Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and every residential window on the outside of your house in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing that washes off the roof ends up on clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and booking both together in one visit costs less than two separate trips. Across New York we find that most homeowners book this in the spring and fall, when the pollen, seed and leaf load is heaviest. Get your estimate by phone or text.
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 give the price from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are stories and steep roofs, the window count and any oversized picture windows, gutters that have not been cleaned in years or are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted to reach the run, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers, which no cleaning removes. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder, so it shows up in the quote before the crew arrives.
Our crew sees this most often in houses where the glass has not had regular cleanings on the calendar. Grime builds on the outside of the panes and the frames, and the first visit takes longer than the ones after it. For a house with a lot of window washing history, we ask for a photo of the front of the house by text before we give a number, so the estimate reflects what is actually on the glass. If you know the story count and roughly how many windows face the street, that is enough to start, and the crew confirms it on the day.
Our window washing services are priced on the same stories and window count as the gutter work, so one estimate covers both for residential properties. The crew does the outside of every window it can reach from the ground or a pole, and the price says so up front, so nobody expects interior and exterior work in the same 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.
Most of our Cortland customers book both jobs twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Each visit finds something different on the glass and in the gutters. In spring, the pollen film sits on the south-facing windows and the pollen paste packs the downspout elbows. In fall, it is the leaf load and the wet mat that sits in the gutter runs, holding water against the fascia and sending runoff down the siding. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates by a few weeks, and we move the visit with you.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit in the gutters between cleanings, and houses under big trees or near a busy road collect more residue on the glass than houses in open lots. A sprinkler line that hits the windows leaves the round spots that come back a day after cleaning; that is mineral, and regular cleaning solutions alone do not remove it. We tell you on the first visit which of these your house has, so you are not guessing about the schedule.
You will know the windows need attention when you see a haze that only shows up when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge during rain instead of running into the downspout. Either sign means it is time to book, and a call or a text with a photo is the fastest way to get the visit on the calendar. Clogged gutters that go too long can cause water damage to the fascia and the soffit, which is the repair cost we are trying to keep you clear of.
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 crews clean the gutters and downspouts and the windows of houses across Cortland, and we book in the order the calls come in. To get an estimate, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house with the number of stories. We confirm the window count on the day and give you a written estimate before the work starts, so the number on your invoice matches what you were quoted. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew calls before it comes.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring pollen season and the fall leaf drop, so those are the weeks to plan ahead. Outside those windows the crew can usually fit a visit in with less notice. We work with residential and commercial customers, including homeowners and property managers who want window cleaning services and gutter work handled by one company, and we schedule service around the weather rather than against it. If your house has a lot of glass or several stories, tell us when you call so the crew brings the right lift; we use a boom or scissor lift on multi-story buildings.
Every window the crew cleans gets the same attention, including the sill and the frame, because dirt sits on the sill first. Clean glass and gutters do more for curb appeal than most people expect, and that is why we keep the same two people on a job from the gutters through the glass. Our crew is a professional window cleaning crew, and the work stays consistent from start to finish. Call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service, or text the photo and we will reply with a date.
Yes, and it is the same two people. The window cleaners on our crew also clear the gutters in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the glass does not get dirty again from the runoff.
We give the number by phone or text, from the number of stories and the window count. We do not quote a figure without the house details.
On our Cortland houses the outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, which are what makes the glass look hazy even after the inside is clean. The crew works to remove dirt from the frame and sill before the pane is touched, so the outside is where the residue builds and where the cleaning starts.
Most of our Cortland customers book in spring and in fall. Across New York we find the same pattern, with spring after the pollen drop and fall after the leaves are down.
Not with our order of work. Gutters and downspouts come first, with the downspouts flushed and the wall given time to stop dripping, and only then does the crew touch the glass, so nothing from the roof washes onto clean panes.
Screens are rinsed and the sills are wiped as part of the visit, and the tracks are included when they are reachable from outside. We do not bill them as separate line items. Condos are quoted the same way, from the stories and window count you tell us when you call.
This visit is exterior only. We do not clean windows inside the house on this visit, and we do not do pressure washing on this job.
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 leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
