Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first, 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. Our crew works on this combined visit with customers across New Jersey, most of them booking in the spring and fall. Call (866) 435-6328 with your number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will quote 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 price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, once we have the stories and a photo of the front of the house.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof changes the setup. Oversized panes and a high window count take longer on the glass. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, take more time to clear. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add work, and hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line will not come off with cleaning alone. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Cleaning solutions for the frames and sills are included in the quote too.
On our Secaucus jobs, the quotes that run higher are almost always the ones with the most stories and the most glass, not the most dirt. Our interior and exterior work is separate, and we do not do pressure washing on this visit, so the quote covers only the outside of the glass and the gutters. For the picture windows on a larger house, we walk the front with the customer by text before we set the number, so nothing surprises anyone on the invoice. Both residential and commercial clients on our rounds in the area get a similar walk-through, and the same rule applies: a photo of the building first, then the number. Regular cleanings keep the quote steady year to year, since a run that is cleared twice a year does not need the same time as one left a full season.
| 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 of our customers book both twice a year, in spring and again in the fall, and one crew in one visit is what makes that practical. In Secaucus the spring visit comes late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs November to early December, after the last leaves are down. The crew clears the gutters and downspouts before touching the glass, in both seasons.
At the spring visit we find a dusty film on the south-facing glass and a packed mat in the gutters, usually at the downspout elbows. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat that has settled over the runs and the grit that washed in with it. Storms and nor'easters move the dates, so we confirm the day before. On our jobs the houses that need a third visit are the ones under heavy tree cover, where needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, the ones with a sprinkler line hitting the glass, since those spots come back a day after cleaning, and the ones close to a busy road or a construction site, where the glass takes more dust.
Professional window cleaning is what we do on every visit, and the same crew handles the gutters, so nothing is passed between two companies. Curb appeal on a house this size tends to be the first thing a buyer or a neighbor notices, and the outside of the glass carries most of that. Windows inside are a separate job we do not take on this visit.
The sign that windows need it is a haze you only see when the sun is low. The sign that gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in rain, which often means clogged gutters at the downspouts and early water damage at the fascia.
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 run our cleaning services in Secaucus on a regular route, and the window and gutter cleaning for a home here is booked the same way as anywhere we work. Start with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. We give you the number from that, and the lead time on the calendar is listed on our booking page. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring and fall visits, when the spring and leaf months fill the calendar. Book early in those months if you want a fixed slot. We handle residential properties, condos and multi-story buildings with the same crew and the same order of work, and we schedule service around the weather, so a rained-out day moves to the next dry one. Every window gets the same finish, including the sill and the frame. Before the glass, the crew clears the runs and rinses the wall, so the dirt from above does not land on the panes, and we remove dirt from the frame by hand rather than leave a film. The glass is dried so the result is clean windows without streaks from the water.
Yes. Our crew handles the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, so you are not booking two companies for your window cleaning services and gutter work. Gutters go first and the glass last, which keeps dirty runoff off the clean panes.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Our washing services are priced by stories and window count, the same way as on this page. Send us the stories and a photo of the front and we will tell you the price before we book.
On our Secaucus jobs the outside carries most of the grime: pollen in spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spots that can leave marks on the glass. A residential window can look fine from inside and still be hazy outside in low sun.
Most of our customers here book in late May or June for the spring visit and in November or early December for the fall visit. Book early in those months, since the calendar fills.
No, that is the reason for the order of work. The roof gets blown clear and the gutters get cleared before the glass is touched, so nothing washes back across the panes.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the exterior job. Tracks are included when they are reachable from outside. These are not billed as extras.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean windows inside and we do not do pressure washing on this visit.
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 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.
