Jack Cleaning Service logo: an illustrated housekeeper holding a duster and a spray bottle
(732) 875-6556
South River, New Jersey · 7+ years

A cleaning company that puts what you get in writing

Homes, offices and short-term rentals across South River and the towns within about twenty miles. You approve a room-by-room scope before we start, the same crew comes back each visit, and anything we miss gets redone at our cost.

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Rated 5 stars by clients across Middlesex County

Cleaner with a mop and a bucket of supplies standing in a living room
Written scopeApproved before the first visit
Same crewEvery recurring visit
2-hour windowPlus a text on the way
Licensed & insuredDocumented on request
Background-checkedScreened before day one
Written scopeApproved before we start
Free quotesWalkthrough at no charge
Fixed if we miss itRedone within 24 hours
Cleaner holding a bucket of spray bottles with folded microfibre cloths
Who you are hiring

We built the company around one complaint

People did not mind paying for cleaning. They minded not knowing what they were paying for — quotes without detail, crews that changed without warning, and no way to point at what had been agreed when something got missed.

So everything here runs off a written scope. You see it, you change it, you approve it. The crew works from the same document. If a room is missed, there is no argument about whether it was promised — there is a list, and we come back.

That is not a clever idea. It is just harder to sustain than quoting a low number on the phone, which is why it is worth telling you about.

— The Jack Cleaning Service teamServing South River and Middlesex County since day one

Services

Six services, one standard

Residential, commercial and short-term rental work. Each one has its own scope document and its own pricing logic.

Most booked

House Cleaning

Whole-home cleaning built around your floor plan and your household, with a written room-by-room scope you approve before we start. Kitchens and bathrooms get the majority of the labour, because that is where cleaning either shows or does not.

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Business

Commercial Cleaning

Offices, studios, salons and retail floors cleaned after hours on a documented zone-by-zone scope, with one named contact who answers during business hours and a frequency matched to your real foot traffic.

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Why us

Six reasons clients stop shopping around

None of these are exotic. They are simply the things a cleaning company has to get right to keep a client past the third month.

A written scope, not a verbal promise

Before the first visit you get a room-by-room list of what is included. The crew works from the same document, so nobody is relying on memory and nothing is quietly dropped.

The same crew, visit after visit

Consistency is the whole product. By the third visit the team knows your floors, your pets and your preferences without being told again.

Insured and background-checked

General liability coverage and background screening on everyone who enters. We will send documentation before you book, not after you ask twice.

Arrival windows we actually keep

A two-hour window and a text when the crew is on the way. If something changes, you hear it from us before you notice it yourself.

Products chosen for your surfaces

Sealed stone, unsealed grout, old hardwood and luxury vinyl all want different chemistry. We ask before bringing anything new into your home.

Fixed at no charge if we miss it

Tell us within 24 hours which room and what was wrong, and we come back and redo it. No invoice, no argument about what was promised.

Real results

Before and after, on real jobs

Seven jobs the crew photographed before starting and again after finishing. Switch any of them to see the difference.

Before: a dull stainless kitchen sink with water marks and dark residue around both drains.After: the same double kitchen sink polished bright, with clear drains and an even finish.After
Stainless kitchen sink · water marks and limescale removed, finish brought back
Before: a gas cooktop with burnt-on spills across the enamel and around the burner rings.After: the same cooktop degreased, with clean enamel between the grates and clear burner rings.After
Gas cooktop · burnt-on spills degreased and the burner rings cleared
Before: a shower pan with dark soil across the floor and staining along the tile grout.After: the same shower pan cleaned to a white surface with the grout lines lifted.After
Shower pan and tile · soil lifted out of the grout and off the pan
Before: a bathroom vanity with rust staining around the tap base and residue across the basin.After: the same vanity and basin cleaned, with the stone top clear and the basin white.After
Vanity top and basin · rust staining around the tap base taken off
Before: a glass shower screen clouded with soap film so the tub behind it is barely visible.After: the same screen cleared so the tub and tiling behind the glass read sharply.After
Glass shower screen · soap film and hard-water scale cleared
Before: a brushed steel undermount basin with a dulled surface and debris in the strainer.After: the same basin with the brushed finish restored and the strainer clear.After
Undermount basin · scale removed and the brushed finish restored
Before: a toilet seat lifted to show rust and mineral build-up on the seat fixings.After: the same fixings cleaned back to white plastic with no staining left around them.After
Toilet seat fixings · the detail a quick clean never reaches
7+Years cleaning in New Jersey
55+Properties serviced
5.0Star client rating
12Towns covered
Process

From first call to a locked front door

Five steps, no surprises, and a free walkthrough before any number is quoted.

1

Tell us about the space

Call, text or send the form. Town, size, and roughly what you want covered — two minutes is enough to start.

2

Walkthrough

In person or by video. We note the rooms, surfaces and problem areas that actually drive the time.

3

Written quote and scope

A flat price and a room-by-room list. Change anything you want before you approve it.

4

The clean

The crew arrives inside the window and works to the scope you approved, top to bottom.

5

Check and follow up

The lead reviews every room before leaving, and you get a message when the property is done and locked.

Service area

Towns we cover

South River and everything within roughly twenty miles of it — most of Middlesex County. Near the edge of that? Call and ask.

South RiverEast BrunswickSayrevilleOld BridgeNew BrunswickMilltownNorth BrunswickSpotswoodEdisonMonroe TownshipPerth AmboyHighland Park
Clients

What people say after the third visit

The first visit is easy to get right. These are clients who stayed.

We had tried two other companies before this one. The difference is that the same two people show up, they already know the house, and I stopped having to leave notes. Six months in and I have not had to check behind them once.
Marina C.East Brunswick, NJ · Biweekly house cleaning
Booked them for the last day of our lease with about four days' notice. They cleaned an empty two-bedroom top to bottom and sent photographs of every room the same evening. The property manager signed off without a single deduction.
Daniel R.South River, NJ · Move out cleaning
Our office had gone through three cleaning vendors in two years. What changed here was getting an actual written scope and one person to call. Nine months and I have not had to chase anything.
Priya N.Edison, NJ · Commercial cleaning
The bathroom grout had not been properly cleaned since we bought the house. They spent close to an hour on that room alone and told me honestly which sections needed regrouting rather than pretending they could scrub it out.
Tom W.Sayreville, NJ · Deep cleaning
They handle turnovers for two units near the campus. The photo report at the end of each clean is the part I did not know I needed — I caught a broken lamp on the same day instead of three guests later.
Jessica A.New Brunswick, NJ · Airbnb turnovers
Two kids and a dog, so the house takes a beating. Weekly service was the right call. They text when they are on the way and the arrival window has been accurate every time so far.
Carlos M.Old Bridge, NJ · Weekly house cleaning
Gallery

How the work is actually done

Select any image to enlarge it. Captions describe the method, not just the room.

Spray bottle, rubber gloves, sponge and microfibre cloths laid out on a pink background
Plant-based general cleaner, gloves and microfibre — the default residential kit
Paper towel, squeegee, sponge and cleaning bottles arranged on a white surface
A squeegee and dry paper for glass: no streaks, no residue on the frame
Cleaner holding a bucket of spray bottles with folded microfibre cloths
Cloths folded and counted before the visit, so nothing is reused between zones
Gloved hand wiping a chrome door handle with a blue microfibre cloth
Door handles are the highest-touch surface in any property, and the most skipped
Broom sweeping dirt onto a dustpan on a hardwood floor
Hard floors are swept dry first — mopping over grit just moves it around
Cleaner giving a thumbs up while holding a caddy of brushes, sponges and spray bottles
Every crew arrives with its own equipment, products and spares
Caddy of spray bottles and cloths set down inside a guest room
Short-term rentals get the caddy set down once and worked room by room
Gloved hand carrying a bucket of cleaning products through a commercial lobby
Commercial sites are serviced after hours, entrance and lobby included
Quick answers

Questions people ask before they call

More detail on the full questions page.

For most homes in South River and the surrounding towns we can complete a walkthrough within a day or two and start the same week. End-of-month move out slots fill fastest, so those are worth booking two to three weeks out.

Residential cleaning is quoted as a flat price after the walkthrough, so you know the number before we start. Deep cleans are quoted in labour hours with the crew size stated, because the work genuinely varies with condition rather than with square footage.

No minimum square footage, but there is a practical minimum on travel — a very small job in a town at the far edge of our range may need to be scheduled alongside another visit that day. We will tell you honestly if that applies rather than quoting a price we cannot deliver.

Both. Roughly two thirds of our work is residential and the rest is offices, studios, salons and retail floors. Commercial accounts run after hours on a written scope with a named point of contact.

South River and everything within about twenty miles of it, which takes in most of Middlesex County — East Brunswick, Sayreville, Old Bridge, New Brunswick, Edison, Perth Amboy and the towns between them. If you are near the edge of that, call and ask.

From the blog

Practical writing on cleaning, not filler

Guides we wrote because clients kept asking the same questions.

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Ready for a home that stops needing a rescue?

Free walkthrough, a written scope, and a flat price before anyone lifts a cloth. Serving South River and every town within about twenty miles.

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