Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. On our Charlton jobs, most customers book the bundle in spring and fall, so the calendar fills up at those times. Give us a call at (866) 435-6328 or text 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.
The number we give you on the phone is the number we charge, and it comes from how many stories the house has and roughly how many windows face the street and yard. Booking the window and gutter cleaning together in one visit costs less than two separate jobs, and the bundle figure we quote already reflects that. This page covers houses only, because residential and commercial buildings are priced on a different basis.
On our jobs the quote moves for a few reasons. A third story or a steep roof means more time on the ladder, which is why multi-story buildings always get a stories-based quote. Oversized panes and picture windows take longer per square foot. Gutters that haven't been opened in years, or are packed with needles and seed pods, need more clearing before any water can run. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is another line item, because no cleaning removes it. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. We quote the exterior only, since interior and exterior glass are different jobs, and we do not clean the inside on this visit.
Our crew sees how a house is set up once it is in front of us, so ask about the setup by text with a photo of the front of the house. Mention the number of stories, roughly how many windows there are, and whether any of them are picture windows, and we will send back a number. Sometimes the crew finds a pollen film on the glass that wasn't visible from the street, and we say so before we charge for it. We use purified water rather than cleaning solutions on the glass, so there is nothing to rinse off afterward. Our approach is to measure the house in front of us rather than guess. Our crew calls before the visit so you know what time to expect.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $170 | from $275 |
| Two stories | from $225 | from $240 | from $375 |
| Three stories | from $295 | from $330 | from $495 |
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.
Most of our Charlton customers book both twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. Regular cleanings on that schedule keep both the glass and the gutters ahead of the buildup. Spring is when we find pollen paste packed in the gutters and a film on south-facing glass. Fall is when the leaf load arrives, and across Massachusetts nor'easters start moving the dates around. Clean glass and clear gutters also help curb appeal in spring, when the house is seen most.
Heavy tree cover over the roof usually means a third visit, because clogged gutters fill faster under the trees. Needles and grit settle in the downspouts between cleanings, and the glass under those trees gets a film faster than the open side of the house. A sprinkler line that hits the windows is another reason for a third visit, because the spots that come back a day after cleaning are mineral deposits. Gutters that sheet water over the edge can also lead to water damage at the fascia, which is one more reason to book a third visit. A house close to a busy road or a construction site also picks up more grime and runoff than a quiet street, so it benefits from an extra pass.
On our Charlton jobs the two cases look like this. One customer with no trees over the house books twice a year and has been on the same schedule for years. Another customer under big trees with sprinkler spotting books three or four visits a year. Both get the same crew and the same order of work, gutters first and glass last.
Professional window cleaning is due when you can only see the haze with the sun low in the sky. Gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running out the downspouts.
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 offer window cleaning services across Charlton, and the usual job is a residential window and gutter cleaning for a single-family house. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text, where you give us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front. Our lead time is in the booking details, and it is the same for every customer on the calendar. The busy stretches are the two windows of the year when the leaves come down, and during those weeks the calendar fills quickly, so it helps to book early.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew does not come inside, and we call before we come so you know when to expect us. If a slot is open in the week you want, we can schedule service for the same week and confirm the time by phone the day before. Condos are a different setup from a single house, so text us the building type first and we will say whether we can quote it.
We clean every window on the outside of the house that can be reached safely from the ground or with a pole, including the sill on each one. The result is clean windows, with photos of the finished glass sent to you. Residential properties with more than two stories may need a lift, and we tell you that when you book.
Yes. The same two people do both in one visit, gutters first and glass last. Gutter water running down the wall would otherwise land on clean glass, so we clear the gutters and downspouts before we touch a window.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the figure before anyone is booked.
On our Charlton jobs, the outside carries most of the grime: spring film, rain dust, and sprinkler spots that never show up on the inside. Cleaning the windows inside alone would still leave the outside glass hazed.
Across Massachusetts, the spring visit usually falls in late May to June, and the fall visit usually falls in October to early November. Those are the two windows when our calendar fills, so booking early keeps more dates open to you.
No, that is the reason we do gutters first and glass last. When a run is cleared, the leaves and black runoff come down the wall and across any window below it, so the glass is done only after the roof and downspouts are finished, and the crew does not have to remove dirt from it twice.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and tracks are cleaned on the outside. None of it is billed as an extra on this visit.
We clean the outside of the windows only on this visit. We do not clean interior glass and we do not do pressure washing here, but we can point you to washing services for siding or decks, and to cleaning services for the inside glass.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. Our crew sends photos of every run before the truck leaves.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
