Our crew cleans the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price by the number of stories, and both jobs done together cost less than booking two separate trips. Across Maine, most of our customers book this in the spring and fall, when leaves and tree debris are heaviest on 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 bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will come back with a written estimate.
On the day, what moves the quote is what the crew finds: a third story or a steep roof, window count and picture windows, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinkler lines that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Cleaning solutions, purified water and the pole are included too.
Our crew works out of the same truck for every job, so the scope stays consistent from one house to the next. Clearing a run where the leaves have been packed for a year takes longer than a light cleaning, and the quote reflects that before we start. Because the window cleaning and the gutter cleaning share one setup, we only bring the ladders and the boom or scissor lift once per side of the house, which is part of why the bundle comes in under two separate visits. Where we need a boom or scissor lift for the upper run, we say so before we book.
We work with residential and commercial customers, and the pricing reads the same way for both: the stories, the window count and the state of the gutters decide the number. For a homeowner, the first estimate is usually the easiest to fix, because a short phone call and a photo of the front of the house is enough for us to give you a number you can plan around. Pollen and leaf debris add time on the glass and in the runs, so spring and fall visits are priced for what is actually on the house that day.
Interior and exterior cleaning are separate services, and this visit covers the exterior only. If you also want the glass inside, tell us when you call and we will quote it as its own job. Regular cleanings keep the price down over time, because the gutters that get cleared every six months are lighter work than the ones that have not been touched in three years. Our crew will tell you on the first visit which of those your house falls into.
| 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 Maine, most of our customers book both jobs twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, and one crew in one visit is what makes that schedule practical. On our Scarborough jobs, the spring visit lands after the tree season has laid a yellow film on the south-facing glass and packed the gutter elbows with a paste of tree debris. The fall visit comes after the last leaves drop, and our cleaning services are timed to finish before the first hard freeze.
Each visit tells us something different. In the spring months the glass is dusted with fine yellow film and the downspouts are blocked by paste that dries into a crust. In the leaf months the gutters hold a wet mat that sags under its own weight, and clogged gutters push runoff against the foundation, which is where water damage starts. Storms and wind move these dates, so we look at the house each time rather than working from the calendar alone. Our crew checks the flow in each downspout before we leave, so you know the runs carry water.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters loaded all year, and needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the spots that come back a day after cleaning, and a house near a busy road or a construction site takes on more grime than a quiet street. The same order applies to multi-story buildings with a long gutter run, and the lift for those is quoted separately. Those are the cases where we suggest adding a visit, and we explain why on the first one.
The glass tells you when it needs cleaning. Look at the windows when the sun is low in the afternoon: if you see a haze that was not there in the morning, the glass needs attention. The gutters tell you the same way: if water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspout, the runs are full and the next storm will overflow them. Clean glass also helps curb appeal, and professional window cleaning is what keeps it that way.
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.
Our crew works across Scarborough and sets up for window and gutter cleaning on residential properties at every scale, from a single-story ranch to a three-story house. Every residential window gets the same outside cleaning, whatever the house size. We clean clean windows on the outside of the house, and we clean every window that faces the street, the yard and any side run where a window sits below a gutter. The sill is wiped on every window, not just the visible ones, so the runoff from the glass does not stain the frame.
Booking starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text. Give us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we will reply with a written estimate. To schedule service, we look at the calendar and offer the first open slot that fits your house. Lead time depends on the season, and we tell you the date when you book, not after. In the busy windows of the spring and fall, the calendar fills faster, so the earlier you call, the sooner the crew can come out.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and we send photos of each run and each window when the crew finishes. If you want the crew to skip a side of the house or work around a pet or a gate, tell us when you book and we note it on the job.
Yes, the washing services on our jobs are done by the same two people, who clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit. Gutters go first and the glass goes last, so the runoff from the roof does not end up on clean panes.
Our window cleaning services are quoted by phone or text, based on the number of stories and the size of the house, and the same method covers condos with exterior glass. We do not quote from a fixed chart, and the number we give you is the number on the invoice.
Yes, because the outside takes the rain dust, the spring film and the sprinkler spots that the inside never sees, and cleaning the outside is how you remove dirt before it bakes onto the glass. Clean inside glass with a dirty outside still looks hazy in the afternoon sun.
Across Maine, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, after the pollen season and again after the leaves drop. Those are the two times the gutters and glass need the most work.
No, gutters go first and glass goes last. When the gutters and downspouts are cleared, the wall gets a few minutes to stop dripping before anyone touches the windows.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are wiped where they are reachable from the outside, and we tell you before the visit if a track needs more than that.
No, this visit covers the exterior glass only. We do not clean windows inside the house or pressure wash siding on this visit, and we can quote either as a separate job if you ask.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the ladders are up and leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
