Yes, the same two people who clean your gutters clean the outside of your windows, in one visit, gutters first and glass last. 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. On our South Hadley jobs most customers book it for the spring and fall cleanings, when pollen and leaves are heaviest.
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 bundling window washing services with gutter cleaning in one visit costs less than booking the two separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. We count every window on the outside of the house before we quote, and condos are priced the same way once we have seen the building. What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a steep roof, oversized panes or a row of picture windows, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. The gutters and downspouts are flushed as part of the job, and screen rinsing and sill wiping are included, not billed as extras.
Where the house sits matters too. A house under heavy tree cover usually needs more time in the gutters than one in the open, and that time shows up in the quote before the visit, not on the invoice. The crew checks each downspout for seeds and leaf packing and photographs what it finds before any figure changes. That is the order we follow on every job: photos first, then the number.
If you want the exact figure, send a text with a photo of the front of the house and tell us how many stories it has and roughly how many windows. We can usually give you a written estimate from that, and a site visit is only needed when the photo raises a question about access. Runoff from the roof and gutters has to go somewhere, so we make sure it does not pool against the foundation once the cleaning is done. Our crew will remove dirt from the glass and frames, and the grime sitting on them comes off with it. Call (866) 435-6328 if you would rather talk it through first.
| 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 South Hadley customers book window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. Across Massachusetts, the spring visit usually falls late May to June and the fall visit October to early November, and the crew adjusts the timing when a storm or an unusually early freeze moves the calendar. Pollen collects as a film on south-facing glass and as a paste in the gutters, and in the spring visit we see both on nearly every house. The leaf load is what we find in the fall, packed into the downspout elbows and matted across the gutter floor.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters full between cleanings, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves round white spots that come back a day after we leave. Cleaning solutions do not lift those mineral spots, which take a separate treatment. A house close to a busy road or active construction picks up grit that settles on the window sill. For those houses we suggest a mid-season check, and the regular cleanings keep the window and gutter work from building into a bigger job each time.
Windows tell you when they need attention through a haze that only shows up when the sun is low. Gutters tell you by water sheeting over the edge during rain instead of running down the downspout. If you see either sign between visits, that is the time to call. If you are weighing interior and exterior cleaning together, this visit covers the outside only, and we say so when you book.
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 cleans houses across South Hadley, and the window cleaning services we run are scheduled around the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall. When those windows arrive our calendar fills, so the sooner you call the sooner we can put you on it. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text: tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we give you the number we will charge. Call (866) 435-6328 or text the same number. If you are asking about a residential and commercial building, mention it when you call and we will tell you whether the crew takes the job. Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work, and we call before we come.
Professional window cleaning is a different job from a quick rinse, and the difference shows on the glass a week later. Our crew uses purified water on the panes, which dries clean without the streaks a towel leaves behind, and every window is checked from the outside before the crew leaves. Our crew does not clean windows inside on this visit. Clogged gutters are the other half of the visit, because a gutter that is still full sends water over the edge and into the walls, which is how water damage starts on a house that otherwise looks fine. We would rather catch that on the first visit than see it on a claim later.
Curb appeal is part of why people book the outside of the house at the same time, and a clean front with clear glass and running gutters makes the whole house look cared for. For multi-story buildings and the taller homes in town, we bring a boom or scissor lift where the ladder will not reach safely, and the crew tells you before the lift comes out.
Yes. The same two-person crew cleans the gutters and the outside of the windows on residential properties in one visit, gutters first and glass last. Doing both at once is why the bundle costs less than two separate trips.
We give you the number by phone or text, based on the number of stories and the size of the house. We do not quote a figure without seeing the stories and the window count first.
Usually yes, because the outside is what takes the hit. Tree dust, rain dust and sprinkler spots land on the outer glass, and cleaning the inside alone does not remove them. Our crew cleans the exterior only on this visit, and clean windows on the outside are what your neighbors see from the street.
Most of our South Hadley customers book in the spring and again in the fall. To schedule service, tell us your number of stories and send a photo of the front, and we will check the calendar against it. If the sprinklers or the trees are heavy at your house, a mid-season visit is worth considering.
No, as long as the gutters come first. When we clear a run, the leaves and the black water under them come down the wall, so we blow the roof, clear the gutters, flush the downspouts and only then clean the glass.
Screens are rinsed and each sill is wiped as part of the job, and tracks are cleaned where they are reachable from outside. None of it is billed as an extra.
Not on this visit. We clean the outside of the windows only, and we do not pressure wash siding or decks as part of this service.
No, 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. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
