Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the runoff never lands on clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and both jobs booked together in one visit cost less than two separate trips. Our crew works through the spring and fall cleanings across New York, and the number we give you by phone is the number we charge.
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.
Our window washing is priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and we count every window on the outside of the house. The bundle, gutters and exterior glass in one visit, costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Our washing services are booked from one estimate, so there is no second trip. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate before anyone is booked.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof means a boom or scissor lift and more time on the ladder. Our window cleaning services take longer on oversized panes, and the window count changes the time on the glass. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or are packed with needles, leaves and grime, take longer to clear. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers will not come off with cleaning alone. Cleaning the gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across New York we have seen the same pattern: the houses that cost the most to clean are the ones where the gutters have not been opened in several seasons, because the crew has to remove dirt before the runs can be cleared. Once the gutters are clear, the water runoff from the roof goes where it should and the glass stays cleaner between visits. The exact number depends on stories, window count and the state of the gutters, so send us those three things by text and we will tell you what to expect.
| 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 Rye customers book both jobs twice a year, once in late May or June after the spring pollen drop and again in late October or November after the leaves fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across New York the same two windows hold, and the exact dates shift with the weather.
In the spring we find a pollen film on south-facing glass and a sticky paste in the gutters. Film and window haze build up together, and the window and gutter work is easier to do before the summer rains set it. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat that matters, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see gutter runs that sagged under the winter snow load by the next spring. Nor'easters and wind seasons across the state can move the dates, so we book the visit against the forecast rather than the calendar.
Some houses need a third visit beyond the regular cleanings. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the downspouts between cleanings, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house on a busy road or near construction takes dust on the glass faster than a quiet street. If your windows look hazy only when the sun is low, that is the sign the glass needs us, and if water sheets over the edge of the gutter in a steady rain, the gutter needs us.
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.
Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text. Give us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we will confirm the window count and the gutter run before the date is set. Our lead time depends on the season, and in the two busy windows of the year our calendar fills, so book early if you want a spring or fall slot. We call before we come and confirm the arrival window on the day. Condos work the same way: send a photo of the building front and we will tell you what the estimate needs.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew does not come inside, and we send photos of every gutter run and the finished glass before the truck leaves. Our cleaning services reach the parts of a house that are hard to see from the ground, and our window cleaners work from a water-fed pole with purified water, not cleaning solutions, where the glass is reachable from below. We work residential and commercial buildings across New York, and for professional window cleaning on multi-story buildings we use a boom or scissor lift. Picture windows are done from the pole wherever the glass can be reached that way.
We keep a short list of the problems we see most in Rye: clogged gutters that overflow onto the siding, and water damage that starts behind a sagging run. Both are cheaper to catch in a regular visit than to repair later, and the photos we send after each visit show you what we found. Curb appeal depends on clean glass and clear gutters, and a single visit each season keeps both in order.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of every residential window in one visit. We start with the gutters and finish with the glass, so nothing falls back onto clean panes.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, not a standard figure. Residential properties are quoted the same way, from stories and windows counted on the outside. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate.
On our jobs the outside carries the spring film, the rain dust and any sprinkler spotting, and those sit on the glass whether the inside is clean or not. Cleaning the outside is what keeps clean windows from looking hazy again within a few weeks.
Most of our Rye customers book in late May or June and again in late October or November. If you schedule service in one of those windows, the gutters stay clear before the rain and the leaves set in.
Not if the gutters are done first. Gutters first, glass last: the leaves and grit come down the wall when the run is cleared, so the glass is cleaned after the gutters are finished.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and tracks are included in the same visit. None of those is billed as an extra.
Not on this visit. This visit covers exterior glass only, not interior and exterior work together, and we do not do pressure washing here. Windows inside the house are outside what this visit covers.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside while ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
