Our crew cleans 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 doing both together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Massachusetts, most of our customers book this in spring and fall, and that is the calendar we work to here.
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 window washing by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing the gutters and the outside glass in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge for our washing services, with no add-ons after the crew arrives.
On our jobs, what moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof changes the setup. Years of grime on the glass take longer to remove dirt from than a light dust film. A large window count, oversized panes and picture windows take more time on the ladder and the pole. Clogged gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is not removed by cleaning alone, and we tell you about it before we treat it. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. If you also want the windows inside done, that gets its own quote, separate from the outside glass.
For a Winthrop Town house, the fastest way to get the exact number for our window cleaning services is to send us the stories, the window count and a photo of the front of the house by text. Each residential window on the front and sides counts toward the quote, and regular cleanings keep the number steady from one visit to the next. We have quoted many houses this way, and a photo of the front usually settles the stories question. We do not promise a number from a distance; we give the number once the front and the roofline are in front of us.
| 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 window and gutter cleaning twice a year, in spring and in fall, and one crew handling both in one visit makes sense for this schedule. Across Massachusetts, spring visits run late May to June, and the fall visit in Winthrop Town runs November to early December. On what we find at each visit, the pollen film on south-facing glass and the pollen paste in the gutters are the first things to show up in spring, and spring rain runoff carries that pollen down the wall. In fall the leaf load is what fills the gutters, and a wet leaf mat is what sags a run by winter.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters and downspouts packed between cleanings. 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 picks up a fine dust film faster than the rest. A gutter that stays full through a rainy spring is how water damage starts at the fascia. Multi-story buildings and tall houses take longer on the pole, so the schedule follows the stories. We see these as they are on the house, and we set the schedule from there.
The cleaning solutions we use are matched to the glass and the debris on each house. The order of work is the same on residential and commercial buildings, though this page covers houses. The sign windows need cleaning is a haze you only see when the sun is low. The sign gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge in rain, or a clogged gutter that stays wet after the rain stops. Either one is a reason to call us early instead of waiting for the next booked 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.
Our crew works residential properties across Winthrop Town as a whole, and the estimate is by phone or text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time is in the booking confirmation, and it moves with the season. The two busy windows of the year are spring and fall, and the calendar fills quickly then, so the sooner you call (866) 435-6328 with the stories and the photo, the sooner we can hold a date. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Clean glass and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal on a street-facing house.
Our cleaning services are scheduled per house, and condos are booked the same way. Professional window cleaning and gutter work come from the same crew, so the gutters and every window on the outside get done in the same visit. We are one of the window cleaners that do the gutters too, so you do not need a second company on the ladder. Schedule service by phone or text, and we will confirm the date and the arrival window the day before.
Yes. One visit from our crew covers window and gutter cleaning, gutters first and glass last, so the work runs in the right order and nothing is cleaned twice.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house. Send the stories and a photo of the front by phone or text, and we give you the number before any work is booked.
On our jobs in Winthrop Town, the outside of each residential window carries pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots, and those are what dull the glass. The windows inside can look clean while the outside is still hazy in low sun.
Most of our Winthrop Town customers book in spring and in fall, when the pollen and the leaves arrive. Booking early in those windows gets you a date.
No, because we do the gutters first and the glass last. When a run is cleared, the leaves and grit come down the wall in runoff, so the glass waits until the wall has stopped dripping.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and frames are done, and the crew sets out to remove dirt from each one as part of the exterior job. They are not billed as extras.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean inside the windows or do pressure washing on this visit.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside and unlock the side gate. Our calendar covers residential properties and condos in Winthrop Town, and the same crew handles the gutters and downspouts on each. For the exact number, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline to the same number.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
