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 done in one visit costs less than booking them separately. Across New York, most of the homes we work on book it in spring and fall, after the seed and pollen drop and before the leaves come down. Tell us your stories and a rough window count and we give you the number on the phone.
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. Booking gutter cleaning and window washing together in one visit costs less than two separate trips, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
On the day, the crew sees what moves the quote: a third story or a steep roof, large picture windows and oversized panes, gutters not opened in years and packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted before the run can be cleared, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Clearing gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across New York, the grime on the glass and in the gutters adds up over a season, so the window and gutter cleaning on a yard with heavy tree cover tends to need more attention than a lot with clean sky overhead. We would rather look at it than guess. Text a photo of the front of the house and tell us the stories, and you get a written estimate before anyone books a date. Our cleaning solutions are used on the glass, and the cleanings are scheduled around what we find on your roofline.
For residential and commercial buildings alike, the same check applies: count the stories, count the windows, photograph the roofline, and ask for the written estimate. Interior and exterior glass are not on the same quote, since this visit covers the exterior only. If you have a home or a storefront with a lot of glass, the crew will tell you on the phone which of those drives the number.
| 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 York, most homes get both jobs done twice a year, in spring and again in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. In Albany we see the pollen film on south-facing glass and the paste in the gutters after the spring drop, and the wet leaf mat and grit after the fall drop. Storm and wind seasons move the dates a little, but the pattern holds, and a clean front keeps the curb appeal up between visits.
Some yards need a third visit. Regular cleanings keep the film from building, and rinsing with water alone does not always remove dirt that has sat for a season. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps packing the downspouts between visits, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house close to a busy road or a construction site gets a film of grime that a twice-a-year schedule does not keep up with. Our window cleaners look at the glass and the runs on each visit and tell you when the next one should be.
Professional window cleaning services look different from a quick wipe. Clogged gutters are the first sign of water damage, and runoff from a blocked run runs down the siding and into the foundation. Most of the multi-story buildings we see need the gutters checked at the same visit as the glass.
You know the windows need it when you see a haze that only shows when the sun is low. You know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running into the downspout.
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 work across Albany, and the crew cleans the gutters and exterior windows on residential properties and on clean windows that need the same visit. Each residential window gets the same exterior pass as the rest of the house. Booking is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house with the number of stories, and we send a written estimate. Lead time depends on the calendar and is set when you book, and we will tell you the date on the call.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, spring after the seed drop and fall after the leaves come down. If you want a slot in those weeks, book early. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Use the schedule service to pick the date that fits, and we will cover every window and every sill on the outside of the house in the same visit.
Yes, the same two people do both on one visit. Gutters and downspouts are cleared first and the glass last, so the runoff from the roof does not land on clean windows.
We do not quote a figure off a chart. The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, condos are priced the same way by stories and windows, and you get it by phone or text before any work is booked.
Usually yes on our jobs, because the outside carries the rain dust and sprinkler spotting that the inside never sees. A clean inside on a dirty outside still looks hazy in low sun.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. Those two windows are the busiest, so call (866) 435-6328 early in the season to save a wait.
No, because we clean gutters first and glass last. If the glass is washed first, the water from the gutters runs down the wall and streaks it again.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the washing services, and the tracks are done at the same time. None of that is billed as a separate extra.
Not on this visit. We clean the exterior glass only and do not do pressure washing, so the inside stays as you left it.
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.
