Yes, 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 an approximate window count, and two jobs in one visit cost less than booking them on separate days. Across New Jersey, most of our customers book this in the spring and in the fall, when tree dust and fallen leaves build up on the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the number we will 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.
The price is set by the number of stories and the approximate number of windows, and we give it to you by phone or text before the crew comes out. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you the figure for your house. Bundling window washing and gutter cleaning into one visit costs less than two separate bookings, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice. Our washing services are quoted the same way, from the same stories and the length of the runs, so the two are priced side by side for you.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are predictable. A third story, or a roof too steep to walk, takes more time on the ladder. Window count matters, and so do oversized picture windows that need a boom or scissor lift to reach. Gutters and downspouts that have not been opened in years come out packed with grime, and that adds time. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is the one thing a standard wash cannot fix, because the mineral is etched into the glass rather than sitting on top of it. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of our window cleaning services and are not billed as extras.
Most of our Union City quotes start from a photo of the front of the house sent by text, with the number of stories and a rough count of the windows. On one Union City job, a two-story house in a dense block with mature trees over the back roof needed a second pass on the gutters because the runs were packed with seed pods, and the number we quoted on the phone was the number we billed. The point of asking for the count up front is to get the exact number before anyone climbs a ladder. Clean windows and clear gutters cost more where the house is taller or the runs are longer, because a long run holds more runoff and grit, and we say so on the call. Getting the grit off a tall house is slower work, so the crew takes the time it needs to remove dirt from every run. Condos are quoted by the unit, so tell us if you live in one when you call.
| 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 the window and gutter cleaning twice a year, in late May to June and again in late November to December. The spring visit lands after the seed and pollen drop, when the yellow film on south-facing glass and the paste in the downspout elbows are at their worst. The fall visit lands after the leaves are down and before the first hard freeze, which is when the wet leaf mat packs the gutters and freezes into the runs. The cycle is the same for residential and commercial glass, since the pollen and leaf load hit both.
On each visit we find the same few things. A yellow film sits on the glass in the spring, and in the same weeks it turns to paste in the gutters. In the fall it is the leaf load that blocks the gutters and the grit that washes onto the sills. Storm and wind seasons move the dates a little, and a bad nor'easter in the fall can mean the crew comes back sooner to clear the runs. The glass is rinsed with purified water, so no cleaning solutions are left behind to dry as a film.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the downspouts between visits, so those houses are cleaned more often. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those houses need the glass looked at again mid-season. Picture windows facing a busy road or a construction site collect more dust on the frames, and they show it first. Once a year is enough for a house with few or no trees, and those regular cleanings can drop to one visit. We tell you which of these your lot needs after the first visit.
The sign that windows need cleaning is a haze you only notice when the sun is low in the afternoon. The sign that gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge of the run in the rain. If you see either, call us and we will schedule a slot, and the photo of the run tells us most of what we need to know. Interior and exterior glass get different treatment, and on this visit we only do the exterior.
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 provides professional window cleaning and gutter work for homes across Union City and the surrounding New Jersey communities, and we book the job through the phone or by text. To get a quote we ask for the number of stories, a rough window count and a photo of the front of the house, and we return a number before we set a date. Demand is steady, but the calendar fills fastest in the two busy windows of the year, the late spring pollen season and the late fall leaf drop, so booking early in those months gets you the day you want.
Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work, and the crew does not touch windows inside the house. We call before we come, usually the day before, with a two-hour arrival window, and we call again when the truck is on the way. The crew works from ladders and a boom or scissor lift where needed, and it does not come inside the house. Our window cleaners use purified water for the glass, which dries without streaks when the work is done properly, and the gutters are flushed so that water does not sit in the runs and cause water damage to the fascia. Clean glass and clear runs also do more for curb appeal than any other part of the job.
Some Union City houses need a little more care than others. Older homes with clogged gutters and loose hangers, and multi-story buildings where the back run sits far up the wall, take longer on the ladder. Our cleaning services for these houses are scheduled with that time built in, and the price we gave you already reflects it.
Yes. The same two-person crew cleans the gutters and the outside of every window on the house in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the glass is not dirtied by runoff from the runs above it.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text before any work is booked. To schedule service, call or text a photo of the front of the house. We do not quote a figure without seeing the house.
Yes, because the outside carries the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spotting that build up between visits, and those are the things that cloud clean windows from outside.
Our customers here usually book in late May to June and again in late November to December, after the leaves are down. Across New Jersey the same two windows apply to residential properties.
No, because the gutters are cleared and flushed first and the glass is washed last. We have seen the reverse done by other crews, where the glass was washed first and then rinsed again by the runoff, which is why we do it in this order.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the visit, and none of those is billed as an extra.
We clean the exterior glass of each residential window only on this visit, and we do not do interior glass or 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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
