Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your residential windows in one visit. Gutters go first and the glass goes last, so the dirty runoff never lands on clean panes. We price the bundle by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across New Jersey, most of our customers book this job in the spring and fall, when the pollen and the leaves are at their worst and the glass shows it.
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 quote gutter and window cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. For residential properties, both jobs in one visit come in below booking the gutter cleaning and the window washing separately, because the crew sets up once and works the house in a single pass.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are predictable. A third story or a roof too steep to walk means boom or scissor lift time. A high window count or oversized panes take longer on the glass, and the price covers every window on the outside of the house that we can reach. Gutters and downspouts nobody has opened in years, or packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time too. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate question, because no cleaning solutions lift it, and it takes a mineral treatment. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
The fastest way to get the exact number is a text with a photo of the front of the house and the story count. If you own one of the condos on a shared roofline, send a photo of the whole building front. We look at the roofline and the glass before we quote, and we tell you what we can and cannot reach from the ground. Ask for a written estimate if you want the figure in writing before the crew is booked.
| 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 Newark customers book two cleanings a year, which is why one crew doing both jobs in one visit makes sense. Across New Jersey, the spring visit runs late May to June, and our fall visit runs November to early December. What we find on the glass in late May is the pollen film on south-facing panes and the pollen paste packed in the downspout elbows. By the fall visit it is the wet leaf mat that builds up in the gutters and the grime left on the picture windows after a summer of dust. June, July and December are the wettest months here, so the runoff load peaks in those stretches.
Storms and wind shift the dates, and nor'easters across New Jersey can knock debris into the runs between visits. A house with heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass, or a lot near a busy road usually needs a third visit, because the spots and the buildup come back faster. Regular cleanings keep that buildup from setting. If your windows show haze only when the sun is low, the glass needs another pass, and our crew can remove dirt from the frames on the same visit. Interior and exterior glass are different jobs, and this visit covers the exterior. If you see water sheeting over the edge of a gutter in the rain, the gutter needs a cleaning or a closer look.
Call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service, and we will tell you which cadence fits your lot after the first visit, not before.
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 Newark, and our cleaning services run on one calendar for the whole city, so window cleaning services and gutter work go on the same schedule. Booking starts with a phone call or a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time depends on the season, and the busy windows in late spring and fall are when our calendar fills, so the earlier you call, the better your chance at the date you want.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew calls before we come, and we do not go inside. The windows inside are not part of this visit, so there is nothing to move around in the rooms. Our washing services cover the glass on the outside and the gutters in one pass. For multi-story buildings and homes with clogged gutters or signs of water damage around the eaves, we look at the whole roofline before we start, because a cleaning will not fix a sagging hanger or a slope problem. Professional window cleaning means clean windows and a curb appeal that shows, and that starts with the gutters being done first. Text a photo of the roofline or call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service.
Yes. Our own crew does both on the same visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing gets washed twice.
The number comes from the stories and the window count, and that method is the same for residential and commercial buildings. We give it by phone or text, and we do not quote a figure without seeing the house.
Usually yes on our jobs, because the outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots that the inside never sees. Clean windows on the outside are what you see from the street.
Most of our customers book in late spring and late fall. Across New Jersey, the spring visit runs late May to June, and the fall visit runs November to early December.
Not with our order of work. We do the gutters first, let the wall stop dripping, and then do the glass, so the runoff has nowhere to go.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included in the visit, and we tell you before we start if anything needs more time.
We clean the outside of the glass only on this visit. We do not clean the inside windows or do pressure washing on this visit.
You do not need to be home. Turn off the sprinklers the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside while 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.
