Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing runs back onto clean panes. We price by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across New Jersey, most of our customers book the gutter and window bundle in spring and fall, and we work the same way on every house.
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.
Our washing services are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and a bundled visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge on the invoice. Window cleaning services on the same house are part of that one quote.
On the window washing jobs we see, the quote moves for a few reasons. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer on the ladder. A large window count, or oversized panes, adds time at the glass. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or packed with needles and leaves, need more clearing before they run. Gutter guards must be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run beneath them. Grime that has sat on the glass for months takes longer too, because it takes more time to remove dirt that has baked on. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is etched into the glass, and no cleaning removes it. Gutters and downspouts are cleared first, and downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across New Jersey, an exact number comes from a text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house. Ask us for a written estimate once we have seen the photo, and we will tell you what moves it up or down on that particular house. Quotes for condos work the same way, by stories and window count. Our crew does not guess from the street, and the runoff from the roof is part of what we check before we quote.
| 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 Brookdale customers book both twice a year, once in late spring and once in late fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense on a regular calendar. Two cleanings a year is the usual pattern, and regular cleanings keep the gutter load from building up. Across New Jersey, the schedule follows the same spring and fall pattern for residential and commercial jobs.
At the spring visit, the pollen film on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packed into the gutter elbows are the first things we find, and picture windows on the south side show it most. In the fall, the wet leaf mat is the main load. Storm and wind seasons can move both dates, so we check the calendar with you when you book. Under heavy tree cover, or where the roof is closed in by big trees, we see the gutters fill faster, and those houses often need a third visit before the next season. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those need a separate look at the water schedule. A house beside a busy road or an active construction site collects more grit on the glass between visits. We use purified water rather than cleaning solutions on the glass, so no soap film is left to streak, and we work the exterior only on this visit, with interior and exterior work quoted as separate jobs.
You will know the windows need attention when you see a haze on them that only shows up when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspout.
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 gutters and windows across Brookdale, and we book the visit by phone or text once we have the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Our cleaning services cover the whole city, and the estimate is the first step before any work is scheduled. Call (866) 435-6328 to start it. Most of our window cleaners work one route per day, so the lead time depends on how many houses are already booked that week. The two busiest windows of the year follow the spring and leaf months, and in those weeks our calendar fills quickly, so it is worth booking early.
Professional window cleaning on a house like this means clearing the gutters first so debris does not fall onto the glass, then washing each pane from the outside with purified water. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The windows inside are not part of this visit, but clean glass does a lot for curb appeal from the street. A gutter that is not cleared on time can cause water damage at the fascia, and a window left with grime stays hazy through the season. Our crew works with clogged gutters and older windows routinely, and on multi-story buildings we use a boom or scissor lift where the house requires it.
Yes. On our jobs the same two-person crew cleans the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. That order keeps the wash water and the grit from the roof off panes we have already done.
We do not give a figure in writing. The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Send the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will quote from those.
On a typical residential window, the outside takes the load here. Tree dust, rain dust and sprinkler spotting all land on the outside of the glass, and they stay there until someone cleans them. The inside stays clean longer on its own.
Most residential properties we serve in Brookdale book in late spring and again in late fall, after the leaves come down. Across New Jersey the timing follows the same spring and fall pattern, so book the visit when the spring dust peaks or after the last leaves drop. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328.
No, as long as the gutters are cleared first. When the leaves, grit and black water come down the wall, they run across any window below. Gutters first and glass last keeps that water off the clean windows.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped on every window the crew can reach, as part of the visit, and they are not billed as extras. Tracks are included when they are reachable from outside. Anything beyond that is quoted before the crew starts.
Not on this visit. We clean the exterior glass only, and we do not do pressure washing on this job. If you need the inside of the windows done, ask us about a separate visit.
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. Our crew sends photos of every run before the truck leaves.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
