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 both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two trips. On our Amherst jobs most customers book it in the spring and the fall, and that is when we see the glass and the gutters at their dirtiest.
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 gutter cleaning and professional window cleaning by the number of stories and an approximate window count. When both are booked in one visit, the bundle costs less than two separate jobs, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Window washing on its own is priced the same way, by stories and glass. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Clean glass and clear gutters also do a lot for curb appeal on the street side.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof means more time on the ladder. A large number of windows, and picture windows in particular, adds to the glass work. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear, and gutters that back up in heavy rain can cause water damage at the fascia and along the wall below. Gutter guards must be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is etched into the glass and no cleaning removes it, so we flag it on the visit and quote it separately. Windows inside are not part of the price, so the quote covers the outside only.
On an Amherst job we took last spring, the quote moved because the house had two stories on the street side and a third at the back, with more than thirty windows and clogged gutters along the rear run. The crew cleared the back run first, then did the glass in one sweep. Your own number comes from the same three things: stories, window count, and a photo of the front of the house sent by text. Send those and we will give you the number before we book, or call (866) 435-6328 and we will take the details on the phone.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $150 | from $240 |
| Two stories | from $195 | from $210 | from $325 |
| Three stories | from $255 | from $285 | from $430 |
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 Amherst customers book both twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. In the spring we find pollen film on the south-facing glass and pollen paste in the gutters. In the fall the leaf load is the problem, and storm or wind seasons can move the dates either way. Regular cleanings on that twice-a-year schedule keep the spots from building up between visits.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps depositing grit and seeds between visits. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves the spots that come back a day after cleaning. Residential properties near a busy road or a construction site pick up residential window dust faster than a quiet street. We schedule service around those conditions rather than a fixed calendar, and the cleaning services we book follow the same logic, with the same crew on the house so they know what it does.
Windows tell you when they need it: a haze you only see when the sun is low, on clean windows that look cloudy from the inside. Gutters tell you when they need it: water sheeting over the edge in rain instead of running into the downspout. If you see either, text a photo of the roofline and we will say which visit it is.
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 windows across the city as a whole, and a booking starts with a phone or text estimate that asks for the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Our washing services are booked as one job with the gutters, so there is one estimate and one visit. Once the number is set we give you the lead time for a visit, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our window cleaning services cover the outside of every reachable pane.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring bloom and the fall leaf drop. Our calendar fills in those weeks, so an early estimate keeps a slot open. Cleaning service on a house with one storey and a few windows is quick; a multi-story house with a lot of glass takes a full morning or more, and every window on the outside gets its own pass.
Our crew also works on condos and multi-story buildings in the city, where the gutters and downspouts run past several floors. We handle the grime that builds up on glass at street level and above, and we clear the runoff from the roof before we start the glass so nothing washes down onto clean panes. If the house has a sprinkler line or a drain that feeds the gutter, we check it and remove dirt from the outlet before we leave.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the gutter water does not land on clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a number before we book.
It can be. Picture windows show the haze most, and the outside carries rain dust, tree grit and sprinkler spots that build up between visits, which show through even on a clean interior.
Most of our Amherst customers book in late spring and again in late fall. Those are the two visits when the leaves and grit are heaviest on the glass and the gutters.
Not if the gutters are done first. Our crew clears the roof, the gutters and the downspouts, lets the wall drip off, and only then starts on the windows.
Screens are rinsed, and sills are wiped as part of the visit on both kinds of building. Frames get mild cleaning solutions where grime sits on them. Tracks are included when they are reachable from outside.
Exterior only on this visit, not interior and exterior glass in the same booking. We do not do pressure washing, but we will say so on the estimate call so there is no surprise.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside, 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.
