Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We work from a boom or scissor lift on the taller runs and from a water-fed pole on the glass, so nothing gets dragged across a window after the gutters are cleared. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Massachusetts, most of our customers book the work in spring and fall, when the tree seed and leaves are heaviest on the glass and in the gutters.
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 window washing and gutter cleaning by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and the bundle of gutters and exterior glass in one visit comes out cheaper than booking the two washing services separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, so there are no add-ons after the crew arrives.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are the height and pitch of the roof, the number and size of the panes, and the condition of the gutters. A gutter nobody has opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, takes longer than one we cleared last season. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate step that our window cleaning services will not remove by cleaning alone. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Clearing the gutters and downspouts first keeps the runoff off the glass, and the crew will remove dirt from the frames as part of the price.
We would rather get the exact number from you than guess. Send a text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, or call (866) 435-6328, and we will come back with a figure for the gutters, the glass, or both. If you live in one of the condos in town, tell us which gutter runs and windows belong to your unit before we quote. That quote holds for the visit, and it does not change once 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.
Most of our Maynard customers book regular cleanings of both gutters and exterior windows twice a year, once in the spring after the pollen and seed drop and once in the fall after the leaves come down, and that is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. Pollen settles as a film on south-facing glass and as a paste in the gutters through the spring, and by the time the leaves fall the downspouts are packed and the window frames are carrying the same grime as the rest of the house. The cleaning solutions on the glass are purified water, so there is no residue left on the frame for the next film of tree dust to hold onto.
Heavy tree cover over the roof and sprinkler lines hitting the glass are the two things that push a house onto a shorter schedule, and picture windows show the spotting faster than smaller panes because there is more glass to mark. Trees drop needles and grit that pack the downspouts between visits, and sprinkler spotting is the kind of mark that comes back a day after a cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more fine dust on the glass, and the same goes for residential and commercial frontage on those roads, so on those we see a third visit make sense.
You will know the outside of the windows needs cleaning when there is a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a steady rain instead of running down the downspout. The interior and exterior of a house do not get dirty on the same schedule, and this visit covers the exterior only. Tell us what you see from the street and we will tell you which schedule your lot actually needs after the first visit, so the cleanings you book fit 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.
We run our exterior window cleaning and gutter cleaning services across Maynard, from the older houses near the center to the newer streets on the edge of town, and the professional window cleaning we do on each job is the same whichever side of town it is on. Clean glass and cleared gutters do a lot for curb appeal, and that is what most neighbors see first from the street. To schedule service, start with a quote by phone or text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and a slot is confirmed once we have that. The typical lead time is set by the calendar, and it is shorter outside the two busy windows of the year.
Those busy windows are the late spring seed season and the late fall leaf drop, and in both we fill the calendar faster than in the middle of summer or deep winter. If you are waiting on a slot, a text with the photo keeps your place in the queue. We also see more cases of water damage on the houses that skip a fall visit, because clogged gutters that sit through the winter back up behind the fascia. We call before we come, so you know the crew is on the way, and nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. Our window cleaners work from the outside, so windows inside the house are not part of the visit, and the glass on multi-story buildings is done from the same pole as the rest of the house.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people doing both in one visit. Gutters are cleared first, so the debris does not wash down across the glass, and the windows are done after.
The number comes from the stories and an approximate count of every window on the house, and we give it by phone or text at (866) 435-6328. We do not quote a figure without seeing the house, so send the story count and a photo of the front.
On a residential window here, the outside carries the spring film, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and those sit on the glass whether the inside is clean or not. Cleaning only the inside leaves that layer in place.
Most of our Maynard customers book in late spring and in late fall, after the spring seed drop and after the leaves come down. Booking in those windows keeps the calendar from filling up, so you can schedule service before the slots are gone.
It will if the windows are washed first. That is why we clear the roof, the gutters and every downspout, let the wall drain for a few minutes, and only then touch the glass.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the exterior job, and that is included in the quote. Tracks are wiped where they can be reached from outside.
On this visit we clean the exterior of the windows only. We do not clean the interior glass or do pressure washing as part of this job.
You do not need to be home, since the crew works outside and does not come inside. 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.
