Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing from the gutters lands on clean panes. We price by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them separately. Across New York, most of our customers book this work in spring and fall.
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 same count works for residential and commercial buildings. Bundling window and gutter cleaning into one visit costs less than booking them as two trips, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will send a written estimate.
On the day, the crew finds what drives the quote. A third story or a steep roof takes longer to reach. Oversized picture windows need more handling than standard sashes. Gutters that have not been opened in years come out packed with needles and leaves. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can clear the run. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line sits in the glass and no cleaning removes it, so we flag it and quote a separate treatment. No cleaning solutions go on the glass, since the rinse is purified water and nothing is left behind to streak. We price interior and exterior glass separately, and this visit covers the exterior only. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Here is how to get an exact number. Tell us the stories, count the windows roughly, and text a photo of the front of the house. For a window and gutter bundle, that is all we need. Regular cleanings keep the bill lower over time, because a run that is cleared twice a year never gets the heavy buildup that takes longer to remove.
| 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 homeowners book both jobs twice a year, in spring and in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. Carmel is no different in that respect. Spring visits run late May to June across New York, and our fall visits run late October to November. The calendar fills in those two windows.
At the spring visit we find pollen film on south-facing glass and pollen paste packed into the gutter elbows. At the fall visit the leaf load is the main job, and wind or early storm seasons can move the dates a few weeks either way. Houses under heavy tree cover, or with a sprinkler line hitting the glass, often need a third visit, because needles and grit keep packing the downspouts and the spotting returns within a day of cleaning. Houses with a third story, and multi-story buildings in general, need the pole and ladder set up a second time, so they take longer. A house near a busy road or an active construction site collects grime faster than a quiet street, so we plan those on a shorter schedule.
If you want a sense of the trade in general, cleaning services and window cleaners tend to schedule the spring and fall visits in the same way. Professional window cleaning on a regular cycle keeps the curb appeal steady, and it also keeps clogged gutters from pushing water toward the foundation, where water damage starts. Because windows inside are not part of this visit, the spring and fall schedule covers the outside glass only. You will know the glass needs attention when the haze shows up only as the sun drops low. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a steady rain.
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.
Booking with us starts with a call or text: tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we give you the estimate. Lead time on the calendar is in the spring and fall windows, so the sooner you call, the sooner a slot opens. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come.
We provide window and gutter cleaning for residential window and gutter jobs across the area, including residential properties of most sizes. Our crew sets up with a water-fed pole for upper stories and a ladder with stand-offs for the gutters, and we clean every window on the exterior, including the sill and the frame. We schedule service so the gutters and the glass get done in one trip, and that is the schedule most of our Carmel customers choose. If your house has clean windows that look dull, that is usually the outside, and that is what we clean.
Yes. The same crew handles both washing services, gutters and glass, in one visit. Gutters come first, then the glass, so the grime from the gutters does not run onto windows we have already cleaned.
Pricing for window cleaning services on a two-story house follows the number of stories and the size of the house, so we do not give a figure here. Quotes for condos follow the same count, by stories and units. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will send a written estimate before we book.
On the outside, pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots build up, and that is what dulls the glass from the street. The crew will remove dirt from the frames and sills during the same visit. The inside is a separate question, and we do not clean it on this visit.
Most of our Carmel customers book in late spring and in late fall. Those are the windows when pollen and leaves load the gutters, so a visit then catches the buildup before it causes runoff problems.
Not if the order is right. We clear the gutters and downspouts, then let the wall stop dripping before we touch the glass. Washing the glass first means it gets dirtied again.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and tracks are cleaned as part of the exterior work. They are not billed as extras.
No. This visit covers the exterior glass only. We do not clean inside the windows or do pressure washing on this visit.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Unlock the side gate, and that is all.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
