Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit here, and they do the gutters first and the glass last. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across New Jersey, most of the homes we clean are on our spring and fall schedule, which is the rhythm we keep in Ocean City too.
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.
A window and gutter quote is one number when both are booked on one visit, and it costs less than booking the two jobs separately. We build it from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
On our jobs the quote moves for a few reasons we can see from the ground and the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A large count of windows, or oversized picture windows, adds glass to wash. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, need more clearing before the flush. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are a separate step. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is etched into the glass and no cleaning removes it, so we flag it on the visit. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Purified water does the rinsing, so cleaning solutions are not a line on the bill. Interior and exterior glass are priced as separate jobs, and this quote covers the outside only.
Most of our Ocean City customers call with a photo of the front of the house and a count of the stories, and that is usually enough for an exact number. Text a photo of the front of the house and tell us how many stories it has, and we will quote from there. Regular cleanings on the same house are quoted from the same stories and window count, so the second number matches the first. Residential and commercial buildings are quoted separately, so say which one it is when you call. If we need to see the back, we say so before the number is final.
| 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.
Across New Jersey most homeowners have gutters and exterior windows cleaned twice a year, in spring and again in fall, and the same rhythm holds in Ocean City. Across New Jersey the spring visit usually lands late May to June, and on our Ocean City jobs the fall visit lands late November to December, after the leaves are down. Both visits run on one calendar, which is why professional window cleaning and gutter work in one visit makes sense for most houses.
In spring we find pollen film on south-facing glass, and a paste packed into the gutter elbows that dries hard. In fall the leaf load sits in the runs as a wet mat, and it stays wet into the first cold weeks, which is when clogged gutters start to overflow. Window cleaners who skip the gutters leave that mat in place, and it drops onto clean glass. Storm and wind seasons move the dates a little, and a heavy nor'easter in the fall can push the visit back a few days.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the downspouts between visits, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. Multi-story buildings and tall houses take more ladder time per window, and a house close to a busy road or a construction site collects grime faster than the average lot. Clogged gutters that overflow in a storm can also cause water damage at the siding and the sill below, so we check the runs on every visit. When we see that on the first visit, we tell you plainly.
You will know the windows need it when you see haze only in low sun. Haze on the windows inside the house is not something exterior cleaning fixes. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspout. Curb appeal takes the hit first, since streaked glass and sheeting gutters show from the street. For a professional window cleaning visit, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will book the spring or fall visit.
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.
Booking starts with a quote by phone or text: give us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we confirm a date. Our lead time is what the schedule shows that week, and the fastest path is to call before the busy months. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come.
Our crew does window and gutter cleaning on residential properties in and around Ocean City. We clean every window on the outside of the house that can be reached safely, and a residential window that cannot be reached from the ground is photographed and reported. The goal is clean windows on every visit, and a sill with dust or salt on it gets wiped. We schedule service around the two busy windows of the year, the spring pollen drop and the fall leaf drop, when the calendar fills first.
Ask for a date when you call, and we will hold it while the estimate is confirmed.
Yes. Our crew handles both washing services in one visit, with the same two people on the ladder. We clear the gutters and downspouts first and do the glass last, so nothing falls from the runs onto clean windows.
We do not quote a figure without seeing the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house with the number of stories, and we give you the exact number from there.
On our jobs the outside collects dirt, mineral spots from sprinklers and streaks from rain runoff that the inside never sees, so exterior glass gets dirty faster. Cleaning the outside alone is a complete job, and it helps you remove dirt from every pane you see from the street.
Most of our customers here book in late May or June and again in late November or December, which fits our spring and fall calendar. The same rhythm holds across New Jersey.
No, because the order is gutters first and glass last. The leaves, grit and black water from a cleared run would otherwise wash down the wall and across the windows below.
Screens are rinsed and put back, sills are wiped, and tracks on the outside are cleaned as part of the visit. None of that is billed as an extra.
We do not clean inside the windows or do pressure washing on this visit. This is exterior glass only, and the gutters are cleared and flushed as part of the same job.
You do not need to be home. If you live in one of the condos on your street, tell the building the crew is coming. Turn sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
