Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. That order keeps the runoff off the clean panes, so the glass only gets touched once. We price the job by the number of stories, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across New York, most of the homes we clean get booked for spring and fall, and we give you the number on the phone before we come.
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. Doing the gutters and the windows together in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and 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 picture windows, clogged gutters packed with needles, leaves and grime, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Gutters and downspouts are flushed as part of the job, and screen rinsing and sill wiping are included too, none of it billed as an extra. Our crew does window washing on the outside only. We quote interior and exterior work as two separate jobs, and the price here covers the full exterior run, so the glass comes out even across every pane.
Before we quote a house, we ask for the stories and a rough window count, and a photo of the front of the house by text is enough for us to see the roofline. Across New York we handle the same washing services and window cleaning services for owners of multi-story buildings who want a single crew, and we keep the quote specific to the building. Most of our Milton customers ask for a regular cleanings schedule once they see the first visit, since the gutters and glass fill up again on the same calendar. Call (866) 435-6328 with the stories and the count, and we will tell you the number before the truck leaves the yard.
| 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 Milton customers book gutters and downspouts together with the glass twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the last leaves come down, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across New York the timing follows the same two seasons.
In the spring we find pollen film on the south-facing glass and pollen paste packed into the gutter elbows. In the fall the leaf load is the main problem, a wet mat in the runs that sits on the roofline until the first hard freeze, and clogged gutters from that mat are what cause most of the overflow calls. We rinse the glass with purified water and no cleaning solutions, so nothing is left behind to draw more dirt. Storm and wind seasons can move both dates, so we look at the house and do not work from the calendar alone. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass, or a house near a busy road brings the window and gutter cleaning forward, and those homes often need a third visit. A clogged run that overflows in a storm can cause water damage to the siding and the sill below it, so we check that on the first visit. Sprinkler spots return a day after cleaning, so we flag them on the first visit.
Gutters need another visit when water sheets over the edge in rain, and windows need one when you see a haze only in low sun. If you see either, call (866) 435-6328 and we will look at the schedule with you.
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 have worked across Milton and the surrounding stretch of Saratoga County, and we keep the crew close enough that a slot comes up without a long wait for cleaning services. To schedule service, you send the number of stories and a photo of the house front by text or call, we confirm the number, and we set a date. Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows of the year, the spring pollen and the fall leaf drop, are when our calendar fills first.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and the crew checks in again when they are on the way. Our window cleaners work on every window the house has on the outside, from the ground or from a boom or scissor lift where the height calls for it, and they wipe every sill on the way. We bring the same care to a small bungalow as to a large house with professional window cleaning on every floor, and the same gutters-first order applies to condos and to residential and commercial buildings, which is why the curb appeal of the front of the house is part of the finished job.
Yes, and it is the same crew. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the runoff from the runs does not reach the clean panes.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and for residential properties we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without seeing those two things.
On our Milton houses the outside of each residential window carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, so the glass looks dull from the street even when the inside is clean.
Most of our customers here book in the spring after the pollen drop and again in the fall after the leaves come down. Across New York the timing is the same.
No. Gutters first, glass last, so the leaves, grit and black water come down the wall and are gone before anyone touches the windows, and the crew does not have to remove dirt from clean glass a second time.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included on the same visit.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean windows inside the house, and we do not do pressure washing here.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off, move the cars off the driveway and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Text a photo of the roofline if you want to check the setup first.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
