The same two people handle professional window cleaning on the outside of your windows and clean your gutters in a single visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing washes back onto clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both together in one visit costs less than two separate trips. Most of our Clay customers book the job in the spring and fall, and the visit is planned around the seasons when the glass and gutters pick up the most debris.
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 residential and commercial jobs by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice, and it is built from the stories, the window count and the state of the gutters on the day.
What moves the quote on our jobs is mostly what the crew finds when it gets up the ladder: a third story on a multi-story building or a steep roof that is hard to walk, oversized picture windows, clogged gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning will remove. Clearing gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras. A gutter that stays full through a wet spell sends runoff back under the edge of the roof, and that is how water damage starts on the fascia.
On a typical Clay visit the glass carries a pollen film in the spring and the gutters carry sticky grime that has dried into the elbows. In the fall the leaf mat is wet and heavy. Those are the two things we look at first, and they are why the same crew does both jobs in one trip. For an exact number, text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us how many stories it has, and we will come back with a written estimate before anyone books a date.
We do not clean windows inside the house on this visit, and we do not do pressure washing. This visit covers the exterior glass and the gutters, nothing else, and a quote that bundles interior and exterior glass is a different job that we price on its own. If the cleaning solutions we use leave any haze behind, the crew will show you before it leaves, and the job is not closed until you have looked at it.
| 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 Clay customers settle into regular cleanings twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense. On our jobs the spring visit catches the film on south-facing glass and the pollen paste in the gutters, and the fall visit catches the leaf load before the first hard freeze.
Houses under heavy tree cover need a third visit, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after we leave. Gutters that keep overflowing can lead to water damage at the fascia, which is why we would rather see them cleaned again than wait. Multi-story buildings close to a busy road or active construction also tend to need a third visit. Those are the cases we see most often when a customer asks why the gutters overflow again so soon after a cleaning.
Our crew is a good fit for homeowners who want a steady schedule with the same people on the ladder, not a different set of window cleaners each visit, and most of our repeat customers stay on a twice-a-year rhythm once they see what the first visit turns up. You will know windows need attention when the haze only shows up in low sun, and gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in a rain. Clean glass does a lot for curb appeal, and gutters that run clean keep the water off the front of the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will book the spring or fall visit for a date that works.
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 book the window and gutter cleaning around Clay on a first-come basis, and the calendar fills fastest in the two busy windows of the year, the spring season and the fall leaf drop. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house with the number of stories, and we will come back with an estimate and the earliest open date. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come.
We schedule every visit around the weather and the crew's route, and the lead time depends on the season, so ask us for the next open date when you call. Our crew cleans every window the customer asks for on the outside of the house, including the upper floors from the pole, and the sill and frame are included with each pane. The goal on every visit is clean windows that look right from the street. Most of what we clean in Clay is residential window work on residential properties, though we also take on the occasional building or set of condos that needs a clean.
Yes. Gutter cleaning and washing services go out with the same two people in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and the same method applies to condos. We give it to you by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will quote it from the photo you send.
On our jobs the outside carries the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, which the inside does not, so the first job is to remove dirt from that outside surface. The glass usually looks cleaner from the street and in the morning light after an outside clean.
Across New York the spring visit usually falls in late May to June and the fall visit in October to early November. Book the spring visit after the spring bloom, and the fall visit before the first hard freeze.
No, that is why we clean gutters and downspouts first and glass last. If the glass was washed first, the runoff from the gutters would hit it again, so the order of the work matters.
Screens, sills and frames are part of the exterior job, and the crew rinses screens and wipes sills as the visit goes on. Tracks are included when they are reachable from outside.
No, this visit covers the exterior glass and the gutters only. We do not do interior glass and we do not do pressure washing on this visit.
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.
