The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your 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. On our Plainsboro jobs, most customers book this in the spring and the fall, which is when grime and leaves build up enough to show on the glass and in the downspouts.
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 by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and a bundled visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge on the invoice.
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. A high window count or oversized picture windows add time at the glass. Heavy grime on the glass takes a second pass, and gutters that have not been cleaned 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 does not come off with cleaning alone, and we tell you that before we start. The cleaning solutions we use on frames and sills are included, and clearing gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job, not extras. Interior and exterior glass never share a line on the invoice, since this visit covers the exterior only.
On our Plainsboro jobs, the quotes that run highest are usually the houses where the gutters have gone longest without a visit and the windows sit under a sprinkler line. Regular cleanings are quoted the same way, by stories and window count, and the same pricing rule applies to residential and commercial jobs. To get the exact number, text us the front of the house and tell us the stories and the rough window count. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you the figure before anyone climbs a ladder.
| 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 Plainsboro jobs, most customers book both gutters and windows 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. Regular cleanings in those two seasons keep the glass and gutters from building up between visits.
In spring we find a film of pollen on south-facing glass and a paste of grime packed into the gutters and elbows. In fall the leaf load is the main problem, and clogged gutters full of wet leaves are what make runs sag over the winter. Water that spills over a clogged gutter becomes runoff against the siding, and that is how water damage starts at the fascia. Storms and wind seasons can move the dates, so we book around the weather rather than around the calendar.
Some houses need a third visit, and so do multi-story buildings with a lot of glass. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects dust faster than the others on the block. If your house has any of those, plan on three or four visits a year rather than two.
You will notice the glass needs cleaning when you see a haze only in low sun, and clean glass also helps curb appeal from the street. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge during a rain instead of running down the downspout. The windows inside stay out of this visit, so a haze on the inside glass is a separate question.
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 provide window and gutter cleaning services for residential properties across Plainsboro, and we give every window and every run the same attention on the ladder. Professional window cleaning on a residential window means the frame and sill get done along with the pane, so the clean windows look clean all the way round. Booking starts with a phone call or a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. We send back a firm number, and once you say yes we schedule service for the next open slot on the calendar.
Lead time depends on the season. In the busy windows of spring and fall, when most of our Plainsboro customers want the same visit, the calendar fills first, so book early if you want a particular week. Outside those windows there is usually more room. Multi-story buildings are quoted by stories, not guessed from the curb, and condos follow the same visit, though the building's rules on ladder access come first. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, but we call before we come, so you know the crew is on the way. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or send a text.
Yes. The same two people handle window cleaning services and the gutters and downspouts in one visit, and we always do the gutters first. That order keeps the glass from being splashed again.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Send a photo of the front and tell us the rough window count, and we will quote the job before we schedule it.
Usually yes, because the outside carries the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spotting. Those build up in Plainsboro's spring and fall and the inside glass does not see them.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and in the fall. Those are the times when grime and clogged gutters build up enough to show on the glass and in the downspouts.
No, because we clean the gutters first and the glass last. When the glass is washed before the gutters, the leaves and black runoff come down the wall and across it, and someone has to wash it again.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and frames are done, and we remove dirt from each one as part of the job. We do not bill them as extras.
No. Our window washing services cover exterior glass only, and we do not do interior windows or pressure washing.
You do not need to be home, though condos with a shared gate or HOA rules should be checked first. 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.
