Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the 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. Most of our Denville customers book it in the spring and fall, when the pollen and the leaf drop have built up enough to matter. Give us the stories and a rough window count and we will tell you the number on the phone.
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 cleaning and window washing by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone covers every window on the house and is the number we charge. Once the crew is on site it does not change, unless the house is different from what you described, and then we tell you before we start.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder and more care on the lift. Oversized panes, such as picture windows, and a high window count add time at the glass. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear and more to haul away. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time at the roofline. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is the one thing no cleaning removes, so we flag it on the visit rather than promise it away. Cleaning gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our Denville jobs we have seen how a house with a few more stories and a heavy load of grime in the gutters ends up with a different number than the house next door. The fastest way to get your exact number is to text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us how many stories it has. We will look at the roofline, the gutter runs and the window count, then give you a price you can hold us to. Clean windows and clear gutters are both handled by one crew, so there is no second trip and no second setup. Our crew does not charge extra for the runoff we clear from the roof, because clearing it is part of getting the gutters right in the first place.
| 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 Denville customers book window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. In the spring we find pollen on the south-facing glass and a pollen paste packed in the gutters and downspout elbows. In the fall we find the leaf load and the wet mat that builds up as the trees drop. Storms and wind move the dates a little, but the calendar stays roughly the same from year to year.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between visits, so those customers are on every three to four months. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and that calls for a mineral treatment, not a second pass with the squeegee. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up a film on the glass faster than one set back from the street. The same timing holds for residential and commercial buildings, though a commercial site with heavy foot traffic may need a visit sooner. Our crew uses cleaning solutions only where the glass needs them to remove dirt, and we tell you when a house needs one of the regular cleanings more than the others.
Windows tell you when they need it. Watch for a haze you only see when the sun is low in the afternoon, and check the interior and exterior glass both, since a haze on the inside of a pane has a different cause than the dust outside. Picture windows show it first, since there is so much glass to look through. Gutters tell you too. If water sheets over the edge during a rain instead of running into the downspout, the gutter is full or a downspout has clogged. Either way, the next visit should come sooner than the calendar says. If you are not sure, call (866) 435-6328 and we will look at the photos and tell you what we see.
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 in Denville on a regular schedule, and most of the homes we clean here are on the streets we have been on for years. We will tell you which neighborhoods we have cleaned in before we book, so you know the crew has seen houses like yours. Booking starts with a quick estimate by phone or text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Once we have a date, we call before we come, so you know when the crew will pull up.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring pollen season and the fall leaf drop. Our calendar fills during those weeks, so the earlier you book, the more choice you have on the date. To schedule service in one of those windows, call (866) 435-6328 and ask for the earliest opening, or text a photo of the roofline and we will reply with what we have. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew does not come inside.
We work across multi-story buildings, condos and single-family homes alike, and we handle the window cleaning services and washing services for each in the same careful way. Our window cleaners work from the ground or with a boom or scissor lift where the height calls for it. A professional window cleaning visit clears the glass, the frames and the gutters so the curb appeal of the house looks right from the street. We also clean the gutters carefully, because clogged gutters are where water damage starts. Leave the work to the crew, and you get a clean roofline without the ladder.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the exterior glass in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing runs back onto clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count. Text us a photo of the front of the house and we will give you the figure by phone or text.
On a typical residential window in Denville, the outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, so the glass gets dirty from outside first. Cleaning the inside alone leaves that film on the glass you look through.
Across New Jersey, the spring visit usually falls in late May to June, after the pollen drop, and the fall visit in late October to November, once the leaves have dropped. Booking for either window keeps the visit on schedule before the calendar fills.
No. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, so the leaves, the grit and the black water all clear away before anyone touches the windows.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and frames are cleaned as part of the visit on residential properties in Denville, and we do not bill them as add-ons.
No. This visit is exterior glass only, so interior and exterior glass are priced separately. We do not clean the windows inside, and we do not 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 while the ladders are up and leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
