Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price by the number of stories, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Throughout New York, most of the homes we work on book this combined visit 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 bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a steep roof, window count and oversized panes, gutters that have not been cleaned in years or are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that must be lifted, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
To get your exact number, call (866) 435-6328 or send us the number of stories, a rough window count and a photo of the front of the house by text. A window and gutter visit is quoted from those three things, and a residential window with a large pane may take a little longer than a standard one. On our jobs, the picture windows and the upper-story runs are what move the number most, so we ask about them first. If your house has a lot of pollen film on the glass, we will note it in the estimate and use the right cleaning solutions for the job. Some owners ask for regular cleanings after the first visit, and we will quote that schedule once we have seen the house. Ask for a written estimate before any work starts on residential and commercial jobs alike. This quote covers the exterior only, so interior and exterior glass are not part of 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.
Throughout New York, most of our customers book cleaning services for their gutters and exterior glass twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense on a regular schedule.
In spring we find pollen film on south-facing glass and pollen paste packed in the gutters. In fall it is the leaf load, which packs clogged gutters and holds water against the fascia, and that slow overflow can turn into water damage behind the trim. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates, so we confirm each visit by phone before we come.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass (the spots that come back a day later), and a house near a busy road or construction all put more grime on the glass and more runoff in the gutters. Multi-story buildings often need the third visit too, because the upper runs are the hardest to reach. Those are the properties where our crew is back more often.
Sometimes the glass looks fine until the sun is low, when you see a haze across the panes. That is the sign windows need it. Water sheeting over the edge of a gutter in rain is the sign the gutters need it, and we will check the slope when we are on the ladder. Some window cleaners only do glass, and the runoff from the gutters above then lands on the panes they just finished, so ask who is on the ladder. Clean glass also keeps your curb appeal up, since the front of the house is the first thing people see. Professional window cleaning on a set schedule catches the build-up before it settles.
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 starts with a call to (866) 435-6328, or a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time depends on the season, and we will tell you the next open date when you call. In the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, our calendar fills, so the sooner you call, the sooner the crew can come.
We call before we come, so you know the window of arrival. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, because the crew does not come inside. Each window and gutter run is photographed and sent to you when the job is done.
We have done window and gutter cleaning on residential properties across Elmira. The crew clears the gutters and downspouts first, then cleans every window on the outside, including the sill and the frame, so clean windows are the result on every visit. We are happy to schedule service for a single home or for a set of properties you manage.
Yes. Our crew does both, and it is the same two people on the ladder for the gutters and the glass.
We do not give a figure here. The number comes from the number of stories and the size of the house, and we quote it by phone or text.
Yes. The outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, so most of the grime sits there. Rain alone does not remove dirt from the glass, so the film stays until someone cleans it. Our visit covers the exterior only.
Throughout New York, most customers book in late May to June or in October to early November, and we can tell you the open dates for each.
No, because we clean gutters and downspouts first and glass last. When the gutters are cleared before the glass, the runoff does not reach clean panes below.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and frames are done as part of the visit. Condos follow the same method and the same quote, by stories and window count. Those are included.
Our washing services on this visit cover exterior glass only. We do not clean windows inside, and we do not do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn sprinklers off, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside, 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.
