Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing runs back onto clean panes. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them separately. Across Delaware, most homeowners book this combined visit in spring and fall, and we are glad to quote yours from a photo of the front of the house.
Priced by stories, not by a visit. The bundle costs less than two trips, and the number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Doing the gutters and the window washing in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and that saving shows up in your quote. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Clean gutters and glass do a lot for curb appeal, and the quote covers both.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are stories and steep roofs, the window count and any oversized panes, clogged gutters packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers, which cleaning alone will not remove. Multi-story buildings take the most time, and a third story or a roof too steep to walk adds ladder time. A run of gutters nobody has opened in years takes longer to clear than one cleaned last season, and a run that overflows in a rain can send water damage down the siding below it.
On a recent Brookside job, the quote came out of the stories, the window count and what the crew found in the gutters once the guard was lifted, in the words the customer heard when we booked. Every quote is built the same way. To get your exact number, send a text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will come back with a figure before anyone climbs a ladder. Professional window cleaning on a house this size is a half-day job, and the residential window count sets how we plan the visit.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $150 | from $240 |
| Two stories | from $195 | from $210 | from $325 |
| Three stories | from $255 | from $285 | from $430 |
For context, nationally. Angi puts the average US gutter cleaning at $168, most homeowners paying $119 to $234 (Angi, 2026). Exterior-only window cleaning runs roughly $4 to $10 per window, or $100 to $250 for a typical home, with $3 to $5 per window more on upper stories (Angi, HomeGuide, via Google AI Overview, Oct 2026). Priced by stories, the most common model, a two-story gutter cleaning sits around $150 to $300 nationally. If a quote you are holding sits far outside these, ask what is driving it.
On every house we work, the first scoop out of a gutter ends up on the wall below it. We put the glass last so it ends up there once.
Gutters first, glass last. That is the order on every job our crew does, and it is the reason we book both with one crew instead of sending two.
What we see from the ladder. When we clear a run, the leaves, the grit and the black water that sits under them come down the wall and across any window below it. Flushing a downspout throws more of it, in a stream, onto the panes beside the outlet. If the glass was washed first, someone has to wash them again before we are off the ladder. So we do the roof blow-off, clear the gutters, flush every downspout, give the wall a few minutes to stop dripping, and only then start on the glass. The panes under the downspout outlets are the last ones we touch on the house.
Two things we do differently from a window-only crew. We rinse the siding under each run before we move to the glass, so nothing left on the wall washes down onto it in the first rain. And we do the top-floor glass from the same ladder position as the gutter run, one setup per side of the house, which is where the bundle saving comes from: no second trip, no second setup.
Downspouts flushed, screens rinsed, sills wiped, bags hauled. None of it shows up as a line item.
Gutters. Roof blow-off where debris sits above the gutter line. Every run hand-cleared, not just the visible stretch from the ground. Every downspout flushed with water until it runs clear, and a blocked one cleared on the spot where it can be reached from above. A downspout that feeds a buried drain line is checked at the outlet; clearing the buried line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it. Debris bagged and taken away. Before-and-after photos of each run, sent to you before the crew leaves.
Windows, exterior only. Every reachable pane on the outside of the house, cleaned with a water-fed pole and purified water so the glass dries without streaks or towel lint. Frames wiped. Screens taken down, hand-rinsed and put back on request. Sills wiped. Upper-story windows done from the pole, not from a ladder leaned on the siding.
Not included, and we say so up front. Interior glass. Hard-water or sprinkler staining etched into the glass, which needs a separate mineral treatment and is quoted after the crew sees it. Post-construction paint, stickers or stucco. Skylights and solar panels. Pressure washing of siding, decks or driveways. Gutter guards: if a run is covered, lifting and reseating the guard adds time and is quoted by the foot before the visit, never on the day.
Twice a year for both, and the same two months, which is why one visit covers it.
Across Delaware, the spring visit falls in mid to late May and the fall visit in November to early December, so most of our Brookside customers book both jobs for those two visits, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. On our jobs, the spring visit clears the seed and pollen that packs the downspout elbows, and it leaves a pollen film on the south-facing glass. The fall visit clears the wet leaf load before it freezes into the runs.
Residential properties with heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass, or a house near a busy road each push a home to a third visit. Those are the cases where the spots come back a day after cleaning, or where needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates, and we call before we come.
You will know the windows need attention when you see a haze only when the sun is low, and you will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in a rain. Cleaning services on a set schedule keep both from building up, so schedule service before the seasons turn, and regular cleanings catch the early haze. We keep a record of every run and every window so the next visit starts where the last one ended, and the sill and frame get the same attention as the glass.
Most two-story homes are done in a morning. You do not need to be there, and you get the photos either way.
The crew calls the day before with a two-hour arrival window, and again when they are on the way.
How long. This Old House puts a professional gutter cleaning at 30 minutes to an hour on a typical house. Exterior windows on the same house run about the same again or a little more, so plan on a morning for a two-story home and most of a day for three stories or a house with a lot of glass. Gutters that have not been touched in years, steep roofs and wraparound porches run longer.
Before the crew arrives. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, so the glass is dry and the ground is not mud. Move cars off the driveway if windows face it. Keep pets inside while ladders are up. Unlock side gates. Nothing else; the crew brings its own water and power.
While they work. Gutters first, glass last, as described above. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. If something cannot be reached safely (a pane over a sunroom roof, a gutter run behind a tree limb) the crew photographs it and tells you rather than guessing.
After. Photos of every gutter run and the finished glass, sent by text or email before the crew leaves. The invoice matches the number quoted on the phone.
Send a photo and we tell you what it is. No argument about whether it rained.
Streaks. Purified water dries clean; a streak means something was missed, and that is on us. Send us a photo of it and we tell you what it is.
Spots that come back. Round white spots that return a day after cleaning are mineral deposits from sprinklers or hard water etched into the glass, not dirt. Cleaning cannot remove them; a mineral treatment can. The crew flags it on the visit so you are not surprised.
Rain the next day. Rain is distilled water and does not dirty clean glass by itself; what spots glass after rain is dust already on the frame or screen washing down. That is why frames and screens are done, not just the pane. If it looks worse after a storm, send the photo and we look at it.
Overflow after a cleaning. If a gutter runs clean and still sheets water over the edge in the next rain, the cause is slope, a sagging hanger or an undersized downspout, not debris. The crew notes what it saw and tells you; cleaning it again will not fix it, and we will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Your house. Ladder stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip or dents the siding. Screens go back in the window they came out of.
Neighborhood by neighborhood, with a lead time we say out loud, and a call before the truck turns in.
We provide window cleaning services across the Brookside area, and the booking works the same way on every street. You send the number of stories and a photo of the house front, we give you a figure by phone or text at (866) 435-6328, and we book a day. The busiest stretch for any residential window job is the spring and fall leaf seasons, so the calendar fills then and we ask you to book early.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew does not come inside, and it calls before it arrives. The crew works with purified water, not cleaning solutions, so the glass dries clean. Crews working on the outside of a house also handle the grime and dust that a rain leaves on the frames, the gutters and downspouts, and the runoff that stains the siding below a clogged run. We remove dirt where it sits instead of just wetting it down.
The same crew takes single homes, townhouse rows and small condos, and the washing services work the same on each. If your building has more units than a single home, tell us when you call and we will quote the building as a whole.
Yes, on our jobs the same two people do both. Gutters go first and the glass last, so the gutter water does not land on clean windows. One visit covers both.
The number comes from the number of stories and the window count, and the same method covers residential and commercial buildings. Text us the stories and a photo of the front of the house, or call (866) 435-6328, and we will give you the figure before we book.
On a Brookside house, the outside takes the spring dust, the rain dust and any sprinkler spotting, so the glass fills with haze even when the inside is clean. Outside glass is the part that gets dirty first here.
Most of our Brookside customers book in late spring and again in late fall. Booking early keeps you ahead of the spring and leaf seasons, when the calendar fills.
No. Gutters first, glass last. When a run is cleared above a window, the leaves and the black water come down the wall, so the glass waits until the gutters and downspouts are finished.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and picture windows get the same pole treatment as the rest of the glass. Tracks are included in the visit when they are reachable from outside.
Exterior only on this visit, so interior and exterior glass are never cleaned on the same trip. We do not pressure wash on this job.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. Ask for a written estimate if you want the number in writing first.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
