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 the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. On our North Adams jobs most customers book in the spring and again in the fall, which is when the pollen, leaf and grime build-up is heaviest on the glass and in the runs.
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. Our window cleaning services and gutter work booked together cost less than booking gutters and window washing as two separate jobs, and the washing services price follows the same stories-and-windows count for a condo or a single-family house. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and it does not change once the crew is on the ladder. For a firm number, call (866) 435-6328 with the stories and a rough window count.
What moves a quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. Oversized picture windows and panes that sit high on the house add time per window. Gutters and downspouts that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take more hand clearing than a gutter cleaned every season. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are timed separately. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line is a separate problem that cleaning will not remove, and we will tell you so before we quote it. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On a North Adams house the usual sequence is the crew at the front of the house first, then each side, then the back run where the lot slopes. We photograph each gutter run and each downspout before and after, so the work you are paying for is on your phone before the truck leaves. Clearing the gutters and washing the glass keeps the runoff off the wall, and the crew works to remove dirt from the frames on every visit. That is most of what a customer notices a year later.
One of our North Adams customers had a two-story house with a tree over the back run and a sprinkler line that hit the front windows every morning. Their quote came in higher than a neighbor's on the same street, because the back run needed hand clearing twice and the front glass needed the spotting flagged up front. The number on the phone was the number on the invoice. To get your own exact number, tell us the stories, roughly how many windows there are, and text a photo of the front of the house.
| 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 North Adams jobs most customers book twice a year, once in late spring and once in the fall, and one crew in one visit is what makes that schedule work for both jobs at once. Across Massachusetts, spring visits usually land in late May or June, and fall visits in October or early November. Residential and commercial buildings on the same street get the same gutters-first order, and regular cleanings are booked on that same two-visit rhythm.
In the spring the downspout elbows are packed with seed and pollen paste, and the film on south-facing glass is the dust that settled over the winter. The film is the thing most people notice first on the glass, and it smears if the gutter water is allowed to run down the wall before the runs are cleared, which is why we do the gutters first. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat that sits in the runs and the grit that the leaves hold against the frames. Frames get a mild cleaning solution, and the glass is finished with purified water so it dries clean. Storms and wind move the dates a little in either season, and we call before we come to confirm the day.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. Regular cleanings keep the runs clear between those seasons. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on the frames, and those customers tend to come back sooner. We will tell you after the first visit which of those applies to your house, and we will not add a visit you do not need.
The interior and exterior of a window get dirty on different schedules, and this visit covers the exterior only. You will see when windows need cleaning before you see anything else: a haze you only notice when the sun is low, or film on the glass when it rains. Gutters tell you when they need it by water sheeting over the edge during rain instead of running into the downspout. If either of those shows up between visits, text us a photo and we will tell you what it is.
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 cleaning services reach residential properties across North Adams: the older houses near downtown, the newer ones on the edge of town, and the multi-story buildings on the main streets. To schedule service, send the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we tell you the number before anything is booked. Most of our slots fill a few weeks ahead in the busy windows, so calling early in the spring or fall makes the difference.
The two busy windows of the year are the ones tied to the spring bloom and leaves in the fall, and the calendar fills quickly in both. Off those windows there is usually more room to pick a day. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come, so you know the crew is on the way.
Our crews run professional window cleaning on the outside of the glass with water-fed poles and purified water, and they clear the runs by hand so the gutters do not sit with clogged gutters through the next storm. Clean glass does a lot for curb appeal on the older houses near downtown. We work from the outside, and the windows inside are yours to schedule separately. Glass that is left dirty for a season can carry water damage into the frames, so we would rather see you on a schedule than after a leak.
Yes. Our crew does both jobs in one visit, with the same two people, gutters first and glass last. Doing it together is why the bundle costs less than booking two separate trips.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it over the phone or by text. Call (866) 435-6328 with those two details and we quote the job before anything is scheduled.
Usually yes on a North Adams house, because the outside takes the most weather. For a residential window, the rain dust and sprinkler spots collect on the glass before they reach the inside, and clean windows on the inside will still look hazy from the outside if the glass is dirty there.
Most of our North Adams customers book in late spring and again in the fall, after the spring bloom drops and before the leaves are heavy. Those are the windows when the calendar fills, so booking early helps.
No, that is why we clear the gutters first and wash the glass last. Gutter water and leaf grit running down the wall will spot the glass if the windows are done first, so we let the runs drain before we touch the panes.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit, and they are not billed as extras. We wipe the sill of every window on the outside, and tracks are included on exterior windows we can reach from the outside.
Not on this visit. We clean exterior glass only, and we do not do pressure washing as part of this bundle. If you want the inside of the windows done, we can tell you about that separately.
No, 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. Our crew does not come inside.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
