Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs done together cost less than two separate trips. Across New York, most of our customers book it for spring and fall, so the calendar fills before the pollen and leaf seasons peak.
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 our window cleaning services by the number of stories and the approximate window count. Done in one visit, the bundle costs less than booking the gutters and the windows separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. 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 things that move the quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, window count and oversized panes, gutters that have not been opened in years and are clogged with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Cleaning solutions are not the variable here; the access is. A house with a window over a sunroom or a run behind a large tree takes a boom or scissor lift, and we say so before we book it. For a commercial building, the same logic applies per building, and the residential and commercial jobs are quoted on the same form. Our crew also handles interior and exterior requests separately, but on this visit we clean the exterior only.
For the picture windows and the taller glass on multi-story homes, the regular cleanings we schedule keep the work short. Ask for the number that fits your own property, and send the photos first so the quote matches what the crew will see.
Example from a Stony Brook job: a two-story house under mature trees, gutters packed with leaf mat and a sprinkler line hitting the front glass. The quote moved up because of the access on the back run and the hard-water spotting, both written into the estimate before the 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 customers here book both twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew and one visit makes sense for both jobs. Across New York, spring visits run late May to June and fall visits run November to early December, and the cleaning services we run follow the same calendar.
What we find at each visit comes straight from the glass and the gutters. The pollen film on the south-facing windows and the pollen paste in the gutters are heavy in spring. Clogged gutters are the fall problem: the leaf load packs the gutters and downspouts, and the wet leaves stay in the gutters through the winter, which is how water damage starts on the wall below. Storm and wind seasons, including the nor'easters that come across New York, can move the dates a few weeks in either direction.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass and leaves spots that come back a day later, and a house near a busy road or a construction site all tend to collect more between visits. Our window cleaners plan those homes on a shorter cycle, because the grime builds faster and the runoff from the roof carries it down the wall. Each visit has to remove dirt from the sills as well as the panes.
Professional window cleaning is a different job from a wipe-down with a squeegee. We use purified water on a pole, so the glass dries clean. The curb appeal of the house depends on the windows being done at the same time as the gutters, because the dirty water from the gutters is what marks the glass below.
The sign that the windows need cleaning is haze you only notice when the sun is low. The sign that the gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge during a rain. If you see either, that is enough reason to book.
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 is simple. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you an estimate. Lead time depends on the season and is confirmed on the call, and we phone before we come. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, so the visit fits around your day.
We schedule window and gutter cleaning as one job, with the same crew doing both. We handle residential window jobs and residential properties across Stony Brook, and the same crew can clean windows on multi-story buildings when the job calls for it. Our approach covers every window on the building, including the sill below each pane, so nothing is left halfway done.
The busy windows of the year are spring and fall, when the pollen and the leaves arrive. Our calendar fills then, so if you want a particular date, ask early. To schedule service, call or text, and we will hold the date once the estimate is confirmed.
We will tell you honestly when a date is available and when it is not, and we will not promise a slot we cannot keep.
Yes. The same two people run our washing services for both jobs: they clean the gutters and the outside of the windows, gutters first. When we clear a run, the leaves and the black water come down across the glass, so the glass is washed last.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Condos are priced the same way, by stories and window count. Call (866) 435-6328 and ask for a written estimate.
On our jobs, the outside carries the pollen, rain dust, grime and sprinkler spots, and runoff from the gutters and the rain leaves them on the outer pane. Cleaning the inside does not reach them.
Across New York, spring visits run late May to June and fall visits run November to early December, so those are the two windows we plan around.
No, because we do gutters first and glass last. Water from the gutters runs down the wall, and washing the glass before the gutters means washing it again.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included on the visit when they are reachable.
No. On this visit we clean the exterior of the windows only, so the windows inside stay as they are. 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 if the windows face it, keep pets inside while the 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.
