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 both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across New Jersey, most of the homes we visit book this combined service in spring and fall, so you get one crew on one schedule.
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 done in one visit costs less than two separate jobs. Our window cleaning services and gutter work are quoted as one figure, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Window washing is counted by the same stories and window count. Our washing services start with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text with a photo of the front of the house, and we will work out the figure from there.
On the day, the crew finds the same things that drive the quote. A third story or a steep roof takes more time and more setup. Picture windows and other oversized panes add time to the glass work, and the crew uses a pole to remove dirt and grime from high panes. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or that are packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear. Condos and townhouses with shared gutter runs are quoted on the same stories and window count. Gutter guards must be lifted and reseated before anything underneath can be reached. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate treatment that no cleaning removes, so we flag it before we quote the glass. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Here is a recent South River example from our records: one of our customers on a two-story house had the gutters cleared and the exterior glass done in the same visit, and the quote moved mainly because of the window count on the back of the house and the sprinkler line hitting the front glass. You can see the job at its link. We do not put prices inside case notes, so ask for your own number instead. If you are not sure how many windows you have, count the stories and the windows on the front and text us a photo, and we will tell you what the number looks like before the truck is booked.
| 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 South River customers book both jobs twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Across New Jersey, the pattern is the same: the spring visit comes after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit comes after the last leaves have come down.
In spring, pollen settles as a yellow film on south-facing glass and turns into a paste in the gutters and downspout elbows. The crew uses purified water on the glass rather than cleaning solutions, so nothing is left to streak. In fall, the leaf load is the main job, and wet leaves pack the runs and hold water against the fascia. Storms and wind seasons can shift the dates, so we book from what the gutters look like rather than the calendar alone.
Some houses need a third visit. 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 later, and those need their own treatment. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on the outside of the glass and in the runoff at the eaves. For these, we suggest a third or fourth visit rather than waiting for the usual two.
You will know the windows need attention when you see a haze only when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a rain. Either sign means it is time to book, and the regular cleanings keep both from becoming a larger job. Regular cleanings also keep curb appeal up from the street. Schedule service by calling (866) 435-6328 or texting a photo of the roofline, and we will confirm the next open date with you.
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 have cleaned homes across several neighborhoods of South River, and the crew knows the lots, the tree lines and the old roof lines on most streets. Most window cleaners skip the gutters, but our professional window cleaning and gutter work is one visit with one crew. Booking with us starts with an estimate by phone or text: tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we give you a number that matches what the crew finds on the day.
When our calendar fills, it fills in the two busy windows of the year, which are the spring and fall visits. Book early in those months and you get your slot. Outside those windows, the lead time is shorter; the exact number is on your estimate. Our crew calls before they come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our gutter and window work is built for residential and commercial buildings alike, and the order of work does not change between them.
We are a crew that works outside and does not come inside. Our cleaning services cover the outside of the windows and the gutters and downspouts, and we photograph every run before we leave. We clean every window that can be reached from the outside, and windows inside the house are not part of this visit. Multi-story buildings are quoted by stories, the same as any house. If a run has clogged gutters, or a sign of water damage under the eave, the crew notes it and tells you what it saw.
Yes. The two-person crew that cleans your windows also clears the gutters, and gutters go first so the glass is clean at the end.
We do not quote a figure on a page. The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text.
On our South River jobs the outside carries pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spotting, and a residential window takes that same hit on the outside. We clean the exterior only, since interior and exterior work is a separate booking, and we do not do the inside on this visit.
Our customers here book in the spring and fall visit windows, from the seed and pollen drop in spring to the leaf drop in fall. You can schedule service by calling (866) 435-6328.
No. We do gutters first and glass last, so the runs are clear and flushed before anyone touches the windows, and the clean windows at the end stay that way.
Screens are rinsed, each sill is wiped and the frames are cleaned as part of the job, so you do not pay extra for them.
We clean every window on the outside that can be reached, and we do not clean inside the windows or do pressure washing.
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 ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked.
Our South River work is on residential properties, and residential and commercial buildings follow the same gutters-first order of work.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
