Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. On our Ulster jobs, most customers book this in the spring and fall, when pollen and leaf drop build up fastest and dull the curb appeal of the house.
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 and gutter work by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and every window on the outside gets counted before the crew arrives. Doing gutters and exterior 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. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house for a written estimate.
On the day, the crew finds what drives the quote: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, window count, picture windows and oversized panes, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed 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.
Professional window cleaning on a multi-story house takes a pole and a second person on the ground, which is why the stories count matters more than the square footage. Clogged gutters that sit through a wet season are the most common reason a quote goes up, and they are also where water damage starts, since water backs up behind the fascia and into the wall. We would rather see the house before the number goes on paper, so text the front of the house and tell us how many stories it is.
| 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 customers book two cleanings a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, and one crew in one visit is what makes that schedule work. On our Ulster jobs the spring visit falls in late May to June and the fall visit in late September to October, after the last leaves drop.
At the spring visit we find pollen film on the south-facing glass and a paste of tree debris packed into the gutter elbows. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs sagging under ice by the next winter. Storm and wind seasons, including the nor'easters that come through across the state, can move the dates a few weeks in either direction.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits a residential window leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and a house near a busy road or a construction site collects a film that one visit does not clear. Our crew will tell you on the first visit which of these your house has.
You can tell windows need a cleaning when there is a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and gutters need one when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running out the downspout. We schedule service by phone or text, so call (866) 435-6328 and we will pencil in a slot for the spring or fall visit.
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 cleans gutters and exterior windows across the Ulster area, residential and commercial, and we book by phone or text. You send the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we confirm the window count and the slot. Lead time depends on the season, and during the two busy windows of the year, when the leaves and debris peak, the calendar fills faster, so book early if you want a particular week.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and calls before they arrive. We use purified water rather than cleaning solutions on the glass, and the water-fed pole reaches the upper panes so the crew can remove dirt from them without a ladder against the siding. Washing services like this cover the outside of the glass and the gutters and downspouts, and we handle the runoff from the roof down the same downspout we clear, so it does not end up at the foundation.
We also clean the outside of windows on multi-story buildings, small condos and residential properties with a lot of glass, where grime from the street builds up on the lower panes and the upper sills, and where regular cleanings are easier than a one-time job. Window cleaning services of this kind are scheduled by the building, not by the unit, so a call to (866) 435-6328 is the fastest way to find the next open date.
Yes. The same two people do both on one visit, and we do the gutters first and the glass last. That order is what keeps the clean windows from getting dirty water on them.
We give the number on the phone or by text, based on the number of stories and the size of the house, with each window on the outside counted into it. It is the same number we charge at the end of the job.
On our Ulster jobs, the outside carries most of the grime: rain dust and sprinkler spots that sit on the outer surface. Cleaning the inside alone leaves that film in place.
Most of our Ulster customers book in late May or June for the spring visit and in late September or October for the fall visit. Those are the windows when the leaves come off the trees.
Not if the gutters are done first. When a run is cleared above a window, the leaves and black water come down the wall and across the glass, so we clear the roof, the gutters and the downspouts, then wait a few minutes before we touch the windows.
Screens, sills and tracks are part of the job and are not billed as extras. We rinse the screens, wipe the sills and clear the tracks as we work.
We do exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean the windows inside the house, and we do not do pressure washing here.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, 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.
