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 doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. On our City of Orange jobs, most customers book this bundle for the spring and fall cleanings, which is how the calendar fills up.
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 gutter and window cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count. Booking professional window cleaning and gutter cleaning separately usually means two trips and two bills, so the bundle done in one visit costs less. If you are comparing window cleaners or window washing rates, the number we give on the phone is the number we charge, so tell us the stories and the window count and we will quote it before the crew is scheduled.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are the ones the crew sees from the ladder: a third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked, multi-story buildings that take more time to reach, oversized panes and picture windows that take more handling, gutters not cleaned in years and packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Cleaning the windows inside the house is a separate booking and is quoted on its own.
For a house where the glass sits under a roofline full of debris, the gutters and the window cleaning go together, because the grime from the gutters runs down the wall onto the glass. A photo of the front of the house, sent by text, usually tells us enough to give you an exact number. If you can, include a count of the stories and a rough count of the windows, and we will work from those. Our crew has seen how a single spring of dust and runoff can leave a house with clogged gutters and dull glass. Left alone, that runoff can lead to water damage around the roofline, and clearing both in one visit is the simplest way to restore the curb appeal without paying for two crews.
| 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 City of Orange customers book both jobs twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. What we find at each visit depends on the season. In the spring, a fine film settles on south-facing glass and a sticky paste packs the gutters, so the cleaning services we provide start with clearing both before the rain washes it down the wall. Across New Jersey, spring visits run late May to June. In the fall, the leaf load is heavy, and the wet mat that sits in the gutters is the reason the runs sag under ice later in the year, so every window and gutter run gets checked before the first hard freeze.
Storm and wind seasons can shift those dates by a few weeks, so we schedule service around the weather rather than around a fixed calendar. Some residential properties need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters loaded between visits, and a sprinkler line that wets every window leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A residential window near a busy road or a construction site collects more grit on the glass, and those jobs also tend to need a third visit. We schedule service to fit the home, so the calendar stays honest.
Haze you only see when the sun sits low is the sign the glass needs cleaning, and a set of clean windows looks sharp in that light. The sign that gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge in a 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 works across the City of Orange area, and we handle residential and commercial buildings with the same care for the glass and the gutters. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and our window cleaning services follow that same booking path. Call (866) 435-6328 to start the quote. The two busy windows of the year, when our calendar fills, line up with the spring bloom and the fall leaf fall, so calls come in heaviest in those months, and the earlier you call, the more open dates you will see.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and the crew works from the outside. Our washing services cover the gutters and downspouts and the outside glass, so you do not need to be there while the crew is on the ladders. Our crew uses the same method to remove dirt from the glass, and the grime and runoff from the roofline are handled in the same visit. We clean the windows and gutters on condos and multi-story buildings as well, using the same method as on a single house. Whatever we find on the roof that falls outside this job, we photograph and report to you rather than sell you anything.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, starting with the gutters and finishing with the glass. That order keeps the runoff from the gutters off the clean glass.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, so we give it to you by phone or text. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will quote it before the crew is booked.
On our jobs, the outside carries most of the grime: pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spotting land on the glass before anything reaches the inside. Cleaning the outside alone makes a visible difference, and it stops the runoff from the gutters from streaking the panes below.
Most customers book regular cleanings twice a year. Across New Jersey, spring visits run late May to June, after the pollen drop has passed, and in City of Orange our fall visits run November to early December, after the leaves come down. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the calendar for either window.
Not if the gutters are done first. When a run is cleared, the leaves and the black water under them come down the wall, so the glass has to be cleaned after the gutters are finished.
Screens are hand-rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included in the visit when they are reachable from the outside; the crew tells you if one is not.
Not on this visit. We clean the exterior glass only, with purified water and no cleaning solutions, and we do not do pressure washing on this visit. Interior and exterior cleaning is a separate booking if you want it.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. The crew sends photos of every run before it leaves.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
