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 both jobs booked together in one visit cost less than two separate trips. Our crew does this work for North Reading homeowners in the spring and fall, when the leaves, grit and storm debris build up fastest. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote from your stories and window count.
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, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, with no add-ons that show up on the invoice.
Most of what changes the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. Oversized panes and a large window count add minutes at every residential window. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear, and gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run beneath them. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is etched into the glass, and no cleaning removes it. Heavy grime on the lower panes adds a pass with the brush before the rinse. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not billed as extras. Our window washing services use a water-fed pole and purified water, so the glass dries clear of streaks.
On the phone, the fastest way to get the exact number is to tell us the stories, the approximate window count and send a photo of the front of the house by text. Pricing for residential and commercial buildings is the same, per building, so the crew can give a firm number before the visit. Call (866) 435-6328 to start. We keep regular cleanings on the calendar because the window cleaning services and gutter work add up to less when they are booked as one job. Picture windows and tall glass take a longer setup, which we price in before the crew arrives. Multi-story buildings get a firm quote the same way, from the stories and the count. A quote built this way means the bill matches what we said.
| 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 customers book both gutters and the outside of the windows twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across Massachusetts, the spring visit lands in late May to June and the fall visit in October to early November.
In the spring we find a pollen film on south-facing glass and pollen paste packed into the gutters. The spring season leaves a yellow haze that the crew sees on every pane facing the sun. In the fall the leaf load is the main job, and the wet leaf mat that sits in the runs through winter is what causes water damage at the fascia by March. Across Massachusetts, nor'easters move both dates a little from year to year.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts 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 dust faster than the spring and fall schedule can keep up with. Houses like that are better off on regular cleanings than on the two-visit schedule, and clogged gutters on them are the first place we look at the next visit.
You can tell the windows need cleaning when you see a haze only in low sun, and you can tell the gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge in the rain. Cleaning solutions alone will not remove dirt baked onto the glass, which is why the crew uses the right tools each time.
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 book window cleaners and gutter crews by the stop, and the calendar fills up in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall. Booking starts with a phone or text estimate that asks for the stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time depends on the season, and we tell you the first open day when you call. Professional window cleaning on residential properties in North Reading is the same job whether it is one house or a row of condos, and our crew keeps the same standard on each one.
The crew calls before it comes. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, because the crew does not come inside. We schedule each visit around the cleaning services we already have on the calendar, which keeps the route short and keeps the curb appeal of the street up in the same week. If a window is too high to reach safely from a ladder, the crew uses a boom or scissor lift and quotes it before the day.
For a good result we clean every window on the house, including the sill and the frame, and we tell you before the visit if a pane cannot be reached. Call (866) 435-6328 or text your stories and window count to schedule service, and the crew will confirm the day.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and downspouts and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. Booking both together means one setup and one trip.
We give the number by phone or text, built from the stories and the size of the house. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you the exact figure before the crew is booked.
The outside is what this visit covers, and it is the glass that carries rain dust and sprinkler spotting between visits. Interior glass is a separate job, so we do not clean the windows inside on this visit.
Our customers here book in late May or June for spring, and in October or early November for fall. If you miss those windows, call and we will tell you the first open day.
No, because the crew does gutters first and glass last. When the runs are cleared, the leaves, grit and runoff come down the wall, so the glass waits until the wall has dried.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped on every residential window as part of the job. Tracks are included when they are reachable from the outside. None of it is billed as an extra.
No. This visit covers exterior glass only, and we do not do pressure washing on it. Interior and exterior glass on the same house is a separate job we do not bundle into this visit.
You do not need to be home. 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.
