The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the job by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and both jobs done together cost less than two separate trips. Across Massachusetts, most of the homes we service book the spring and fall visits, which is why we built the bundle around that calendar.
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, both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the figure before anyone is booked.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a steep roof that is hard to reach, a large number of oversized panes or picture windows, clogged gutters packed with needles and leaves that have not been opened in years, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our Newburyport jobs the quotes that run higher usually have one of those items on them, and the crew tells you which one before the work starts. If a house has a lot of glass, we ask for a few photos of the front and back so the count is right the first time. We would rather you hear the number on the phone than see it change on the invoice, which is why the estimate covers the same items the crew checks on the ladder.
Cleaning solutions are not the variable here. We use purified water on exterior glass, so the glass dries without film; interior and exterior work on the same pane is a separate job, quoted on its own. The one place a cost difference shows up is in how long the crew needs to reach a run safely, which is the reason stories matter more than square footage. For a residential window or gutter job the count is simple, and for a building with many glass panes it is still a single number we can give you before the day.
Residential and commercial jobs follow the same logic, and our crews handle both. If you own a building with several stories, tell us the count of floors and the number of panes, and we will tell you whether the cleaning services fit one visit or need two. We do not give a figure for a job we have not seen, and we will not hold a number that does not match the house.
We have a Newburyport job on file where a two-story house with a sprinkler line against the glass and a run of gutters not cleaned in several years came in above the front-of-house estimate, because the crew had to flush and clear the back run and treat the spotting on two panes. The owner had texted the front photo ahead of time, so the number on the phone already included the sprinkler line. Nothing on the invoice was a surprise, and that is the outcome we aim for on every job, large or small.
| 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, most of our customers book both twice a year, in late May to June and again in October to early November, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. In spring we find pollen film on south-facing panes and pollen paste in the gutters, and in fall it is the leaf load and the wet mat that the gutters hold after the last drop. Storm and wind seasons move the dates a little, and the crew calls the day before to confirm.
Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass, or a house near a busy road or construction usually means a third visit. Those are the cases where grime and runoff come back faster than the calendar, and the spots from sprinklers return a day after a cleaning if the line is not moved. We flag those on the first visit so you can decide on the schedule with the facts in front of you.
Professional window cleaning services on a two-visit schedule keep the glass in the condition the homeowner expects, and clean glass does a lot for the curb appeal of the house. It is also less work than letting the grit build up between cleanings. The crew sees the difference in the gutters too: a run that is cleared twice a year rarely has the packed downspout elbows we find on a run that skipped a visit. Regular cleanings keep the water moving through the downspouts instead of backing up at the joints.
When the gutters are not cleared, the first sign is usually water sheeting over the edge in the rain, which is also how water damage starts on the fascia and the wall below. The windows give their own signal: a haze you only notice when the sun is low on the glass. If you see either, call (866) 435-6328 and we will book the next slot with the photos from the last visit.
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 books window and gutter cleaning around Newburyport on a rolling schedule, and the estimate starts with a phone call or a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Most residential window and gutter cleaning jobs get a slot within the lead time the office quotes on the call, and the two busy windows of the year are the spring and fall visits when our calendar fills first.
Our washing services cover residential properties, clean windows on the outside of the house, and gutters and downspouts in the same visit. The sill and the frame get wiped as part of the job, and we check every window on the elevation we are working, so no pane is skipped because it is hard to reach from the ground. Multi-story buildings are scheduled on a separate slot because they need a boom or scissor lift.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and the crew does not come inside. If you want to schedule service on a date that works for your household, tell us when you call and we will hold it against the crew's route for the day.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, and they do the gutters first and the glass last. That order is why we book both together.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and for condos we count the panes and floors the same way. We give it by phone or text before anyone is booked. Send a photo of the front and tell us the stories, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Usually, yes. The outside carries the pollen film, the rain dust and the sprinkler spotting, and a cleaning will remove dirt from the glass that the inside never sees. Windows inside the house are a separate job, and we do not do them on this visit.
Across Massachusetts, most of our customers book in late May to June, after the pollen drop, and again in October to early November, after the leaves come down. Those are the two visits that keep the gutters flowing through the winter.
No, because the crew does the gutters first and the glass last. When a run is cleared, the leaves and grit come down the wall, so the glass is washed only after the wall has stopped dripping. That is the reason for the order.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and frames are done as part of the job. Tracks are included on the outside, and we tell you on the call if a track needs more time than the standard visit.
Not on this visit. We clean exterior glass only, and we do not do pressure washing on this visit. If you want the inside done, that is a separate job we can book on another day.
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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
