my husband and I are not capable of taking them down and transporting them. This is a family business, and Dustin has gone well beyond expectation to repair the blinds that are now 23+ years old, saving me the expense of replacement. I am grateful for his help and responsiveness. I highly recommend their service at a very fair price. read more

Swifty Blind Cleaning and Repairs a wonderful company. We would recommend Swifty without hesitation. They are very dependable and do excellent work. One of our blind needed a repair and they fixed it with no problem. Thank you Swifty for a job well done. Mrs Merz read more

Several blinds were wonky at my house. One hung askew, a few wouldn't fully rise, that sort of thing. Dusty showed up and had every wonky blind operating in no time. Pretty amazing. I definitely recommend this company to others because it's top notch. read more

Sent six sets of Hunter Douglas wooden blinds to be cleaned. Came back clean, but one set is very hard to open or close fully. No response after initial complaint 9 days ago. Less than 100% happy read more

Excellent business. Blind cleaning results are impeccable as is customer service and they are very nice. Blinds are taken to their plant, cleaned and rehung same day. read more

I can only agree with all the other positive reviews. Since this is a family owned company they sure take pride in customer satisfaction. My wooden blinds look like new again, highly to be recommended. Dustin is extremely knowledgeable and your blinds will love him. Satisfied customers is your best advertising. read more

I am extremely happy with this company. I have a 10' by 7.5' honeycomb blind in my bedroom which lost two of it's strings. I was very concerned because this blind cost a lot of money. My wife found Swifty on-line and scheduled an appointment to repair this blind. The technician, Dustin, showed up on time in a nice white work van. He has over 20 years experience with repairing and installing blinds. Dusty finished the job in a very short amount of time and the price was very reasonable. Highly recommended. And it is a family company. read more

They repaired my blinds string quickly and gave me good advice on how to prevent damage in the future. Besides keeping the string away from the cats. read more

Dustin was great. Laurie made the appointment for the repair...restringing of my mini blinds. Dustin repaired one blind and inspected two others and did a small repair to one of those. These are the blinds that I bought from another blinds shop. The second repair for these blinds. The blinds that I bought from Swifty are all in great condition and were less expensive and better quality than the three blinds I bought from the other vendor. Very reasonable price and friendly fast service. I highly recommend Swifty Blind for purchases, repairs and cleaning blinds! The best. read more

We love our new blinds! From the initial visit, Dustin was incredibly helpful, practical and knowledgable. He helped us select wood blinds that best matched a previous purchase from an online retailer. You can tell the quality and look of the Hunter Douglas blinds from Swifty will endure much longer. Installation was a breeze and only took a couple hours. Plus, not only does Swifty sell blinds, but they clean and repair them as well! A true full-service shop. My husband's text that day says it all... "Oh my gosh the blinds are beautiful!" read more

This place is GREAT and also very unique! They come in the early day to take your blinds down and to their shop for repair and/or cleaning and then.. they come back late the same day to install them back up. I was ready to purchase new costly wood blinds but they made my old dirty broken ones look and feel like new ones at a fraction of the price new blinds would cost. They even repaired some broken slats that my dog destroyed. No one including myself thought they could be repaired but we were so wrong. This is a small independently owned local business of which I love supporting. It's a mother and son. I have used them countless times over the years for my home and also other rental properties I own and they have always surprised me at how wonderful my blinds turn out. I have also recommended them to others - All of whom have been totally satisfied. I don't believe there is another business like this anywhere around. They are unique and very good at what they do. I highly recommend them! read more

We have seven silhouette shades that had never been cleaned since 1998 when the townhome complex was built. Swifty Blinds did exactly what it says. The technician arrived on time in the morning; took down the shades; transported them to the company's plant; and cleaned, returned and remounted them in the late afternoon. Scheduling was easy, the service terrific, and pricing very reasonable. The most important criterion, the shades are clean! This is a great small business that earned five stars. Strongly recommended. read more

Swifty did an amazing job cleaning my many floor to ceiling luminettes! They were extremely accommodating and understanding about keeping them "longer than usual" while my renovation project dragged on. When it was time to put then back up, they made sure the window coverings were functioning 100% even though the trouble was attributable to my painters. Swifty sets the standard for quality service, value, and honesty which is sorely lacking among Chicagoland businesses! read more

It's no wonder this company is popular! Swifty exceeded all my expectations with service and blind cleaning. They showed up promptly, removed all blinds in my house and returned them sparkling white the same day. In my opinion their service and price cannot be beat. read more

This place did a great job. We had some higher end Blinds that needed repair and cleaning and had no idea we could get them fixed. Luckily I did a little research and found out about Swifty. Saved a ton of money not having to buy new blinds, they now look and work great! read more

Dustin was friendly, efficient, and knowledgeable about my blinds. He showed up when he said he would and had my blinds back cleaned and repaired the same day. Price was very reasonable and they look great. Thank goodness for Swifty (and Hunter Douglas) for being companies that still do repairs of older blinds (mine are 16 years old but high end!)) for a reasonable price. So many companies that make any appliance don't support even a a few years old appliance or fixture, they just want you to buy new. Newer appliances are cheaper sometimes, but what good is it, if it breaks down in a couple of years ("just out of warranty). As they say, "they dont make them like they used to". Highly recommend. read more

Great little Business. Super people and honest as the day is long. If you need any blinds cleaned, this is your go to place. Lorie and Dustin are great people that know what they are doing and understand the meaning of customer service. Would give them 10 starts if possible. read more

I had a broken window blind. I did a Yelp search and found Swifty. They were flexible on working with me on scheduling the repair at my house. The owner's son came in and fixed the blinds and also a window shade. He was at my house a total of 12 minutes! That's Swifty indeed! Bad pun intended :) read more

Great service! Quick same day- they did a great job cleaning my mini blinds. Highly recommend!

I'm writing this review to give these guys a bump up in ratings. I had some honeycomb, room darkening shades that I had repaired over the Christmas holiday. They desperately needed cleaning. I looked on Angie's List and here, and decided to go with Swifty, even with the low rating. I dropped my blinds off (they do have a pickup service), since they were already down & I was out running errands. I was told that due to the type of shade, the room darkening material may come loose during cleaning and may cause the shades themselves to bubble. That was the chance I was willing to take, since they hadn't been cleaned in a few years. I also needed 4 silhouette blinds and 2 wooden blinds cleaned. I was told that they could bring the first pair of shades back when they came to pick up the others. Since I couldn't get an appointment for 2 weeks, I picked up my shades and rehung them myself. They look just fine...no bubbling, no separation. Fast forward to today...My appointment was for 9:00. The young man (sorry, I should have asked for your name), showed up around 9:15. He had my shades down and wrapped up in 20 minutes. Since I had to work until 4, he said he'd be back around 4:30. He showed up around 4:50. He quickly got to work, rehanging everything. Now my wooden shades were filthy, with quite a bit of dust. Not anymore. I'm going to have to make a mental note to use a swifter every month to keep them looking this good. The the silhouettes, which are white (don't ever get white shear shades!!), look brand new. There's no funky chemical smell, and no yellowish discoloration. When the room darkening shades were originally installed, unbeknown to me, the person who installed them didn't connect the brackets properly. As a result, when you pull on them, there's a little bit of a give. I had the service technician take a look. He didn't have the proper screws, so he's offered to come back next week to fix the problem. Total bill for 8 blinds/shades...$218, which considering the fact that they did it in 1 day, I find reasonable. Bottom line, I will use Swifty Blind Cleaning again and recommend them to anyone looking for a blind cleaning service. read more

I live in a rented east facing condo and needed to get my blinds fixed but didn't want to spend a fortune doing so..I contacted Swifty after hearing about them from other people in my building and I am glad I chose them. Laurie was quick to reply to all my queries via email after looking at pics of my blinds and she gave me a decent quote and told me that the next working day they were available was three weeks out. She politely told me that she would let me know in case someone cancels and an opening comes up. The very next day she sent me an email saying that they could come in the next day. Dustin came in on time and it took him hardly ten mins to fix my blinds. He also took a look at the other blinds in my condo. Overall i am very satisfied I chose this family run business. They are quick, knowledgeable and polite people. Just the sort of people that I like giving my business to. read more

Working with this company was not by choice it was prearragned by the seller of the condo (full disclosure, I live with Matt S who wrote the review below). I was at work all day and had not dealt with any of the planning for this installation of repaired/remade blinds. Last Wednesday, the seller arranged for the install to take place, but we were unavailable. Once we found out about the installation, that very same day, we called to reschedule. As I mentioned Matt was the one who spoke to a very nice gentlemen who gave the time slot of 11am to 1pm on Wednesday September 23rd. When they were no shows, after trying to reach them multiple time via phone, Matt finally emailed. Fed up with the responses and lack of responsibility Matt wrote his below review. Once I was home I attempted to give them a call to find out what had happened. I was created by a pleasant and calm woman, Laurie, then when I told her our address, the her tone changed. She became very rude and you could tell the distaste in her voice. Mind you all I had said was, "I am looking for more information on an installation that did not show up today," and gave her my address. She said there was not an appointment on their board for us so we did not make one. The gentleman was out of the office and could not answer any questions. Also, that we can pick up there blinds whenever we want. I asked about a potential delivery and she said that they just don't have time for that. In Laurie's final email this afternoon she said "We are not the company for you." They must not be a company for anyone that expects any amount of respect or service. Go elsewhere. read more

I was so pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to work with this company that I felt they deserved another 5* review here. The cord to pull our blinds up and down broke. The company that installed them (budget blinds) wanted to send someone to "look at them" (and charge $150 for it!) first because we didn't know the model/order number and they didn't keep a record of the sale (the receipt didn't mention the order number either). We kept telling them that the order number shouldn't matter, all we need is for someone to come and change the cord on the blinds which seem to be pretty standard. We gave up on them and called Swifty. They asked a couple of questions, and scheduled a technician. The technician came a little later than originally scheduled but called to warn us of his delay. He was nice, knowledgeable, and effective. He quickly put new cords on 2 blinds and we paid $130 total. And I learned a lot of interesting things about blinds! I wish every other handyman/ repair service was as good as Swifty! read more

An amazing company! They picked up and then delivered and reinstalled my silhouette blinds. They are over 10 years old and we're very expensive when purchased. Their cleaning processed made them look like new. I would have had them cleaned years ago had i known how inexpensive they were to clean. read more

DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY. I made an appointment 2-weeks in advance. They were supposed to come to my condo between noon and 1pm. I took the day off to meet the repair guy. They did not show up and I called them repeatedly from 1:30 until 5pm. Left several messages on their voice-mail. No return call. NOTHING. They never called to tell me they were late (or in this case, not coming at all. I left them a 4th message around 5:30 with a few choice words and letting them know how unprofessional they are. I also mentioned in my voicemail that I would be writing a yelp review. I received a call back within 10 minutes. Coincidence? I let the guy know exactly how I felt and he told me that I could call back the following day to reschedule. Against my better judgment, I called them every day for a week, left messages on their voicemail and have heard nothing. These people are totally inconsiderate arrogant jerks. Do not waste your time with them. UPDATE!!! Somebody from this company responded publicly on YELP. They told a BOLD FACED LIE! Nobody ever contacted me to reschedule, that, coupled with the fact that they never showed up and I that I waited for an entire day for them.......is why I have posted this review. Funny that the other negative reviews on YELP cite the exact same problems. They also state in their response........as a foolish attempt to discredit me......that all my reviews on Yelp are negative. Obviously they can't even read correctly because that too is untrue. Now more than ever, based on their response, I encourage people to look elsewhere before working with this company. All they had to do, at the very least, was pick up the telephone and call so that I would not have wasted an entire work day waiting for them. read more

I'm writing this to give these guys the review they deserve. I recently purchased a home in Chicago and needed to have new blinds installed. The seller was working with the company to schedule a date for installation which did not work for me. I called and left a voicemail on the company's phone number to schedule an alternative installation. In a week's time, they finally returned my phone call. The person I spoke with on the phone from this company scheduled me for a 2 hour window during the day a week later which I blocked off in my calendar. On the day of installation, I left work to be available for the installation guys and waited 2.5 hours but no one ever came. I called the company three times and could not get an answer. I then found their email online and sent them an email, but the scheduler claimed they had never booked my installation. Aside from the aggravation of leaving work to wait for 2.5 hours for a no show, the company does not even have the decency to contact me via phone to try and schedule an alternative time slot. Instead, they have sent me an email saying I can pick up my blinds at their store location and install myself. I really wanted to support this company and give them additional business as we have another room that needs window treatments as well as others that need periodic cleaning. I am normally a huge promoter of small business, but I do not recommend anyone uses this company. They are poor at communicating and do not care about their customer's time. read more

I can't stop looking at my "new" blinds. Actually, they are at least 15 years old and look as good today as the day I had them installed. From my first phone call asking about the services to my pick up of the finished product, I can't say enough about my excellent experience. If you have wood blinds, do not hesitate to use their services. Now that I found them , I will make this cleaning an annual event. I also had faded dirty cloth strips on my blinds and they replaced those too!! They also repaired a few spots perfectly. This saved me so much money and the end product and overall experience was exceptional!!! read more

I have some VERY old blinds that needed repairing. I spoke to Dustin on the phone and he was very professional and up-front about what they might or might not be able to do. He came out, inspected the blinds and gave me an idea what to expect. I received a call later that day and the the blinds were returned - Same day. Now, some of the repairs could not be done because of end-of-lifed parts, but that is no fault of Swifty Blinds. Overall I had a very pleasant experience with Swifty Blinds and would recommend them to others. They were good to work with, professional, and very reasonably priced. read more

This business knows what they're doing. Dustin just left and he was superb! I had to wait three weeks for an appointment for my repair because they're so busy; it was worth the wait. Dustin called this morning to say he had a cancellation and could come early which fit in exactly with my schedule. He went about the repair showing great knowledge of how to take my super sized blinds down and install new cords. He proceeded in an extremely efficient manner. He had a mask on and was extremely careful which meant a lot to me. All and all I will give the name of Swifty Blind Cleaning out to neighbors, friends and relatives. Thank you, Swifty! read more

I highly recommend Swifty Blinds. Dustin came on time for the repair. He was professional, knowledgeable, and friendly. These blinds are old, but he was able to find a way to fix them. We might need to replace them in the near future. If so, we'll go with Swifty Blinds to purchase new ones, too. read more

This business is great. I took 3 window shades to be cleaned - one needed a repair. They were ready in less than 24 hours! Highly recommend!! read more

I'm so grateful that I was able to find this business. They came out and took all my honeycomb blinds down and put them back up after cleaning for only $40.00! Of course that's not the price to clean each blind but this company was fast and very affordable. Family owned and the family was very pleasant to talk to. I would recommend them to anyone looking to get their blinds cleaned. read more