House Cleaning in Montclair, NJ
Come home to a kitchen ready to gather in and bathrooms that feel cared for, whether you're near Bloomfield Avenue or up in Upper Montclair. Daniela Marque and her DM crew shape each Montclair visit around the rooms your household lives in most, and the details and price are settled before anything is booked.
How Montclair homes book us
Weekly Cleaning Montclair
A weekly visit from the same crew keeps a busy Montclair house from slipping between cleans.
- Counters and kitchen fronts wiped
- Baths cleaned top to bottom
- Floors, handles and switches
- Trash out, rooms straightened
Bi-Weekly Cleaning Montclair
A biweekly visit fits Montclair homes that keep fairly tidy between cleans; the rate follows your room list.
- Kitchen and bath in detail
- Dusting and wiping
- Vacuum and mop
- The same list each visit
Monthly Cleaning Montclair
Once a month for quieter Montclair households that still want a full pass by a trained crew.
- Every reachable surface
- Detail where you point
- Floors room by room
- Add-ons only on request
Deep Cleaning Montclair
Meant for a first visit, a move or heavy buildup, when a Montclair house needs more hours spent on every level.
- Longer visit, finer detail
- Buildup tackled first
- Main rooms finished with care
- A sound start before a routine
Move-In / Move-Out Montclair
Is a Montclair move on your calendar, coming or going? The rooms, date and extras are fixed before the keys change hands; we cannot promise an inspection result or a deposit.
- Cabinet doors and listed surfaces
- Baths and kitchen in depth
- Floors into every corner
- Only the bins you show us
Popular Add-Ons
Add-ons for Montclair homes, each priced before you book.
- Fridge or oven insides, billed as an extra and priced when you ask.
- Inside the cabinets, also an extra with the price given first.
- Baseboards and fine dusting
- Window glass, inside only
Every service offered in Montclair
Pick the right service for your Montclair home
Each service page has Montclair details, prices and its own quote form, and every one is run by Daniela Marque with her small crew.
Select a service to view details
Also useful: Essex County hub · Full pricing breakdown · Move-out checklist
What DM House Cleaning Brings to a Montclair Household
Family-owned and locally operated — no franchise, and no call center between you and Daniela. Daniela Marque and her trained team personally clean every home in Montclair using our proven room-by-room professional checklist. Based in Kenilworth, serving 50 NJ towns.
- ✅ Quotes back usually the same day or the next, with the date confirmed
- ✅ NJ MBE certified & owner-operated
- ✅ Your product and pet notes written down before the first visit
- ✅ Report a missed agreed task within 24 hours of the visit; we will re-clean that task at no charge. Guarantee terms
- ✅ Your price is settled before a date is booked
- ✅ Visits by confirmed appointment
- ✅ No camera comes out unless you ask for photos before we begin.
- ✅ $1,000,000 in general liability insurance behind every visit
A crew you get to know, a written list and weekday visits that suit your household.
Whether it's weekly upkeep, a deep clean before guests, or a move-out sparkle — we treat your home like our own.
Get Your Free Montclair Quote →Montclair house cleaning checklist — 54 points
The DM House Cleaning Standard:
📄 Download the Professional Cleaning ChecklistThe full guide contains 54 points: 52 room tasks and two final checks. We agree which tasks apply to your service; extras are quoted separately.
See what we clean — all 54 points
Each point applies where the surface is present and safely accessible, within the rooms agreed for your visit.
- 1. Clean and sanitize countertops.
- 2. Wipe the backsplash.
- 3. Clean and polish the sink.
- 4. Wipe and polish the faucet and fixtures.
- 5. Clean cabinet exteriors.
- 6. Wipe the stovetop.
- 7. Wipe the oven exterior.
- 8. Wipe the refrigerator exterior.
- 9. Wipe the microwave exterior.
- 10. Wipe small-appliance exteriors.
- 11. Vacuum the kitchen floor.
- 12. Mop the kitchen hard floor.
- 13. Clean the toilet.
- 14. Wipe down the bathtub.
- 15. Wipe down the shower.
- 16. Clean the bathroom sink.
- 17. Wipe and polish bathroom fixtures.
- 18. Clean bathroom mirrors.
- 19. Disinfect bathroom high-touch points.
- 20. Vacuum the bathroom floor.
- 21. Mop the bathroom hard floor.
- 22. Clear and tidy accessible living-room surfaces.
- 23. Dust accessible living-room surfaces.
- 24. Dust living-room baseboards.
- 25. Dust living-room blinds.
- 26. Clean living-room interior windowsills.
- 27. Clean living-room interior ledges.
- 28. Vacuum living-room floors, carpets and rugs.
- 29. Mop suitable living-room hard floors.
- 30. Clear and tidy accessible bedroom surfaces.
- 31. Dust accessible bedroom surfaces.
- 32. Dust bedroom baseboards.
- 33. Dust bedroom blinds.
- 34. Clean bedroom interior windowsills.
- 35. Clean bedroom interior ledges.
- 36. Vacuum bedroom floors, carpets and rugs.
- 37. Mop suitable bedroom hard floors.
- 38. Dust reachable light fixtures.
- 39. Dust reachable ceiling fans.
- 40. Wipe stair railings and banisters.
- 41. Clean door knobs.
- 42. Clean switch plates.
- 43. Sanitize other agreed high-touch surfaces.
- 44. Vacuum the stairs.
- 45. Clean floor corners and edges.
- 46. Vacuum floors in other included rooms.
- 47. Mop suitable hard floors in those rooms.
- 48. Empty trash.
- 49. Replace trash liners.
- 50. Return the main bins to their places.
- 51. Light cleanup of the laundry room.
- 52. Light cleanup of the mudroom.
- 53. Check the included tasks.
- 54. Review the finish.
What's included and what costs extra
Laundry and mudroom areas receive light cleanup only. We do not wash dishes or wash, dry or fold clothes. Bed-linen changes are available upon request for an additional $20 per bedroom. Cleaning inside appliances, cabinets or storage areas costs extra; confirm availability, what's included and the price before booking. Deep cleaning does not automatically include these extras.
See the exact room-by-room checklist DM House Cleaning uses in Montclair, NJ. The 54-point list shows everything we can include. Your visit covers the points for the service you hire us for, confirmed at the free walk-through.
A Montclair living room and bath, before and after a visit
Rooms in Montclair homes that can go on your list
Twenty rooms of the sort we clean around Montclair and Upper Montclair. Point to the ones in your house, and the price comes from that list before anyone arrives.
Two-pendant island kitchen
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Plum-canvas fireplace lounge
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Brass-shower soaking-tub bath
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Plum-bookcase family room
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Arched-window plum bedroom
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Globe-light dining room
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Beadboard kids' bedroom
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Plum-cabinet laundry corner
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Round-mirror front stair hall
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Gold-wallpaper powder room
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Leaded-window study
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Plum galley kitchen
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Wicker sunroom on stone
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Iron-rail runner stair
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Floral-curtain bath
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Dartboard lower level
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White-tile cooktop corner
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Fluted-vanity basin
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Jar-lined plum pantry
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Mustard-sofa hearth room
Photos from homes we have cleaned, edited to protect our clients’ privacy.
House Cleaning in Montclair: what to know
Montclair is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, with 40,921 residents at the 2020 U.S. Census, up 8.6% from 37,669 in 2010 (Wikipedia), and its north end is Upper Montclair. Bay Street is a station on the Montclair-Boonton line and the only one in town with weekend trains. Put your full street address and unit in the request; a station name alone does not tell us where the house is.
If your home is near Bloomfield Avenue or in Upper Montclair, tell us which entrance to use and where parking is permitted. Identify stairs, shared hallways and rooms on each level. Your requested access window is confirmed directly, rather than inferred from commuter train times.
Describe any woodwork, glass, tile or other finishes with particular care needs, and point out buildup before the quote. DM confirms suitable products and reachable detail work from your actual rooms. Recurring frequency and separately priced interiors are agreed before booking.
Montclair areas and neighboring towns the crew also reaches
Upper Montclair • Glen Ridge • Bloomfield • Verona • Cedar Grove
ZIP codes we cover near Montclair
Montclair • Upper Montclair • Glen Ridge • Bloomfield • Maplewood
Neighborhoods we clean
Upper Montclair • Town Center Historic District • Watchung Plaza • Frog Hollow • South End
Local school
Montclair High School, 1,961 students in grades 9–12 in 2022–23 (Wikipedia)
Local landmarks
Montclair Art Museum on South Mountain Avenue
Details for your quote
Unit and floors • permitted parking • finish care • access window
Local transit
Bay Street station in Montclair
Local roads
Bloomfield Avenue • South Mountain Avenue
Services Montclair households ask about most
Around Montclair: what we know before a home cleaning
A few researched details about Montclair that help us plan the visit around the neighborhood.
- Yogi Berra Stadium and Museum. Yogi Berra Stadium, a 3,400-seat ballpark on the Montclair State campus, is co-located with the Yogi Berra Museum.
Montclair homes at a glance
What the numbers say about homes in Montclair, and what a visit here usually costs.
- About 59.4% of Montclair's homes were built in 1939 or earlier, so most of the housing here is pre-war. Homes of that age can have plaster walls, radiators and original wood trim; tell us about any finish that needs special care.
- Roughly 43.1% of Montclair households rent their home.
- About 49.8% of Montclair's housing units are single-family homes.
- Price example for a common Montclair home, a 1–2 bedroom apartment: weekly visits $130–$170, and a first deep clean $230–$340. These are from our published price list; the price we quote at the free walk-through is final unless you ask us to add work.
Housing figures: U.S. Census Bureau (decennial census and American Community Survey). Prices: our published price list.
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Want your Montclair rooms on our weekday calendar?
Ask us for a quote. Rooms, price and an open weekday are all agreed before anything is booked.
From first message to finished rooms
Ask for a price
Fill in the quote form, text or call; an open weekday is confirmed before anything is booked.
Agree the list
Your rooms, what matters most and a schedule that suits the house are talked through first.
The visit
Daniela's crew arrives in the agreed window and works through the room-by-room list.
After the visit
Anything on the list we missed is cleaned again free when you tell us within 24 hours.
Ways to book a Montclair clean
Pick a rhythm and a depth of cleaning that match how your Montclair home is lived in.
Weekly, biweekly, or monthly
Weekly, every other week or monthly, chosen by pets, cooking, the number of baths and how fast rooms need attention again.
One-time cleaning
A single visit can be a standard reset, a deep clean, a move clean or just the rooms that matter before an event.
Urgent request
Whether a short-notice visit works comes down to the calendar. Send the condition, your deadline, the rooms and the entry, and we tell you whether a weekday is open.
Spring cleaning
Sort the must-do upkeep, the buildup and the nice-to-have projects into one seasonal list with a price.
Your Montclair kitchen and baths
Say what matters most in the kitchen and baths and the quote is built around it.
Kitchen
Check that counters, the sink, appliance exteriors, cooktop, backsplash, cabinet fronts and floors are on your list. Request appliance or cabinet interiors separately. Interiors are cleaned only as a paid extra, so settle availability, what they cover and the price at booking.
Bathrooms
List the toilet, shower or tub, sink, mirror, fixtures and floor, plus any buildup that adds time or limits the result.
Weekly prices in Montclair
Montclair recurring cleaning · per-visit rates on a weekly plan. A first deep clean, if you want one, gets its own quote.
The final figure depends on the home's size, its condition and how often we come.
Other Towns in Essex County
House Cleaning Across Essex County, NJ
We serve 14 towns across Essex County including Montclair and surrounding towns.
Full List of NJ Towns We Serve
Across Union, Essex, Middlesex, Morris, and Somerset Counties — 50 towns.
View all 50 towns
- Avenel
- Belleville
- Berkeley Heights
- Caldwell
- Cedar Grove
- Chatham
- Clark
- Colonia
- Convent Station
- Cranford
- East Hanover
- Elizabeth
- Fanwood
- Florham Park
- Garwood
- Hanover
- Hillside
- Kenilworth
- Linden
- Livingston
- Madison
- Maplewood
- Millburn
- Montclair
- Morris Plains
- Morris Township
- Morristown
- Mountainside
- New Providence
- North Caldwell
- Nutley
- Plainfield
- Rahway
- Roseland
- Roselle
- Roselle Park
- Scotch Plains
- Short Hills
- South Plainfield
- Springfield
- Summit
- Union
- Verona
- Warren
- Watchung
- West Caldwell
- West Orange
- Westfield
- Whippany
- Winfield
Before we confirm your appointment
Cleaning products and vacuum
On the first visit we bring all the cleaning products and our own vacuum. On later visits we still bring our vacuum, and we use your products: you can buy the ones you like, or we can buy them for you and give you the receipt.
Payment
We accept Zelle, Venmo and checks.
Weekday appointments
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Time for the visit
It depends on the size and condition of the home. We don’t rush: Daniela checks every room before the crew moves on to the next, so larger homes and first visits take longer.
Tipping
Tips are never expected, but always appreciated.
Changing an appointment
Please give us 48 hours’ notice so we can offer the time to another family.
Optional keys and access
You do not need to be home if authorized entry is arranged. Providing a key or access code is optional and your choice. If you give us a key for recurring visits, we keep it on file, labeled, for your scheduled visits and return it whenever you ask or when service ends. We only accept one if you choose to give it to us. Share door, lockbox or alarm codes privately when arranging access, not in the quote form.
Missed agreed tasks
Report a missed agreed task within 24 hours of the visit; we will re-clean that task at no charge.
A return visit requires authorized access. The guarantee provides a re-clean, not a refund.
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What we need from you in Montclair
- Full Montclair or Upper Montclair address, unit and levels
- Rooms and bathrooms to include at each visit
- Entrance, stairs, shared hallways and permitted parking
- Woodwork, glass, tile and other finish-care instructions
- Current buildup, frequency and separately priced interiors
Providing a key or access code is optional and your choice. If you give us a key for recurring visits, we keep it on file, labeled, for your scheduled visits and return it whenever you ask or when service ends. We only accept one if you choose to give it to us. Share door, lockbox or alarm codes privately when arranging access, not in the quote form.
FAQ — Montclair
What will regular house cleaning in Montclair, NJ cost me?
Weekly Montclair plans begin at $130 (1–2 bedroom apartment), $170 (2–3 bedroom house), $210 (3–4 bedroom house) and $270 (4–5 bedroom house). Size, condition and how often we come decide the final figure, and a first deep clean is priced on its own.
Which towns next to Montclair do you also cover?
Yes. Wikipedia lists Bloomfield, Cedar Grove, Glen Ridge, Orange, Verona and West Orange in Essex County, and Clifton and Little Falls in Passaic County, as Montclair's neighbors. Give us the street address and we check an open weekday for it.
Who stands behind the DM House Cleaning crew in Montclair?
Daniela Marque owns and runs DM House Cleaning, and the same small crew comes every time; no subcontractors are sent. The business is NJ MBE certified, and a checklist item we miss is re-cleaned free when you tell us within 24 hours. Photos are taken only when you request them before the work starts.
What's included in a standard cleaning?
The room-by-room list takes in kitchens, bathrooms, floors, dusting and the surfaces hands touch most. A laundry room or mudroom only gets a quick tidy, and dishes or washing, drying and folding clothes are not part of it. A $20-per-bedroom bed-linen change is available when you ask; the insides of appliances, cabinets and storage are extras priced before booking, and a deep clean does not add them on its own.
Do you clean homes in Upper Montclair as well?
Yes, in Montclair and Upper Montclair alike. Send the full address and we confirm the rooms, entry and an open weekday before booking.
Can I request more than one unit?
Identify each unit and who can authorize access. We confirm the work and scheduling for each space; shared hallways or other areas are included only if agreed.
How do you plan cleaning for delicate finishes?
Tell us the materials, their condition and any care instructions before booking. We confirm suitable products and access; cleaning does not restore wear or guarantee removal of permanent marks.
Is there a story behind the Montclair name?
Wikipedia traces it to the French mont clair, meaning "clear mountain" or "bright mountain". The township was formed on April 15, 1868 from portions of Bloomfield Township so that a second railroad could be built. Our crew cleans homes all over it today, from the South End to Upper Montclair.
Which parks are in Montclair?
Wikipedia counts 153.9 acres of township park land in 18 parks, plus 123.8 acres of county park land in five more. The largest township park covers 33.2 acres and holds the 6.5-acre Presby Memorial Iris Gardens; Anderson Park in Upper Montclair covers 14.85 acres. Put your street name in the quote request and we check the route from Kenilworth.
Shall we find a weekday for your Montclair home?
Run by its owner • Insured • Crew from Kenilworth • Each home quoted on its own
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