Blog

Jarvis is happy to announce our newest location at 510 Burrard Street in downtown Vancouver! If you work at this building, now doing laundry can be easy as 1,2,3! All you need to do is put your dirty clothes/shoes in the lockers located at P1 besides the elevator, use your phone to make an order, and then come and pick up your clean clothes after 2-3 days.  Dry-cleaning and shoe care have never been easier.

The Jarvis team is excited to announce our newest location – 980 Howe Street – in downtown Vancouver!

Four of the special Jarvis lockers are located in “end-of-trip” hallway on the Main Floor. All you need to do is drop off your dirty laundries/shoes in the lockers and pick them up clean! We will take care the rest for you 😉

Pss, place your order with the code FIRST25 to get 25% off your first order!

The Jarvis team is happy to welcome our newest location – 485 West 8th Ave – The Rise in Vancouver! We look forward to expanding our reach and providing the best dry-cleaning in Vancouver. Two of our special Jarvis lockers are located in the hobby room on the lower level. Dry-cleaning, shoe care, and package delivery has never been easier.

Look sharp,

The Jarvis Team

As Jarvis’s goal to be the number 1 dry cleaner in all of  Vancouver, we strive for environmentally friendly practices and processes. We are happy to announce that we’re now introducing new environmentally friendly options to all of our customers!

Hangers Can Be Returned & Re-used

Jarvis recycles all hangers! What does this mean? When returned, we will ensure that the hangers get cleaned and re-used to minimize unnecessary waste. Just return your hangers when giving us your clothes and we’ll take care of the rest.

Opt-out of Plastic Wrap

Shoot us an email and we’ll make a personal note to only return your clothes in our VIP Jarvis bags. If you prefer the plastic wrap – rest assured that all of our bags are bio-degradable.

New Solvent, New Quality

Jarvis’ Eco-friendly dry-cleaning is now using the SOLVONK4 solution. SOLVONK4 is an organic, halogen-free, biodegradable, solution developed in Germany. There are no harsh chemicals that harm your health, nor does it leaves weird smells on your clothes. SOLVONK4 has great cleaning power that efficiently removes stains and leaves your garments with a smooth feel.

Now rest assured and leave your laundries with Jarvis, we will take care both your clothes and the environment for you!

*Neither a hazardous material nor a hazardous substance in Europe (CLP)

BC Fabricare Association

To ensure absolute quality, all of our dry-cleaning is now associated with the BC Fabricare Association. We strive to ensure the best quality while complying with the all environmentally-friendly practices.

Have any suggestions? Feel free to email us! info@jarvisserve.com

Have some shirts to fold? Looking to dazzle your friends? Look no further! Check out this super shirt fold in two seconds:

There’s nothing better than a crisp and clean dress shirt. Here’s an awesome 1 minute video showing you how to fold a dress shirt – wrinkle free!

Going out of town? Have a business trip or family event to go to?  No matter what the occasion, your hard earned suit should always be wrinkle free. Here’s a dead-simple GIF that we found to be extremely effective in packing your suit wrinkle and hassle free.

Here at Jarvis, we strive to make sure every item that we receive is returned as if brand new. As experts ourselves, we decided to make a guide as to what dry-cleaning is, when you need to dry-clean, and the different types of services usually offered and dry-cleaners.

What Exactly is Dry-Cleaning?

As the name implies, dry-cleaning is the act of cleaning your clothes without any soap or water. Instead, dry-cleaning is the process of cleaning your clothes with a solvent, usually known as perc (perchlorethylene). Your clothes are immersed and cleaned using the solvent which helps to remove oils, foods, dust, and other disgusting and unwanted particles. Though perc has been the gold standard for dry-cleaning, many operations are starting to switch to more eco-friendly methods that utilize organic solvents.

The general process of dry-cleaning:

Clothes are tagged and organized –> Inspected for stains, missing buttons etc. –> Dry-cleaned –> Post-spotting to remove any remaining stains –> Finishing (pressing, folding, and packaging)

Vancouverites – How Jarvis differs from regular dry-cleaning:

• When we tag your clothes, a barcode will enter into our system allowing you to track where your clothes are during our process, ensuring accountability and safety
• We come to you! One of the main benefits of dry-cleaning is saving yourself some time – Jarvis takes this to the next level. Use our app to place an order and we do the rest
• We take pictures of all items being serviced, which you can see from accessing your closet (in your account page)
• We use eco-friendly solvents while maintaining the best quality
• Each new customer is given a special and professional suit bag to be used for every order

Top Benefits of Dry-Cleaning

• Saves time – the process of doing laundry yourself is a time-killer! organizing clothes, cleaning, drying, ironing, and folding could take hours of your time
• Extra care – dry cleaners are not only experts in stain removal but they also have equipment and professional-grade chemicals that a regular Joe won’t have
• Added-services – pressing, ironing, and having your clothes wrapped in plastic are just some of the additional services to make your clothes as fresh a
  s possible
• Special items – dry-cleaners can usually clean special items such as leather goods or carpets
  

l

When Do You Need to Dry-Clean?

As a general rule of thumb, any recent stains that are difficult to remove should be dry-cleaned as soon as possible. The solvents used in the process can help greatly to re
move the stains (but of course, not all stains can be removed!). It also depends on how often you use your clothes. Wearing a suit every other week may not need to be dry-cleaned that much. But if you notice stains or lingering odors, that is definitely a sign that your suit or dress is in need of some refreshments.

Read the tag! All of your clothes should come with a tag that specifies what type of fabric the clothes are made from and how it should be cleaned. If the clothing specifies that it requires dry-cleaning only then make sure it’s taken care of by a professional. This could save your clothes from damage or unnecessary wear and tear. Lastly, going to your local dry-cleaners(or using us!) is a time effective way to do your laundry. All dry-cleaners have the option of either dry-cleaning and laundering (doing your laundry the regular way), and you can save quite a bit of time by having the cleaning outsourced.

After having been in service for the past 10 months, Jarvis is expanding its services and locations rapidly! We are thankful for all of our customers and their feedback – we strive for the highest quality and customer service in all of Vancouver, and we take our dry-cleaning very serious.

Our services in a nutshell: We’re an app-based company that utilizes technology and lockers in order to implement a variety of personal services (dry-cleaning, shoe care, and package delivery). Why lockers? We’ve strategically placed lockers all over Vancouver in order to save you time – no more commuting to the dry-cleaners – instead you can place your items in one of our nearby lockers.

Just place your items in one of our many lockers -> place order on app -> receive clothes in 48 hours. We just want to make your life easier by minimizing the small and time-consuming chores/personal errands that suck up your energy and time. We always strive for excellent and expedient service.

What Makes Jarvis Services Vancouver’s Best?

We continuously strive for better customer service and have been improving our services for the past 10 months. Our unique proprietary software allows customers to get notifications in real time. Imagine a stress-free world where you can track all of your items via SMS or email. In addition, we take pictures of every item that gets serviced so that you know we are doing it right.

We’re more than just dry-cleaning. Although we are experts in the dry-cleaning industry, we are continuously looking for more services to add to our mobile app services. In our short existence, we’ve already introduced shoe-cleaning and package delivery. We also do general shoe and clothing repairs, and custom cleaning upon request (purses, bags, you name it). Another awesome time-saving service that we’ve implemented in our exclusive pick up & drop off service. If your work or home is not near one of our lockers you can either request a locker to be implemented in your building (for high-rises) or just shoot us an email and we’ll pick up & drop off right to your office!

2017 Updates:

• Jarvis is expanding- We’re currently serving Vancouver, North Vancouver, Burnaby, and Richmond!
• Location, location, location – Jarvis has implemented many new lockers (check out our locker locations here)
• New & improved referral programs – Receive $25 when you refer a customer and $100 when you refer a building
• Custom orders – have an item not listed on our site? No problem – just send us a quick email and we’ll take care of it for you

The Jarvis Team is always looking for ways to improve. If you have any questions or feedback feel free to email us at info@jarvisserve.com.

Hello Jarvis Users,

The Jarvis Team is excited to introduce our new Jarvis Referral Program!

Earn $25 for every friend that signs up with us and places an order – making money has never been so easy. Just refer a few friends and before you know it you’ll be a hundredaire. The best part of all is your friends will thank you for introducing them to our awesome service. If you have any friends that do dry-cleaning, you could potentially be saving them a lifetime of hassles and time-wasted travels.

All you need to do is go on your account page and click on the Referrals link to get your referral code. Post it up on social media or email it to a friend. Once they click on the link and place an order you’ll receive $25 and your friend will receive a 25% discount.

$25 not enough for you? Check out our $100 location referral program here!