Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Our crew books this pairing in the spring and fall, and it is the visit most of our Gloucester customers choose.
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 the job 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 on the phone is the number we charge. Stories and steep roofs, window count and oversized panes, gutters that have not been cleaned in years or are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers all move the quote, and the crew sees each of them on the day. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. If a frame needs more than the rinse, we tell you about any cleaning solutions before we use them. Some crews split their rates by residential and commercial work; ours are set by stories and window count on the house.
On a Gloucester house the usual surprise is the back run that was never opened, or a window band the crew has to reach from a boom or scissor lift. Multi-story buildings with a lot of glass are where that reach matters most. Our customers who are weighing a window and gutter cleaning on an older house find the price moves most with the gutter condition, so we look at that first and tell you before any work starts. Nothing changes after the quote without a call first.
One Gloucester job shows how this works. A homeowner with picture windows across the front of the house and a full run of gutters booked both in one visit after the spring dust and seed came down, and the quote moved up only because of the gutter condition, which we showed them in photos before the crew started. For a house like that, the way to get an exact number is to text us the stories and a photo of the front of the house, or call (866) 435-6328. For the cleanings and regular cleanings that follow, the number holds from one visit to the next when the house is the same.
| 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.
On our Gloucester jobs most customers book both twice a year, once in the spring after the pollen and seed drop and once in the fall after the leaves are down, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense. Across Massachusetts the spring and fall pattern is the same, but the dates move with the storms each season brings.
At the spring visit a film of grit sits on south-facing glass and seed packs the gutter elbows. At the fall visit it is the wet leaf mat that has to come out before the first freeze. Storm and wind seasons move both visits by a week or two, so we book on what we see on the glass, not on the calendar.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass, or a house close to a busy road gives you clogged gutters and window spotting faster than the twice-a-year rhythm can keep up with. Our professional window cleaning on those houses runs on three or four visits, and the spots from a sprinkler line are the ones that come back a day after cleaning if nothing is done about the spray.
Here is the sign windows need a visit: haze you only notice when the sun is low in the afternoon. Here is the sign gutters need one: water sheeting over the edge in rain, because that water ends up as water damage at the foundation. Clear glass and clear gutters are most of the curb appeal a house gets from the street. Once you see either, call us and we will look.
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 do window and gutter cleaning on residential properties across Gloucester, and our crew has worked the older blocks where the windows are the original sashes and the gutters have been left alone for years. If the home is one of several condos under one roof, check with the association who owns the gutter run before you book. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text us the number of stories with a photo of the house front, and we give you a visit window from there. How far out we can book changes with the season, and the two busy windows of the year are when our calendar fills, so the sooner you ask, the better your choice of day. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the exterior work.
Schedule service with us by phone or text and we will confirm the visit in writing. Every residential window on the outside of the house is done in the same visit, and the sill under each one is wiped as part of the job, so you do not pay for it as an add-on. When the work is finished we send photos of each gutter run and the clean glass, so you can see clean windows and clear gutters before you pay.
Yes. Our washing services cover the gutters and the exterior glass in one visit, and it is the same two people on the ladder for both. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the runoff from the gutters does not hit clean glass.
The price comes from the stories, the size of the house and the window count, and we give it by phone or text. Text us the stories and a photo of the front of the house, and the number we quote is the number we charge.
On a Gloucester house the outside carries the pollen film, the grime from rain dust and any sprinkler spotting, and those sit on the glass whether the inside is clean or not. Most of the haze we see on the outside is what people notice first. Cleaning the outside alone still changes how the house looks, because the rinse is what does the work to remove dirt from the glass.
Most of our Gloucester customers book in the spring, once the seed has come down, and again in the fall, after the leaves come down. Book early in those windows, because our calendar fills in those busy weeks.
No, because we do the gutters first and the glass last. The gutters and downspouts are cleared and flushed before the glass is touched. When a run is cleared, the leaves, grit and black water come down the wall, so the glass has to wait until the downspouts are flushed and the wall has stopped dripping.
Screens are rinsed and the sills are wiped as part of the visit, and they are not billed as extras. Tracks are cleaned on request during the same visit, and we tell you before we start if a track needs more than a wipe.
Exterior only on this visit. The windows inside the house are not part of it, and interior and exterior glass are two separate jobs, so tell us if you want the inside done too. We do not do pressure washing on this visit either, so if you want that, tell us and we will schedule it separately.
No, 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. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
