The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and both jobs done together cost less than booking them as two separate trips. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. On our Chelsea jobs, most customers book the spring and fall visits, so the calendar is the same for both jobs and one crew can cover it.
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.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we quote from the number of stories and the approximate window count. Booking window cleaners and a gutter crew as two separate jobs costs more than the bundle in one visit, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On the day, the crew looks at what sets the quote: a third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked, picture windows and a high window count, clogged 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 sprinklers that cleaning alone will not remove. A boom or scissor lift is used where a run or a pane cannot be reached from the ground, and we say so before the day, not after. Clogged gutters that overflow can send water damage down the siding and onto the sills, which is why they are cleared first.
Our experience with Chelsea houses is that the quote moves most with stories, window count and what sits in the gutters, not with the look of the street. On one Chelsea job, the house had three stories, a steep front roof, and a sprinkler line that hit the lower glass every morning; the spots returned a day after each cleaning, so the crew flagged them on the first visit. Ask us for the exact figure by sending the stories, the window count and a photo of the front of the house. We put the same question to every house so the number you get is the one you pay, and we will tell you if a mineral treatment is needed before quoting the glass.
Gutter cleaning covers the window washing that happens on the same ladder: the outside glass, the frames and the screens. Professional window cleaning on multi-story buildings depends on reaching every window safely, so a lift is part of the plan when the house calls for it. Curb appeal on a Chelsea street tends to show first on the front windows and the gutter line, which is why both go on the same visit.
| 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 Chelsea customers book regular cleanings for both jobs twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Spring work is mostly the pollen film on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packed in the downspout elbows after the seed drop. Fall work is the leaf load in the gutters and the grit that washes down the wall with the first heavy rains.
Storm and wind seasons move the dates. A nor'easter that drops limbs or leaves a wet mat in the gutters pushes a visit earlier, and a dry spring can keep the pollen film on the glass longer than usual. We track both on our own jobs and book the next visit from what the house actually shows, not from a fixed calendar.
Some houses need more cleanings than the spring and fall pair. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that return a day after every cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on the lower panes. Those houses go on a three- or four-visit schedule, and we say so after the first look.
Clean windows show the difference most in low sun, so you will know the windows need attention when you see a haze that only shows at that hour. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running down the downspout. Schedule service early in the season, because the spring and fall calendars fill before the first heavy rain.
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 on Chelsea homes and on the surrounding residential and commercial properties, and we clean gutters and downspouts on condos, two-family houses and single-family homes alike. A residential window job on a condo or two-family house follows the same order, gutters first and glass last. Booking starts with a call or text: give us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we confirm the window count and the date. Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows of the year are the pollen and leaf months, when the calendar fills fastest.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew calls before they arrive, works from the outside, and does not come inside. If something cannot be reached safely, a pane over a porch roof or a gutter run behind a limb, the crew photographs it and tells you rather than guessing. Window cleaning services and gutter work are scheduled on the same visit, and the washing services for the glass run off the same setup, so the crew carries the equipment, purified water and cleaning solutions to the house once.
The job ends with photos and a clear account of what was done. We clean the grime off the glass and the runoff out of the gutters, and we remove dirt from the sills and the tracks as part of the visit. Residential properties and multi-unit buildings alike get the same order of work, gutters first and glass last.
Yes. The same two people do both on one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the water and the debris from the roof never land on glass that was already washed.
We quote from stories and window count, by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text with a photo of the front of the house. There is no fixed figure we can give without those details.
On our jobs, the outside carries the pollen film, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, which are the things you see through the glass from inside. Cleaning the outside is most of what changes the view.
Most of our Chelsea customers book in the spring and in the fall, and the calendar fills before the first heavy rain. Ask us for the next open date when you call.
No. Gutters first, glass last: the roof is blown clear, the gutters are cleared, the downspouts are flushed, and only then does anyone touch the windows.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the exterior visit. They are not billed as extras.
We clean exterior glass only on this visit. Interior and exterior glass are different jobs, and we do not clean windows inside. We also do not do pressure washing.
No, 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. Text a photo of the roofline if you want us to check it before the visit.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
