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 both jobs done together cost less than booking two separate trips. Across New Jersey, most of our customers book the work for spring and fall, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
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 the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking gutters and windows separately; the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Professional window cleaning on a multi-story house is priced from the same two inputs, and clean glass does a lot for curb appeal. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will confirm the figure before anyone is scheduled.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are consistent. Multi-story buildings and steep roofs mean the crew works from a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder, and that takes longer. A large window count, or oversized panes that need a longer reach, adds time. Gutters and downspouts that have not been opened in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, need more clearing before the flush. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated are timed separately. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a different problem, because the glass is etched and cleaning will not remove it, so we flag it on the visit rather than promise it away. Grime on the sills and frames adds time too. Windows inside are not part of this price. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras, and every flush is meant to remove dirt from the run, not just move it down to the elbow.
Houses with clogged gutters and a long run of glass on the back can have window washing and gutter clearing done in one morning. Gutters that overflow can send water toward the wall and fascia, so the runs are cleared before the glass is touched and the water damage risk is dealt with first. Sprinkler spray that wets the glass is the other common cause of spotting, and it is flagged on the same visit. Ask for the written estimate, and the number on it is the number on the invoice.
| 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 Totowa jobs most customers book both services twice a year, in late spring and again in late fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense on the calendar. Two cleanings a year keep the buildup from settling in, and our cleaning services are planned around those two dates. In spring, the pollen film settles on south-facing glass and a sticky paste packs the gutters and elbows. In fall, the leaf load comes down and the wet mat sits in the runs until the first hard freeze.
What we find on the glass in the spring is film that has dried to a yellow haze, and what we find in the gutters is the same material turned to a paste at the elbows. Where runoff from a clogged elbow hits the wall below, the stain follows the same line every time it rains. The fall visit is the leaf mat, and on houses that skipped it we see sagging runs by winter. Storm and wind seasons move the dates, and we keep a looser window around them rather than a fixed day.
Some homes need a third visit, and regular cleanings are planned per house, not per calendar. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, and a sprinkler line that wets every window on one wall leaves the spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects a film that needs a mid-season pass. The customer on twice a year with no trees is the simplest case, and the one on three or four visits is usually under trees or dealing with sprinkler spotting. We will tell you after the first visit which pattern your lot follows, and we will schedule the next visit around the calendar you actually have.
You will know the windows need attention when the haze only shows up when the sun is low, and you will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspout. Clean windows should look clear from the sidewalk, not only from the front step.
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 handle residential and commercial work across Totowa, including condos, and the booking process is the same wherever the house sits in town. Start by calling (866) 435-6328 or texting a photo of the front of the house, and tell us the number of stories and roughly how many windows face the street and the back. We come back with a number, and when you accept we set a date. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come, so you are not left waiting at the curb.
Calendars fill fastest in the two busy windows of the year, the spring season and the fall leaf drop. If you are planning a visit for one of those windows, book early and we will hold the slot you pick. To schedule service, call or text and we will name the date. Outside those windows lead times are shorter, and the crew can usually work from the first available opening. We do not promise same-day or next-day service, because the schedule depends on the route and the weather. Regular cleanings on the same two calendar windows each year are the easiest to keep, and they are the ones we plan around.
The crew works on the exterior only. Our window cleaning services and washing services cover every window that faces out, along with the frames, the sills, and the screens. We flush the gutters and clear the downspouts, so the whole outside of the house is handled in one visit. Frames and sills get a mild cleaning solution, and the glass is rinsed clean. We keep the work tidy because we haul debris away rather than blowing it onto the lawn or the walk, which helps remove dirt from the yard as well as the house, and we photograph each run before the truck leaves.
Yes, our window cleaning services include the gutters, done by the same two people in one visit. We work gutters first and glass last so the dirty water from the gutters never reaches the clean glass.
We do not give a figure in writing without seeing the house. The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and you can get it by phone or text at (866) 435-6328 with a photo of the front of the house.
Usually the outside is where the damage shows first on a residential window. Pollen film in spring, leaf residue in fall and sprinkler spots all sit on the outside of the glass, so an interior clean alone leaves the haze that the sun shows you every low afternoon.
Most of our Totowa customers book in the spring after the spring bloom and again in the fall after the leaves come down. On our jobs that means late spring and late fall, which is when the gutters and glass need it most.
No, because we clean the gutters first and the glass last. Runoff from the gutters runs down the wall, so once the runs are cleared and flushed and the wall has a few minutes to dry, we turn to the windows, and nothing from the gutters washes across them.
Screens, sills and tracks are part of the exterior visit. We rinse the screens, wipe the sills, and clean the frames, and picture windows are done from the outside with the same pole as the rest of the glass. None of that is billed as an extra on the invoice.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit, so interior and exterior glass are not done together. We do not do interior glass or pressure washing, so if you need those, tell us and we will point you to a crew that does them.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the 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.
