In April this year, an unusual cleaning service posted online went super viral, garnering some 17,000 shares on Facebook. Calling itself “Singapore’s first Hunky Guy Cleaning Service”, the service allows people to book topless muscular beefcakes to clean their homes.

The titillating promotion was offered by local renovation portal Vehs, which launched the service as a one-weekend-only affair on April 10 and 11. It was created to raise awareness for Vehs’ virtual Home Renovation Expo, which starts today (Apr 24) and runs till May 9 on its website.

Vehs’ founder, Jameson Koh (extreme right in pic), 39, tells 8days.sg that he did not expect his promotional stunt to be a runaway success. “We got way, way more than what we expected. We thought getting 300 shares would be okay,” he shares, adding that he is thankful “there wasn’t any backlash so far”.

As the current demand for hunky cleaners is high, Jameson decided to team up with home services app ServisHero to make the service permanent. He plans to re-launch it “early next week”.

He reckons, “Since we’re an interior design platform, we wouldn’t open a cleaning company ourselves. So we partnered a cleaning company to offer a category of hunky guys.”

While he plans to engage ripped cleaners for the long term, Jameson acknowledges that his service operates on an “on-demand basis”. He shares, “How long this will run, we don’t know. It could probably last for a few months.”

As for prices, Jameson says he is charging the same rates as his original promotion. Prices are as follows:

● Condo / HDB (1 Bedroom): $420++

● Condo (2 Bedroom) HDB (2 / 3 Bedroom): $490++

● Condo (3 Bedroom) HDB (4 / 5 Bedroom): $575++

● Condo (4 Bedroom) HDB (Maisonette): $630++

● Penthouse: $700++

However, Jameson highlights that the Adonises sent to your home are not professional-grade cleaners, although they would receive some training.

“We stress that they’re not professional cleaners. We don’t expect detailed cleaning, just surface. Some of them want to do this for fun, and don’t mind cleaning. They could [do cleaning assignments] once or twice, but we make sure they’re trained,” says Jameson, who also used to run an events company with his wife.

Perhaps tellingly, some of the enquiries he had gotten had come from people who wanted to engage a hunk to clean their friends’ homes as a cheeky birthday gift.

Since going viral, Jameson has been contacted by almost 20 additional studs who expressed interest in being a hunky cleaner. “We’ll see if there are more people who want to join. We are looking at 25 guys, and get all, if not some of them, trained,” he says.

The pool of swole freelance cleaners includes a Ninja Warrior and a Master’s student who’s currently doing his MBA at SMU.

MBA student Umar Ahamed (left in pic), 24, joined the cleaning team as he “saw the viral photos and found the idea of a hunky guy cleaning service very unique and interesting”. He says, “I’m enjoying working part-time since they are paying good, but if they pay a premium salary for a full-time job then I’ll surely join, because maintaining your body requires extra cash.”

Meanwhile, William Yoong (right in pic), 26, is a Singapore-based professional parkour, rock climbing and fitness trainer who’s representing his home country of Malaysia in the Japanese obstacle course TV reality series Sasuke and its spin-off, Australian Ninja Warrior.

He had been due to appear on the shows “last year and this year”, but his plans were scuppered by Covid-19. “I previously took part as an international wildcard in the interstate selection rounds for Australian Ninja Warrior, basically to spice things up,” he quips. He’s also a 2019 SEA Games medallist, having won a silver medal for the Obstacle Course Racing category, which he describes as a “mix of Ninja Warrior and Spartan Race”.

Umar and WIlliam have had their fair share of customers videoing them as they cleaned, but both men reckon they are more flattered than creeped out by the attention. “It’s very fun to have someone filming you while you clean,” Umar laughs, while William says, “All along I was muscular-lean due to playing sports, but no one has really taken to photographing me like this before (laughs). Especially not when cleaning!”

Photos: Jameson Koh/ Vehs.com

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