Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit. Gutters first, glass last, so the dirty water off the roof never lands on clean panes. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across New York, most of our customers book this job in the spring and the 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.
We price 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 on the phone is the number we charge, whether you book our window washing services or the full window cleaning services. Stories and roof pitch move the quote most, because a steep roof or a third story adds time on the ladder and the boom or scissor lift. Window count moves it next, every residential window counting toward the total, along with picture windows and oversized panes that take more care. Clogged gutters, the ones not cleaned in years and packed with needles and leaves, take longer than a light run. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are part of the quote too, and so is hard-water spotting from sprinklers, which no cleaning will remove on its own.
Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, and so is taking off the grime on the sills, which is where we remove dirt the rain leaves behind, none of it billed as an extra. Our crew sees the whole house before it quotes, which is why we ask for the stories and a photo of the front of the house by text. Before the visit we can tell you if you were thinking of interior and exterior glass; this visit covers the exterior only, so the number you hear is the number for exactly that work. On our Le Ray jobs, the quote that moved most was a two-story house with a long run of picture windows and a gutter that had gone two years without a visit, and what we found on the roof decided the time more than the glass did. Send us the same kind of photo and we can say what drives your number before anyone climbs a ladder. Ask about regular cleanings if you want the same stories and window count quoted again each season. Call (866) 435-6328 for the written estimate, and we will put the stories, the window count and the gutter condition on 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.
Across New York, most of our customers book both jobs twice a year, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. The same schedule suits residential and commercial glass, since grit and tree dust land on a storefront the same way they land on a house. Across New York, the spring visit usually lands late May to June, once the seed drop is over, and the fall visit lands October to early November, after the last leaves are down. In the spring we find the pollen film on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packed in the gutters, and where the film has set we switch to milder cleaning solutions. In the fall we find the wet leaf mat and the grit that the first rains carry down the roof. Storm and wind seasons move those dates a little from year to year, so we book by the weather as well as the calendar.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between visits, and clogged gutters back up fastest on those houses. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the spots that come back a day after cleaning. Multi-story buildings and condos close to a busy road or a construction site also collect more dust on the frames. Those are the cases where we would rather see you on a shorter schedule than leave the gutter full until the runoff pours over the edge and causes water damage to the fascia. Window and gutter work done on the same schedule keeps both problems from building up at the same time.
You will see the windows need it when the haze shows up only in low sun, the kind you only notice in the late afternoon. You will see the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a steady rain instead of running down the downspout. Either sign means it is time to call, and the visit does not need you at home, though the windows inside stay as they are because we work from the outside.
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 cleaning services cover the gutters and downspouts and the exterior glass, and our crew has worked across the city. The jobs we book most come from the streets with the most mature trees and the most glass on the front of the house. To start, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and tell us the number of stories. We will come back with an estimate that covers gutters and exterior windows, and you will know what is included before we book a slot. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring tree-seed season and the fall leaf drop, so booking early in those months keeps you from waiting. Outside those windows we can usually find a day sooner.
We call before we come, so you are not surprised by a truck in the driveway. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, but the sprinklers should be off and the cars moved if the windows face the driveway. Our professional window cleaning crew works on residential properties with a water-fed pole for the upper glass, and every window gets the same care whether it sits on the first floor or the third. Some window cleaners only do the glass and leave the gutter line alone; ours does both. Schedule service with us once and we will keep the calendar for your next visit, so the house stays on the same rhythm each season. The curb appeal of a house shows most in the glass and the gutter line, and that is what we aim to leave clean.
Yes, the same crew does both in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the dirty water off the roof never reaches clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text, so there is no figure in this answer.
For most Le Ray homes, yes, because the outside carries the tree dust, the rain grit and the sprinkler spots that the inside never sees, and cleaning it is how you remove dirt from a residential window.
Our customers here most often book in the spring after the seed drop and again in the fall after the leaves drop, and we can help you pick the window that fits your house.
No, we clean the gutters and downspouts first and the glass last, so the runoff from the roof is gone before the glass is touched.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, so you do not pay extra for them on the visit, and that holds for condos and houses alike.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit, and our work on residential properties is exterior glass and gutters, so pressure washing is not part of it.
You do not need to be home; turn the sprinklers off, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
