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Compare: Jim's Cleaning
Quick answer: Jim's Cleaning is a franchise network: your request goes to a local franchisee, who quotes for your home, with house cleaning advertised from $149 for a basic clean of a three-bedroom single-storey house. Simply Maid shows a fixed price online and arranges an independent cleaner. Jim's suits people who want a local quote and other services; Simply Maid suits people who want to book online.
How the two compare on price, quotes, checks, guarantees and booking, from each business's own published pages.
Simply Maid · completed cleans
Selected examples from Simply Maid’s own records across Australia. Any customer feedback shown is selected positive feedback about that visit. Historical work and prices do not establish current availability.
Hyde Park, Adelaide
Julian M.’s clean
monthly
Completed October 2026
$537Recorded booking amount
Recorded tasks: Inside Oven Deep Clean, Inside Fridge Clean, Inside Cabinets & Drawers + 1 more
Cleaners on this visit
South Lake, Perth
Christopher C.’s clean
one time
Completed October 2026
$333Recorded booking amount
Recorded tasks: Inside Oven Deep Clean
Punchbowl, Sydney
Maryam S.’s clean
one time
Completed October 2026
$257Recorded booking amount
Showing 3 of 9 selected examples. Amounts are historical booking records; today’s quote uses your property and requirements.
Jim's Cleaning prices each job by local quote; Simply Maid prices by home size online. Several of Jim's terms aren't on its public pages, so ask your local franchisee.
| Compared | Simply Maid (us)Booking platform with independent cleaners | Jim's CleaningFranchise network |
|---|---|---|
| Where it operates | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Perth and the Gold Coast.[1]Coverage follows each cleaner's travel area; booking shows the dates available. | Franchises in every state and territory, including all seven of our cities.[2]Depends on a local franchisee; not every service is available in every area. |
| Home cleaning types | Standard clean (one-off or regular), deep clean, and end of lease or move-in clean. Separate carpet steam cleaning and routine office and commercial cleaning are also offered.[3]This guide compares house cleaning. Carpet and business cleans have their own scope, minimums and availability checks; booking a business clean is a request until a cleaner accepts. Outside window cleaning is excluded. | Home cleaning, end of lease, oven, carpet, window, blind and pressure cleaning, NDIS cleaning and car detailing.[4] |
| How you get a price | A fixed price online before you book. No quote visit or call needed.[5] | Call 131 546 or request a free quote online; the quote is given in writing before the work.[4] |
| How the price is set | Fixed price by service, bedrooms, bathrooms and how often. A standard clean starts from $221.[5]Includes GST and the Care & Cover fee. The same in every city. Live from the booking calculator. | Quoted per job. House cleaning is advertised from $149 for a three-bedroom single-storey home.[4]A basic scope: vacuuming, mopping tiled floors, dusting, bathrooms and kitchen surfaces. GST and frequency not stated; the local quote sets the price. |
| Regular-visit discounts | Standard clean: 20% off weekly, 15% fortnightly, 10% monthly. Deep clean: 10% monthly.[6]The discount applies to the clean, not to extras. | Regular weekly, bi-weekly and monthly cleans are offered.[2]No regular-visit discount found in the pages we reviewed. |
| Equipment and products | The cleaner brings products and equipment, including a vacuum and mop.[7] | The local franchisee supplies equipment and products.[2] |
| Cleaner checks | Cleaners are identity-verified and pass Simply Maid's skills assessment.[1] | House cleaners are described as police-checked and insured.[2]A brand-level statement; checks are carried out by each franchise. |
| Insurance | Care & Cover on every booking includes up to $10 million public liability insurance through Chubb.[8]Conditions and exclusions apply; report damage within 48 hours. | Described as insured.[2]No amount published on the pages we reviewed. |
| If something is missed | Report a missed task within 48 hours and eligible concerns get a free re-clean of those areas within seven business days. If you're still unhappy, a review and a fair credit or refund.[9]Doesn't apply if access, water or power was missing, or the scope changed after booking. | Jim's Work Guarantee: unsatisfactory work is inspected and fixed. If you disagree, an independent expert you both accept reports at Jim's cost, and you don't pay until it's resolved.[10]Applies only up to a posted limit for work by independent contractors. No reporting window stated. |
| Cancelling or rescheduling | Free with at least 24 hours' notice. Inside 24 hours, a fee may apply under the current terms.[1]If the cleaner can't get in after 20 minutes, the booking is cancelled and the lockout fee in the current terms applies. | Not stated in the sources we reviewed |
| Problems and support | Phone and email, Monday to Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm local time, plus the help centre.[11] | Call 131 546 for bookings and to raise a problem.[10] |
| When you pay | A card hold about 48 hours before the clean; the charge is taken after it.[12]Visa, Mastercard or American Express. | A deposit may be asked for on larger or complex jobs.[2]General payment timing wasn't found in the pages we reviewed. |
Jim's Cleaning advertises house cleaning from $149, based on a three-bedroom single-storey home, and the local franchisee's written quote sets your price.
The $149 offer covers a basic scope: vacuuming, mopping tiled floors, dusting, bathrooms and toilets, and kitchen surfaces. Jim's doesn't say on that page whether GST is included or how often the clean is, and a larger home, more bathrooms or extra tasks will change the quote.
With Simply Maid, a standard clean of a three-bedroom home is $285 one-off with one bathroom and $317 with two, live from our booking calculator, including GST and the Care & Cover fee. That follows a fuller checklist, including the kitchen, bathrooms, dusting, floors and bins, so the two prices aren't like for like. See the standard clean checklist and what house cleaning costs.
Compare equivalent work and arrangements before comparing prices. Unstated fees or terms remain unknown until confirmed; this diagram does not rank providers.
A headline hourly rate is only one part.
With Jim's Cleaning you deal with a local business that operates under the Jim's brand, its national phone line and its work guarantee.
With Simply Maid, the price and checklist are the same in every city we serve, and an independent cleaner near you accepts the job. You can't choose a named cleaner when you book.
Employment, franchise, contractor and introduction models allocate selection, payment, attendance and remedies differently. These are questions for the chosen service, not claims that any model always assigns a duty to a particular party. Establish who selects the cleaner, who receives payment, who manages absence and who can authorise a remedy. A business name or platform label alone does not answer those questions.
Get the responsibility for each job in writing.
Both will come back to fix a problem; they handle disagreements and timing differently.
Jim's Cleaning can be the better fit when you want a quote for your home and more than a regular clean.
Simply Maid may suit you better if you'd rather see a fixed price online, book in a few minutes without a quote, and pay after the clean.
Method
We compare what each business publishes about how its service works, not how well any one clean was done.
Yes. Jim's Cleaning is part of the Jim's Group franchise network. Each franchise is run by its owner as a small business, and requests go to the franchise covering your area.
Jim's says the local franchisee supplies the equipment and products for house cleaning.
Yes, Jim's lists end of lease cleaning, and says a bond clean counts as done only when the agent or landlord is satisfied. Simply Maid also offers an end of lease clean at a fixed price, but doesn't promise a bond outcome.
Jim's Group's promise to inspect and fix unsatisfactory work, with an independent expert if you disagree and no payment until it's resolved. It applies only up to a posted limit for work done by independent contractors.
Jim's advertises a national from-price of $149, but the local franchisee's quote sets your price. Simply Maid's prices are the same in every city it serves.
Who wrote and edited this article, when its sources were checked, and what changed.
Current version
8 October 2026 — Updated by Huy Hoang.
Updated the shared Simply Maid comparison facts to use live discounts, same-day fees and package inclusions. Deep Cleaning fridge and kitchen cabinet interiors are optional extras. Competitor facts retain their stated source dates.
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Competitor details are taken from each provider's own published pages on the dates shown. Terms and prices change, so check the provider's current terms before you book. Simply Maid publishes these guides and competes with the businesses in them.