Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do gutters first and glass last, so nothing washes down onto clean panes. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Our crew has done this work for years, and most of our Oneonta customers book it in the spring and the 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 give you the number on the phone, and the number we give is the number we charge. The quote comes from the stories, the approximate window count, and what is sitting in the gutters. Doing gutter cleaning and window washing services together in one visit is the cheaper route, and the price we give already reflects that.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer. Oversized picture windows take more time per pane. Gutters and downspouts nobody has opened in years come down packed with leaves and needles, and gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run. Grime that has baked onto the lower panes near a road takes a second pass, and we tell you before we start. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is not something a cleaning removes, so we flag it and say so. The crew has to remove dirt from the sills before the glass is touched. Condos with their own gutter runs are priced the same way as a house. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Here is how we put the number together for a house in Oneonta. We ask how many stories, we ask for a rough window count, and we ask for a photo of the front of the house sent by text. With those three things we can give you a figure on the phone that we will stand behind on the invoice. The crew reviews the same details on arrival, and any change is discussed before work starts. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will book a date with you on the spot.
| 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 people have us out twice a year, one visit in the spring and one in the fall. Across New York, the spring visit falls in late May to June, and the fall visit in October to early November. Our Oneonta customers book on that same calendar, and running one crew through one visit for both jobs is why the calendar works this way.
In spring we find pollen film on the south-facing glass, the kind you see on both the interior and exterior of the panes, and pollen paste packed into the gutters and elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see gutter runs that sagged under the weight by the next season. Storms and wind seasons can shift the dates, so we watch the weather and call ahead when a visit needs to move. We use purified water, and cleaning solutions only on the panes that need them.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up more dust on the frames and sills. The same pattern holds for residential and commercial buildings, since leaves, pollen and sprinkler spots show up on both. Those houses tend to need a third visit each year, and we tell you which of those applies to your lot once we have seen it. Regular cleanings on the normal two-visit schedule keep this from building up.
Two signs tell you a window needs cleaning sooner. The first is a haze you only notice when the sun is low. The second is water sheeting over the edge of a gutter in the rain, which usually means the run is full. If you see either one, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will tell you what we think is going on.
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 window cleaners work across Oneonta, and we take on window cleaning services for residential properties of every size, from a single-story ranch to a multi-story building. Booking is simple. To schedule service, text or call with the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we come back with a firm estimate. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, the windows inside stay as they are on this visit, and we always call before we come. We clean every window on the outside that we can reach safely.
The booking calendar fills up in the two busy windows of the year, the spring and the fall. If you want a slot in those months, it is worth getting in touch early. Outside those windows the lead time is shorter, and we will tell you the lead time on your estimate.
We keep the crew small so the same people who quoted the job are the ones on the ladder. That keeps the cleaning services consistent from one visit to the next, and it keeps the glass in good shape year to year. When you need professional window cleaning and gutter work done in the same trip, one crew handling both is the simplest way to keep the job on track and keep the curb appeal up. We also clean gutters on multi-story buildings and in clogged gutters that have been left too long, which is often how water damage starts.
Yes. Our crew does both, and the same two people handle the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit. Gutters go first and the glass goes last, so the dirty runoff does not land on clean panes.
We give the number by phone or text. It depends on the number of stories and the approximate residential window count, and once we have those we can tell you the figure. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
In Oneonta the outside takes the most punishment. Pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots build up on the outside, and they are what most people see when the sun is low. Clean windows on the outside keep the view clear even when the inside is already fine.
Most of our Oneonta customers book in late spring and again in the fall. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the roofline, and we will find a date that works.
Not on our jobs. We clear the gutters and flush the downspouts first, let the wall stop dripping, and only then clean the glass, so the grime does not land on the panes. That is the reason the order matters.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped on every window as part of the job. Tracks are included on the exterior side. None of this is billed as an extra.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean the windows inside on residential properties, and we do not do pressure washing as part of this job.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move your cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
