Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first, 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 Mahwah customers book the spring and fall visits, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
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 number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We build it from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and an exact figure comes from a quick photo of the front of the house sent by text, or from the stories and window count you tell us. Booking both jobs in one visit is cheaper than booking the gutters and the windows separately, because the same crew sets up once on each side of the house. The quote method is the same for a residential and commercial building, but a storefront is quoted by phone, not from this page.
On our jobs, what moves the quote is what we find on the day. A third story or a steep roof means more ladder time, and multi-story buildings take the longest. Oversized panes and picture windows take longer to reach and rinse. Clogged gutters that have not been opened in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, take more hands and more haul-off. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time. Hard-water spotting from sprinkler heads is etched into the glass, and no cleaning removes it, so we flag it and quote the treatment separately. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Gutters and downspouts are cleared before the glass is touched, and the glass is rinsed with purified water, not cleaning solutions, so nothing is left to streak.
On a Mahwah job, the case that shows how this works is simple. A customer asked for a window and gutter cleaning on a house with a sprinkler line hitting the front glass and a gutter run packed with seeds. The crew cleared the run first, flushed the downspouts, then cleaned the glass, and flagged the mineral spots on the front pane so the owner knew what to expect. Repeat cleanings are quoted from the same count of stories and windows. For a quote on your house, tell us the stories and the window count, or send a photo of the front, and we will give you the number you will be charged.
| 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.
On our Mahwah jobs most customers book both as regular cleanings, twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. The spring visit lands after the seed and pollen drop finishes, and the fall visit lands after the last leaves come down and before the first hard freeze. Across New Jersey, the pattern is the same: spring and fall are when the gutters and the glass need the most attention.
What we find at each visit depends on the season. In spring, a film of seed and dust sits on south-facing glass and the paste packs into the gutter elbows. In fall, the leaf load is what clogs the runs, so fall is when clogged gutters show up most, and the wet mat sits in the gutters until the first freeze. Wind and storm seasons move the dates a little, but the twice-a-year rhythm holds for most houses.
Some houses need a third visit, and we tell you early when that happens. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, so those customers are on every three to four months. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and that calls for a third visit as well. Gutters that overflow can also cause water damage at the fascia and sill, which is one more reason to book early. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects grime faster, and that matters on the lower windows.
The sign that windows need cleaning is a haze you only see when the sun is low in the afternoon. The sign that gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge in rain instead of falling clear into the downspout. If you see either one between visits, call (866) 435-6328 and we will look at it.
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 clean window and gutter jobs across the city of Mahwah, on residential properties of most sizes. Professional window cleaning is what we do on every visit, and the gutters get the same care. Our crew works the same way on every house: we set up once per side, clear the gutters and downspouts, flushing each run, and then clean the outside of every window on that side. Every residential window is done from the outside, including the sill and the frame, so the glass dries clean without a second trip.
To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and tell us the number of stories. We will give you a number for the visit before we schedule anything. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we will tell you the first open date when you call. The two busy windows of the year are the spring and fall visits, and our calendar fills faster then, so book early if you want a particular week.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and we send photos of every run and every window before the crew leaves. If something cannot be reached safely, we say so and do not guess. Our crew can schedule service for both the gutters and the glass in one visit, which keeps the bill and the time down for the homeowner. Clean glass and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal, and the front of the house is usually the first thing anyone sees.
Yes. Our crew does both the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, so you are not booking two companies. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, so the runoff from the gutters does not land on clean windows.
We do not quote a fixed figure on this page. The price for our washing services comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Send a photo of the front of the house and tell us the number of stories, and we will give you the price before anything is scheduled.
Yes, because the outside takes most of the damage in Mahwah. Pollen, rain dust and the runoff from the gutters settle on the outside of the glass first. Sprinkler spotting also forms on the outside. Cleaning the inside alone does not remove any of that, and the outside is what gives the house its curb appeal.
Across New Jersey, most spring visits land in late May to June, and most fall visits land in late October to November. Those are the stretches after the seed and leaves have finished dropping and before the hard freeze. Book early, because the calendar fills fast in those months.
Not with our order of work. We clear the gutters and downspouts, flush them, and let the wall dry for a few minutes before we touch the glass. If the glass were washed first, the gutter debris would run down the wall and across it, and someone would have to wash it again.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit, and they are not billed as extras. Frames are wiped to remove dirt before the glass is done. Tracks are included when they can be reached from the outside. Windows inside the house, including their tracks, are not part of this visit.
No. On this visit we clean the exterior glass only, and interior and exterior glass are quoted as two separate jobs. We do not do pressure washing on siding or walkways. If you need either one, tell us when you call and we will say what we can do.
You do not need to be home. Before the crew arrives, turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. That is the whole list. Our crew brings its own water and power. Owners of condos should tell us which runs and windows are theirs before the visit.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
