The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. Gutters go first and the glass goes last, so nothing runs back down onto clean panes. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Call (866) 435-6328 and the number we quote is the number we charge. Across New Jersey, most of our customers book it in the spring and fall, when the pollen and leaves are heaviest.
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. Both jobs in one visit cost less than booking window cleaning services and gutter cleaning separately, and the number we quote on the phone is the number we charge. Cleaning gutters and downspouts, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On the day, the crew finds what moves the quote: a third story or a steep roof that is slow to work, a high wall of oversized or picture windows, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning will remove. Each of these adds time, so each shows up in the estimate before the crew comes out.
Here is how the exact number gets built. Text us a photo of the front of the house, tell us the number of stories, and give us a rough count of the windows, including any picture windows. That is enough for a firm number. If the job includes residential and commercial properties, or a building with a lot of glass, tell us that too and we will say what it adds.
Our Princeton jobs vary a lot. A house with clean gutters and a short run of windows is a short visit. A house with a window and gutter cleaning that was skipped for two years takes longer on the ladder, and we say so before we start. We do not use cleaning solutions on the glass; purified water does the work, and it dries without a film. Interior and exterior glass are different jobs; on this visit we only do the exterior, and we do not clean the windows inside the house.
The regular cleanings are where most of the saving shows up over time. A house on a schedule gets a quicker visit each time because the gutters have less packed into them. Ask us about regular cleanings when you book and we will set up the dates.
| 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 Princeton customers book both twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in the fall after the leaves are down. That is why one crew doing both jobs in one visit makes sense on this calendar.
In the spring we find a pollen film on the south-facing glass and pollen paste packed into the elbows of the downspouts. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat that blocks the runs and leaves clogged gutters, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen gutters sag under the first freeze. Cleaning services that wait too long leave the gutter water to back up, and that is how water damage starts at the fascia.
Some houses and multi-story buildings need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house close to a busy road or a construction site collects grime faster than the glass can handle. Professional window cleaning on these houses runs on a shorter cycle, and window cleaners on our crew will tell you what your lot needs after the first visit.
Gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge during rain, and windows need it when you see a haze only when the sun is low in the afternoon. Either one is the sign to book, and keeping both clean helps the curb appeal of the house. A visit like this covers the outside only, so the windows inside stay on your own cleaning schedule.
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.
The crew works across Princeton and the surrounding residential properties, and we cover every window on the house in one visit, from the ground floor up to the upper stories. We clean the sill and the frame with the glass, so the clean windows look finished when we leave. Our washing services, window and gutter cleaning included, run on a booked schedule, and a slot fills up fastest in the two busy windows of the year.
To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text us with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. We give you a number and a date, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. If your house is a residential window job on a single-family lot or one of the condos in a multi-unit building, tell us when you call so we can plan the ladder setup. Booking is by phone, text or the form, and the lead time depends on the season.
Yes. Our washing services cover both jobs, and the same two people do them on one visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing from the gutters runs back onto clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Text us a photo of the front and the window count, and we will tell you the exact figure.
On Princeton houses the outside carries the pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots, so the glass looks dull from outside even when the inside is clean. A professional crew can remove dirt from the outside of each pane in one visit, and that is the part that changes how the window looks from the street.
Most of our Princeton customers book in the spring after the pollen drop and again in the fall after the leaves are down. Booking those two windows keeps the gutters clear through the season.
No. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the runoff from the gutters is gone before the windows get touched. That is the order we keep on every job.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included on the standard visit; heavy grime in a track is noted in the estimate before we start.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean inside the windows and we do not do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
