Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing falls back onto clean panes. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs together cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across New Jersey, most of our customers book it in the spring and again in the fall.
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.
The price depends on how many stories the house has and roughly how many windows it carries. We quote the window and gutter job by phone or text from those two things, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice. Doing the gutters and the windows in one visit is the cheaper way to book, because the crew is already set up on the ladder for both. Quotes split interior and exterior glass, and this visit covers the exterior only.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk slows the crew down. A window count that includes oversized panes takes longer than the same count of standard sheets. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, need more time at the bottom of each run. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before anything underneath can be cleared. Pollen that has baked onto the glass since spring takes longer than a light film. Our crew uses pure water for most of the glass, and cleaning solutions come out only for grime that water alone will not lift. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate issue that cleaning will not remove, and we say so on the visit. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Take a two-story house with a long run of picture windows across the back and a sprinkler line that hits the glass every morning. The window count runs higher than most owners expect, and the spotting adds time that the gutter estimate does not show. We send a photo of the front and back of the house before we quote, and that is how the number gets set. The easiest way to get your exact number is to text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us the stories and the rough window count.
The same method covers residential and commercial buildings. For a quote on your house, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a number from the stories and the window count.
| 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 in Hillsborough book cleaning services for both jobs twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Across New Jersey, the spring visit is in late May to June. The fall visit is in late October to November. On our jobs, the pollen film on south-facing glass and the pollen paste in the gutters are heaviest in the spring visit window. The leaf load in the fall visit window is what fills the downspouts, and the storms that come through in the cold months move the dates for both visits. Regular cleanings in both windows keep the buildup from setting into the glass and the gutter seams.
Some houses need a third visit. We see that most often under heavy tree cover over the roof, where needles and grit keep packing the downspouts between cleanings. A sprinkler line hitting the glass also calls for an extra visit, because the spots come back a day later and are never fully removed by a single cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on the glass and needs more frequent work. Multi-story buildings take more ladder time per run, so they fall into the same schedule. On our jobs, a house in this situation is often on three or four visits a year, not two. Clogged gutters left through a season can lead to water damage at the fascia and the wall below.
You can usually see when windows need cleaning by the haze that shows up only when the sun is low, and you can see when gutters need it by water sheeting over the edge in a rain. Either of those is a reason to book a visit rather than wait for the next scheduled date. Clean glass also matters for curb appeal, since the street-facing windows are what neighbors see first. Windows inside are on you, since this visit covers the outside only.
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.
We run the window and gutter cleaning work from the estimate to the invoice ourselves, with the same crew on both jobs. Professional window cleaning and gutter work come from one crew, so you deal with one company, not two. Booking starts with a call or a text, and we ask for the stories and a photo of the house front. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew calls before arriving. The crew clears gutters and downspouts before any glass is touched. In the two busy windows of the year, the spring and fall visit periods, our calendar fills, so the sooner you book, the better your odds of getting the date you want. We do not promise same-day or next-day service, but we tell you the first open slot when you call.
We clean residential properties and clean windows for homeowners across the area, and we also handle commercial buildings on a separate schedule. Many window cleaners stop at the glass, but our window cleaning services come with gutter work on the same visit. Every window on the outside of the house gets done in the visit, and each sill is wiped as part of the job. If you want to schedule service for a residential window and gutter cleaning in Hillsborough, call (866) 435-6328 and we will set a date.
Yes. Our window washing services and gutter cleaning services are done by the same two people in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the gutter runoff does not land on clean panes.
We give you the number by phone or text, based on the stories and the approximate window count. The number we quote is the number we charge.
On our jobs in Hillsborough, the outside carries the pollen film, rain dust, grime and sprinkler spots that build up between visits, so the glass looks hazy from outside even when the inside is clean. Cleaning the outside clears that haze and helps you remove dirt that rain alone leaves behind.
Most of our customers book in the spring and again in the fall. Across New Jersey, the spring visit runs late May to June and the fall visit runs late October to November. If you have heavy tree cover, you may need a third visit.
No. We clear the gutters and downspouts first, let the wall stop dripping, and only then clean the glass. That order keeps runoff off clean panes, and it is the reason we keep both jobs with one crew.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit. Tracks are included on the exterior side. None of these are billed as extras.
Exterior only on this visit, for houses and condos alike, so windows inside stay on your own schedule. We do not do pressure washing on this visit.
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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
