Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of every window on a residential window job in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across New Jersey, most of our customers book the spring and fall visits, since that is when pollen and leaves build up enough to matter.
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 window and gutter cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the two jobs in one visit cost less than booking them separately. Our washing services and window cleaning services are quoted the same way, so window washing and gutters come out as one number. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and it is the same number on the invoice.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof changes the setup. Window count and oversized panes change the time on the glass, and picture windows take the longest because of their size. Baked-on grime takes more passes, and some of it will not come off with a quick rinse, so it takes more time to remove dirt from the glass. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years come down heavier, and packed seeds and leaves take longer to clear out of the gutters and downspouts. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated, which adds time. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem that cleaning does not remove. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
To get the exact number, text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us the stories and roughly how many windows face the street and the back. That is usually enough for us to give you a figure over the phone. Condos and other residential properties are quoted from the stories and the glass, the same way residential and commercial jobs are. Across New Jersey, the houses that take longest are the ones with the most glass and the gutters that have gone the longest without a visit. On a job with a lot of glass, the runoff from the roof lands on the lower panes, so we take the gutters first and the windows after, and the crew does not bill for the second pass. The clear glass and the clear gutters are what you pay for, and the rest is in the number. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the number on the spot.
| 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, the spring visit runs late May to June, and it clears the film off south-facing glass and the paste out of the gutters. Most of our customers book two cleanings a year, and in Rahway the fall visit falls in late October to November, ahead of the first hard freeze. That is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the season.
On our jobs, the spring visit is when we find the most pollen on south-facing glass, and the most packed into the gutter elbows. The fall visit is when the leaf load is heaviest, and the wet leaves are what sag the runs by winter. Across New Jersey, nor'easters can move both dates, so if one has come through, we would rather see the house after it than before.
Some houses need a third visit, and some need regular cleanings beyond the two seasonal ones. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the downspouts between visits. 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 more dust on the glass. Those are the cases where one more visit a year pays off.
You will know windows need cleaning when a haze shows only in low sun, and the outside takes it first. You will know gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a steady rain instead of running into the downspout. The crew picks cleaning solutions for the kind of film on the glass, and most glass gets purified water alone. Our crew can tell you on the first visit which of those signs your house is showing.
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 the cities of this area, and to schedule service we book on the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time is set in the booking calendar, and during the spring and fall peaks it fills faster than in the quieter months. If you want a slot in a busy window, call early.
Booking is simple. Call (866) 435-6328 or text with the number of stories, a rough count of every window, and a photo of the front of the house, and we give you a price and a date. Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. The crew calls before it comes, so you are not surprised by a truck in the driveway.
We provide the same crew and the same process whether you have a single-family house or a set of multi-story buildings. Professional window cleaning and the cleaning services that fit your property are one job, and the window cleaners on the crew handle it the same way every time. Windows inside are not part of this visit, so the work is on the outside only. Clogged gutters that have sat through a season can already be causing water damage at the fascia, and we flag that in the report rather than selling anything. A clean roofline and clean windows give your house its curb appeal, and that is what the visit is for.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people. We clean the gutters first and the outside of the windows after, so the runoff does not land on clean windows. You get one visit and one invoice.
We give the number on the phone or by text, from the stories and the size of the house. Send a photo of the front and tell us the window count, and we will tell you the price before we schedule service.
Yes, because the outside carries the dust, rain film and sprinkler spots, and those are what you see through the glass. The inside can be perfect and the outside still hazes in low sun, so every window needs its outside done.
Across New Jersey, the spring visit runs late May to June, and in Rahway the fall visit runs late October to November. Most of our customers book both, and booking a date early is the way to get one of the busy slots.
No, because we clean the gutters first and the glass last. When the runs are cleared and flushed, the wall gets a few minutes to stop dripping before anyone touches the windows.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and the tracks are included in the same visit. None of that is billed as a separate line item.
We do exterior glass only on this visit, so we do not clean inside the windows and we do not do pressure washing. Cleaning the interior and exterior of the same windows is a separate job, and we do not take it on during this visit.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside, and leave the side gate unlocked. The crew sends photos of every run before the truck leaves.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
