Charlie's Cleaning Company

Charlie's Cleaning Company is a small Medford outfit that people call for one thing above all: a deep clean, often on short notice. The company says Jonathan Arruda started it in 2015 and still runs it as a family business, covering Medford, Somerville, Cambridge, Malden, Arlington and Boston. The written history is short but consistent. Nine reviews sit across Google and Thumbtack, every one of them five stars, and seven of those were posted during 2023. In a 2023 review a homeowner said they called last minute for a deep clean and the crew came right away at a price they were happy with; another that year wrote that the cleaners got every nook and cranny and left the house spotless. A 2025 reviewer said Arruda handles both their business and their house in West Roxbury. The most recent, from June 2026, describes a prompt, professional team that did the job well and would be hired again. Two things are worth pinning down before booking. The tenure story doesn't line up: the website claims 11 years and a 2015 start, the Thumbtack profile says six years in business, and Porch says three. And there simply isn't much history to go on — nine reviews, most of them three years old, is a thin basis for judging how the company runs today. Thumbtack lists seven employees and one hire booked through the platform, plus a background check completed for Arruda in August 2023. Beyond housekeeping and deep cleans, the company's own site and its directory profiles reach further: move-in/move-out cleans, Airbnb turnovers, carpet and rug cleaning, window and floor work, and commercial or janitorial contracts. For a routine housekeeping visit, a move-out clean, or a short-term-rental turnover in the Medford–Somerville–Cambridge belt, this is a reasonable call, and the customers who did hire them said so plainly. Ask how long the company has actually been operating, who will be in your home, and get the scope and price in writing before the first visit.