Yes, window and gutter cleaning is one visit, and the same two people do both. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the runoff never lands on clean panes. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. Our Manhattan customers mostly book us in spring and fall, which is when the pollen and the leaves hit hardest.
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.
Window and gutter cleaning is priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle costs less than booking our window washing services 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 means more time on the ladder and the boom or scissor lift. Multi-story buildings take longer, since the lift has to move to each side. Oversized picture windows take longer per pane. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years come down heavier, packed with needles and leaves that have turned to paste, and clogged gutters are the ones that cost the most time. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate matter, since no cleaning removes it. Gutters and downspouts are cleared, and downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. We clean the exterior glass only, so interior and exterior work is quoted as two separate jobs.
On a Manhattan job, the quote changes most with the number of windows and whether the house has been on a schedule. Regular cleanings keep the quote lower, since a gutter cleared on a schedule does not come down packed. Each residential window on the house gets counted once. To get your exact number, send us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house by text.
| 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 Manhattan customers book both gutters and windows twice a year, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Two cleanings a year is the usual plan: spring, when pollen settles on south-facing glass and packs the gutters, and fall, when the leaf load comes down. Across New York, spring visits run late May to June. Fall visits run late November to December, before the first hard freeze.
Across New York the storm season is nor'easters, and wind moves the dates more than anything else. Under heavy tree cover, clogged gutters are the first thing our crew finds between visits, so those houses come back on a three- to four-month schedule. Houses with few or no trees do fine on the twice-yearly plan.
Some houses need a third visit as we see them. Heavy tree cover over the roof is one. A sprinkler line hitting the glass is another, because the spots come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site is the third, and the crew has to remove dirt from the frames at each visit. Regular cleanings on that plan keep the spots from setting. We look at the house on the first visit and tell you which schedule it needs.
You can tell the windows need attention when you see a haze only when the sun is low. You can tell the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in rain. If the gutters have been left long enough, the water damage shows up at the fascia and the wall below. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will set the spring or fall date.
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 clean residential properties for homeowners and property managers across Manhattan, and we handle residential and commercial jobs the same way. You send us the number of stories and a photo of the house front by text, we give you an estimate, and we schedule service for a date. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring pollen season and the fall leaf drop. Our calendar fills then, so the earlier you book, the closer to your first choice of date you will get. Outside those windows, our crews have more room in the schedule.
Our window cleaners work from a water-fed pole where they can and from a boom or scissor lift where they must, which is what professional window cleaning looks like on a multi-story house. Among window cleaning services in Manhattan, we keep the same crew on the job from first visit to last and do not hand the work to a subcontractor. We schedule service for every window on the house in one visit. Cleaning solutions are not needed on exterior glass when the water is purified. Keeping the curb appeal of the building sharp is part of the job, so a sill that holds grime gets wiped, not skipped.
Yes, it is the same crew. The window and gutter cleaning is done in one visit, with the gutters first and the glass last.
We quote residential properties from the number of stories and the approximate size of the house, by phone or by text. The number we quote is the number we charge.
Yes, it is worth it. The outside of the glass carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and an inside clean does not remove dirt from that side at all.
Across New York, spring visits run late May to June, and the storm season is nor'easters, which moves those dates more than anything else. Our Manhattan customers mostly book in spring and fall, and regular cleanings on that plan keep the glass clear.
No, gutters first and glass last, so the runoff never reaches clean glass. We do the roof, clear the gutters and downspouts, flush every downspout, and only then touch the windows.
Yes, the screens are rinsed and the sills are wiped as part of the visit, and each residential window is counted in the quote, not billed as extras. Tracks are included in the glass work.
We clean the outside of the windows only on this visit, so we do not clean windows inside the house. We do not do pressure washing either.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house and we will confirm the time. We also do residential gutter cleaning for homeowners, and condos are welcome too, and we will tell you on the call what access the building needs.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
