Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across New York, most of our customers book this in spring and fall, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
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.
Here is the direct answer: we price residential and commercial jobs by the number of stories and the approximate window count, the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Every quote starts from a floor set by story count, and we confirm the rest by phone or text.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof changes how we set up. Window count and oversized picture windows change the time on the glass. Interior and exterior glass are priced differently, and this visit covers the exterior only. Gutters nobody has opened in years, packed with seeds and leaves, take longer to clear. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers needs more than a cleaning. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across New York, our crews see the same pattern: the houses that skipped a season are the ones with the most packed runs and the most grime on the glass, and a film of seeds and dust gets harder to lift the longer it sits. On a Lancaster job the quickest route to a firm number is to text us a photo of the front of the house with the stories visible and tell us roughly how many windows face out. We will tell you what the cleaning covers, which cleaning solutions it needs, and what it does not.
| 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 customers book regular cleanings twice a year, one visit in spring and one in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense on a Lancaster house.
What we find at each visit is consistent. In spring a film of dust and seed forms on south-facing glass and a paste in the gutters, and a professional window cleaning in spring clears that film before the summer sun bakes it on. By fall the leaves have come down and the gutters hold a wet mat, which is how clogged gutters start to overflow. Storms, including the nor'easters that hit across New York, can move the dates, so we watch the calendar rather than the date on the wall.
Some houses need a third visit between cleanings. Multi-story buildings, heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass, or a house near a busy road all bring more debris, and those are the homes where spots come back a day after cleaning. Standing water in a clogged gutter is how water damage starts at the fascia, which is one more reason those homes get the third visit. Our cleaning services are scheduled around what the house needs, not a fixed plan.
You will know windows need it when you see a haze that only shows up when the sun is low, and a clean house front matters for curb appeal, so the haze is the first thing a neighbor notices. You will know gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running down 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.
Our crew works across Lancaster and books the window and gutter cleaning jobs through a short call or text. Send us the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we will give you a quote and a window. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come. The lead time depends on the calendar, so ask us when the next opening is. The two busy windows of the year, the spring pollen season and the fall leaf drop, fill the calendar fastest, so book early if you want those dates.
Every job finishes with clean windows, and we clear gutters and downspouts first at residential properties, condos and other buildings alike. We will schedule service around the house, and for every residential window on the outside of the house we use the same method, and every window gets its sill cleaned along with the glass. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will tell you what the job takes.
Yes. Our crew does both in one visit, so the same two people clean the gutters and the exterior windows. We start with the gutters and finish with the glass.
We quote window cleaning services from the number of stories and the size of the house, by phone or text. Send a photo of the front and tell us the rough window count, and we will give you the number.
Yes, because the outside takes the most of it. Pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots land on the glass before they ever reach the inside, and they wash back into the frames. Outside cleaning is how we remove dirt before it reaches the frames, and cleaning the windows inside will not stop that film from coming back.
Across New York, spring visits run late May to June, and fall visits run late October to November. Your trees and sprinklers decide the right window for your house, so call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you when to book.
No. We clear the gutters first and flush every downspout, so the runoff does not reach the glass. Then we let the wall drip dry before we touch the glass. That order is why the windows stay clean after the gutters are done.
Our washing services include rinsing the screens and wiping the sills as part of the job. Tracks are included on the outside as well. None of it shows up as a separate line item.
We do exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean inside the windows or pressure wash siding and decks on this trip.
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 unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
