The same two people clean the 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 in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips.
Our crew works on houses in Northampton every spring and fall, and most of our Northampton customers book both jobs together. You do not need to be home, and you get photos of every run and every pane before we leave.
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 give the price by stories and approximate window count, and the number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice. Doing window washing and gutter cleaning together in one visit costs less than two separate visits, and the bundle saving is shown in your quote, so you see it before the crew starts. Professional window cleaning is quoted the same way for every house, so the number does not change between the phone call and the visit. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will put a number on it.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof means boom or scissor lift work and more time on the ladder. Window count and picture windows change the glass work, and windows inside the house are never part of the quote. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear, and gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleaned. Clogged gutters that overflow in rain are the first sign of water damage on the siding below, so we check them early. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate treatment that cleaning alone will not remove, and we tell you about it before we start. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On a Northampton job last spring, the quote moved because the house had three stories, a steep front roof, and clogged gutters on the back run that had not been opened in years. The crew found the back run full of wet leaves, cleared it, and flushed every downspout until the water ran clear before the glass was touched. Those are the same things we ask about when we quote, so the phone quote tells you what to expect. A photo of the front of the house, sent by text, along with the stories and a rough window count, is enough for us to give you a number. The exact price comes from the same three facts every time, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Clean glass and clear gutters also add to the curb appeal of the house from the street.
| 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 Northampton customers book both jobs twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, so their regular cleanings line up with the two heaviest seasons. That is why one crew in one visit makes sense for a home on this schedule. Across Massachusetts, spring visits fall in late May to June, after the seed drop and pollen film finish, and fall visits fall in October or early November, after the leaves come down and before the first hard freeze. Customers who want clean windows for those visits should schedule service a few weeks ahead.
What we find at each visit follows the season. In spring a yellow tree-dust film sits on every window that faces the sun, and tree seed and grit pack the gutters and downspout elbows. A residential window on the south side collects the most film first. In fall it is the wet leaf mat that blocks the runs, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen gutter sections sag under the weight of ice by March. Storm and wind seasons, including the nor'easters that hit across Massachusetts, can move the dates, so we confirm each slot by phone before we come.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house close to a busy road or active construction collects more grime on the outside of the windows than one farther back. Customers in those cases book regular cleanings three or four times a year instead of two. On a house with few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for the gutters. We also check every window for haze you only see when the sun is low, and water sheeting over the edge of a gutter in rain is the sign the gutters need cleaning before the next storm.
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 crew has cleaned gutters and windows across Northampton, and we book a slot as soon as the estimate is confirmed. To schedule service, call or text us with the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we tell you what the job involves and when we can come. Lead times depend on the season, so we give you the date on the call rather than guessing. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, so you know the crew is on the way.
The two busy windows of the year are spring and fall, when the seed and leaf loads are at their heaviest. Our calendar fills in those weeks first, so book early if you want a specific day. Our crew works on residential properties and residential window jobs alike, and we also service condos and multi-story buildings where the same exterior work applies. We quote residential and commercial exteriors the same way, by stories, window count and a photo. We handle the grime on the glass, the gutters and downspouts, and the runoff that comes off a roof after a storm, and we remove dirt from sills and frames so the windows look clean from the street. The washing services we offer cover both jobs in one visit, and the window cleaning services are the same crew and the same order of work.
Yes. Our window cleaners clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the glass is not dirtied again by runoff.
The number comes from the stories and the window count, and we quote residential and commercial addresses the same way. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will quote professional window cleaning and gutters together.
On a Northampton house the outside carries the pollen film in spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spots, and none of that comes off when you clean the inside. Outside glass is where most of the dirt sits.
Most of our customers here book their regular cleanings in late May or June and again in October or early November. Those are the windows when the pollen and leaves are heaviest.
No, that is the reason we do gutters first and glass last. When we clear a run, the leaves, grit and black water come down the wall, so the glass waits until the wall stops dripping and every window gets done last.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped with mild cleaning solutions as part of the job, and they are not billed as extras. Tracks are included in the visit.
We do exterior glass only on this visit. Interior and exterior glass are priced separately, so windows inside the house are not included, and picture windows get the same exterior treatment as the rest. We do not do pressure washing here.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
