The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the runoff never lands on clean glass. We price it by the number of stories, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across New York, most of the homeowners we work with book the spring and fall visit to keep both on one calendar.
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 window washing by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing gutters and exterior glass in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, with nothing added on the day.
On our jobs the quote moves for a few reasons we can see from the ladder: a third story or a roof steep enough that we work from a boom or scissor lift, a window count that runs high or picture windows that are oversized, gutters packed with needles and leaves or not cleaned in years, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that cleaning alone will not remove. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across New York the first step is the same everywhere: tell us the number of stories and roughly how many windows, by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text with a photo of the front of the house. If you have called other window cleaners, you will hear the same questions, and that gives us the exact figure before a truck is booked. A house with heavy tree cover and a house with sprinkler lines hitting the glass both need the same information, so we ask for it up front rather than surprising you later. Curb appeal is the reason most people call, and clean windows only last if the gutters above them are running clear, which is why we keep the two on one ticket. Clogged gutters are the leading cause of water damage we see at the foundation line, and that is worth catching before the next storm season instead of after it. On multi-story buildings the same rule holds, with one crew covering the roofline and the glass in a single visit.
| 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 Southeast customers book both jobs twice a year, in late spring and again in late fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense on a regular cadence. The spring visit clears the pollen and seed drop; the fall visit clears the leaf load before the first hard freeze.
What we find at each visit is consistent enough to plan around. Pollen settles as a yellow film on south-facing glass and as a paste in the gutter elbows, and the leaves come down in a wet mat that sits in the runs until someone opens them. Storm and wind seasons move the dates a week or two in either direction, and we book around the forecast rather than the calendar.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters and downspouts packing between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the round spots that come back a day after we clean them. A house close to a busy road or active construction collects grit faster than a quiet street. For those, the schedule service runs three or four times a year, and we set it after the first visit based on what we actually see. Most of our residential window cleaning customers settle into a rhythm of regular cleanings that keeps every window and every sill on the same visit, so nothing is skipped.
You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge during a rain instead of falling through the downspout. You will know the windows need attention when a haze shows up only when the sun is low in the afternoon.
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 crew works through Southeast on residential and commercial jobs, from residential properties to mixed-use blocks, and every visit is professional window cleaning with the washing services and window cleaning services on one ticket. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, but we call before we arrive, and we send photos of every gutter run and the finished glass before the truck leaves. For condos and townhouse rows we coordinate with the building contact so the crew has access to every run.
To book, send us the number of stories and a photo of the house front by text, or call (866) 435-6328 and we will ask the same questions. Typical lead time depends on the season, and we tell you the first open slot on the call rather than promising a date we cannot hold. The two busy windows are the spring pollen period and the fall leaf drop, when the calendar fills fastest, so booking early in those months keeps you on the schedule you want.
Every job starts with the same check: we look at the gutters for grime and debris before we touch the glass, then decide whether the roof needs a blow-off, whether the downspouts need flushing, and which windows need the most attention. The runoff from the gutters is the reason the order matters, and we would rather plan for it than clean the glass twice. We remove dirt from the frames and sills as well as the panes, so the job looks finished from the street and the inside of the sill stays clean.
Yes. The same two people do the gutters first and the glass second in one visit, so the runoff from the runs does not land on freshly cleaned windows.
We do not quote a figure without the details. The number comes from the stories and the window count, which you can give us by phone or by text with a photo of the front of the house.
On a Southeast house the outside carries most of the grime: pollen, road dust and rain-borne grit, plus sprinkler spots that never come off on their own. The inside is usually cleaner than the outside, so the outside is where the visible difference shows.
Most of our customers here book in late spring, after the pollen drop, and again in late fall, after the leaves come down. Across New York the spring and fall windows are the same, so the schedule works across the region.
Not with our order of work. Gutters come first, the downspouts get flushed, and the wall is given a few minutes to drain before anyone cleans the glass. Doing it the other way round means cleaning the windows twice, which is why we never do it that way.
Screens are rinsed and put back in their window, sills are wiped, and the tracks on the exterior are included. We rely on purified water rather than cleaning solutions, so the glass dries without residue, and none of those are billed as extras on the invoice.
Not on this visit. We do not clean windows inside, so interior and exterior glass are never on the same ticket. We do exterior glass and the gutters only, with no pressure washing.
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 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.
