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 doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. The number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. On our Dudley jobs, most customers book the spring and fall visits together, so the calendar fills around those two windows of the year.
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. Bundling gutter cleaning with window washing in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we quote over the phone or by text is the number we charge. Our washing services on residential properties follow the same rule: stories and window count set the price.
On our jobs, the same few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer on a ladder and a boom or scissor lift. Multi-story buildings and houses with tall glass need that same extra reach. Window count matters, and so do oversized panes and picture windows. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with seeds and leaves, take more hands than regular cleanings on a house we see every year. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the channel. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is not removed by cleaning, so we flag it on the visit. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
At Dudley's exterior cleanings, the scope of work is the easiest thing to explain on the phone. The interior and exterior work are separate jobs, and this visit covers the exterior only. The one thing we ask for is a photo of the front of the house by text, along with the number of stories. A photo lets us see the roofline, the gutters and downspouts, and the glass before anyone drives out, and that is how the number gets set without a surprise on the day. Most houses come in close to the first quote, and the ones that do not get a note on what changed. When a Dudley home has a lot of window grime from years without washing, we say so on the call rather than after the crew is on the ladder.
| 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.
Across Massachusetts, the customers who book a window and gutter cleaning usually have us out twice a year, one visit in the spring and one in the fall. In Dudley the spring visit lands in late May to June, after the seed drop and the spring bloom finish, and the fall visit runs October to early November, once the leaves are down. Leaves and seeds follow the same calendar on residential and commercial buildings across the state, so the timing is about the season, not the building type. That is why one crew in one visit makes sense for most houses.
In the spring, pollen settles on south-facing glass as a film, and it pastes into the gutter elbows along with seeds and loose fluff. In the fall the gutters fill with a wet leaf mat, and that mat is what drags on the runs over winter. Clogged gutters hold that water against the fascia, and that is how water damage usually starts on the wall below. Storm and wind seasons, including the nor'easters that move across Massachusetts, shift the timing a few weeks in either direction, so we book from the calendar of the house rather than a fixed date.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the downspouts packing between visits, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects grit faster than the rest, and that grit runs down the wall with the runoff. Multi-story buildings with heavy cover need the extra visit more often than a single-story house. For these we plan three or four visits a year, and we say so on the first call. On a quiet lot with few trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough.
Windows need another visit when you see a haze only when the sun is low. Gutters need one when water sheets over the edge in a steady rain. Either sign means the last visit is no longer holding, so call us and we will look at the house.
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.
The crew knows Dudley's streets, so a call for a window cleaner or a gutter cleaner usually reaches someone who has worked your block before. Booking starts with a phone call to (866) 435-6328 or a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Our window cleaning services are booked that way, and the first slot comes up on a typical lead time that we confirm at the time of the call. To schedule service, we need the stories and the photo, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring pollen season and the fall leaf drop. Our calendar fills in those weeks, so if you want the spring visit in late May, book before the spring season starts, not after. Some of our customers book the bundled gutter and window cleaning as a yearly appointment so the date holds. Professional window cleaning and gutter cleaning services are scheduled around the weather, so a rain day moves the slot rather than cancelling the visit.
Every window that can be reached from the ground or the pole gets a clean, streak-free finish, and the gutters get emptied, so the outside of the house looks cared for from the street. The pole and the water remove dirt from the glass without leaving a film. Sill cleaning is included, and if a window needs a second look, it gets one before the crew leaves.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people, and they clean the gutters first and the glass last. Doing both in one visit means one setup per side of the house and no second trip. Most Dudley customers book them together for that reason.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count for this residential window and gutter visit, and we give it by phone or text. Send a photo of the front of the house and tell us the stories, and we quote the bundle before the crew is booked. The quote is the price on the invoice.
In Dudley the outside carries most of the grime: a film of dust in spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spotting that builds up on the glass. Windows inside the house stay clean on their own, so the outside is where a cleaning shows. We clean the exterior only on this visit.
Most of our Dudley customers book the spring visit in late May or June and the fall visit in October or early November. Booking early keeps the spring date open. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will set the date from the calendar of your house.
Not on our jobs. We clean the gutters and downspouts first and the glass last, because the leaves, grit and runoff from a cleared run come down the wall and across any window below it. Washing the glass first means washing it a second time.
Screens are taken down, rinsed and put back in the window they came from, and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are cleaned where they can be reached from the outside. None of these are billed as extras.
No. This visit covers the exterior glass only, and we do not clean the inside of the windows or do pressure washing on this visit. The outside glass is done with purified water from a pole, so no cleaning solutions go on your windows. If you want the inside done, tell us when you book so we plan the crew for it.
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. That is the whole list for a single-family house. If the unit is one of several condos under one roof, check with the association first, because shared gutters may not be yours to book.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
