Yes, the same two people clean the 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 doing both in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Our crew works across New Jersey and cleans most of the outside glass in Wanaque during the spring and fall visits, when the leaf load is heaviest.
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.
Window cleaners quote in a lot of different ways, so here is ours. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing the gutters and the exterior windows in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and the saving for the bundle is shown on your quote. This page prices houses only. A residential and commercial job, or one that needs both interior and exterior glass, gets its own quote by phone.
Four things move the quote on our jobs. Multi-story buildings, a third story or a roof steep enough that we cannot walk it, mean more time on a boom or scissor lift. Window count and oversized picture windows change the glass time. Clogged gutters, the ones that have not been cleaned in years or that are packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear and haul. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line needs a separate stain treatment with its own cleaning solutions, which no regular cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Gutters and windows get dirty at different rates, and the fastest way to get an exact number is to text us a photo of the front of the house with the stories and a rough count of windows, or call (866) 435-6328. For a few homes we have seen the pollen film on the window glass and the paste in the gutters and downspouts build up faster than the owner expected, and the quote reflected that. We would rather give you the real number before the crew arrives than adjust it on the day.
| 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 Wanaque customers book professional window cleaning and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense. Those regular cleanings follow what we find at each visit: a pollen film on south-facing glass and paste in the gutters in the spring, and a wet leaf mat in the fall. Storm and wind seasons, including nor'easters across New Jersey, can move the dates either way.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof packs the downspouts between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the spots that come back a day after we clean. A house close to a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on the glass than one set back from traffic. Those are the jobs we bring back sooner, and we say so on the first visit.
You will notice the outside glass needs cleaning when the haze shows up only in low sun, and the windows inside the house are not part of the visit. You will notice the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in rain and the runoff hits the fascia and siding, which can lead to water damage. Either sign means it is time to book, whatever the calendar says. Clean windows also do most of the work for curb appeal, since the windows are the first thing people see from the street.
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 washing services reach the outside of residential properties across Wanaque, and we book a slot by phone or text. For an estimate, send the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you what the residential window and gutter cleaning will cost before we schedule a date. If you live in one of the condos here, say so on the call so we know whether the gutters are shared before we quote. The booking calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, when the leaves are heaviest, so an early request keeps the date you want.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and the crew works outside and does not come inside. Our crew cleans each residential window from the outside, and every window in the house gets the same attention, including upper stories and the sill below each pane. The crew works to remove dirt from every sill it wipes, so the clean windows match from the street. If you want to schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 and we will confirm the day and the time window.
Yes, it is the same crew. The people who clean your gutters are the ones who clean your windows, so one visit covers both and nobody has to come back.
The cost of our washing services for a two-story house depends on its size and its gutters, and we give the number by phone or text once we know the stories and the window count. A rough photo of the house front is enough to start.
Windows inside the house are a separate job, and cleaning them does not touch the film on the outside. That film carries the rain dust and any sprinkler spots that make the glass look hazy, so the outside cleaning is what you need to remove dirt and film. The clean windows you see from the street are the ones we washed.
Our customers in Wanaque usually book in late spring and again in the fall, when the seed and leaf drop is heaviest. Across New Jersey the spring and fall visits are the two most common.
Gutters first, glass last. When we clear the gutters and downspouts, the leaves, the grit and the black water under them come down the wall and across any window below it, so the glass is washed last to keep runoff off clean panes.
Yes, we clean the screens and the sills, and we rinse the tracks as part of the job. Those are not extras.
We do exterior glass only on this visit. Interior and exterior glass are priced as separate jobs, and we do not do pressure washing.
No, 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 unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
