Merion Cricket Club: Carpet Care & Hospitality Cleaning for a Historic Club
Founded in 1865, Merion Cricket Club has been a cornerstone of social and athletic life in Haverford, PA for a century and a half.
What started as a cricket club has grown into a full athletic and social institution. Today it offers golf, field hockey, soccer, tennis, and squash.
At the center of the property sits the clubhouse itself, built in 1897. It overlooks the Great Lawn, the club’s central gathering space. Members use the lawn for social events and for tennis on its well-known grass courts. Preserving a building and grounds with that kind of history takes more than routine housekeeping. The extensive carpeting in the clubhouse’s high-traffic areas needs real attention.
From a One-Time Job to an Ongoing Partnership
CNS Cleaning’s relationship with Merion started small: a single commercial carpet cleaning job. It didn’t stay small for long. The work expanded into a broader, ongoing partnership. CNS now delivers routine carpet care plus project-based services as the club needs them.
Today, CNS runs bimonthly deep carpet cleaning throughout the clubhouse. Dining rooms, entryways, and hallways get the closest attention. Members and guests see those areas every visit, and they show wear the fastest.
More Than Carpets
Carpet care is the anchor of the account, but not the whole of it. CNS supports Merion with on-demand services that work alongside the club’s in-house custodial team, not in place of it. That includes cleaning guest rooms, bathrooms, and shared kitchens in the overnight accommodations. It also includes commercial window cleaning in the clubhouse, to keep the views of the Great Lawn clear.
CNS also handles post-construction cleanup after renovations. The timing matters: upgrades to a 19th-century clubhouse can’t disrupt the club’s day-to-day operations while the work is underway.
A Landmark Held to a High Standard
A club with this kind of history doesn’t take chances on who touches its historic clubhouse. The relationship has held because CNS treats a bimonthly carpet visit with the same discipline as an emergency call: same crew, same standard, every time. That consistency is what turned one carpet job into a standing account. Today the account covers carpet care, window cleaning, guest accommodations, and post-renovation work across the property.
