Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the job by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and booking both together in one visit costs less than two separate trips. Across Rhode Island, most customers book us for the spring and fall, which is the calendar this crew works around.
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 professional window cleaning in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. 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 before anyone is scheduled.
On the day, the crew sees a few things that change the job. A third story or a steep roof means a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder, and multi-story buildings are quoted on the same stories basis. Oversized panes and large window counts take longer on the glass. Gutters that have not been opened in years arrive packed with needles and leaves, and that is slower work, since clogged gutters that overflow are a common route to water damage at the fascia. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers will not come off with cleaning alone. The windows inside stay as they are, and downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Most of the time the quote holds because the number of stories and the window count are the two things that matter most, and a clean front does a lot for curb appeal. If you can tell us those by phone, plus a photo of the house front, we can set the number before the crew is on the road. Two of our Newport jobs show how this plays out. One house on a corner lot had a full window count and a sprinkler line that had spotted the glass, and the spotting took extra time on the front panes. Another had clogged gutters that had been left unopened for years, so the gutter work ran long before the glass started. Each one came out at the number we quoted once the stories and count were confirmed.
| 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 Rhode Island, most customers book both twice a year, in late May to June and again in November to early December, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Before the spring visit, the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and packed needles and grit fill the gutters, so that is the first thing we clear. Before the fall visit, the leaf load and the wet leaf mat are the main job, and the residential window on the north side picks up the grime that comes with the cooler months. Clean windows hold up better when the gutters are clear first, so we always do the runs before the glass. To schedule service, pick the season you want and we fit it to the crew's calendar. Our cleaning services follow the season rather than a fixed date, and every window gets done on the outside, not just the front. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates a few weeks in either direction, and we call before we come.
Some residential properties need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters packed between visits, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on the glass than the same house in a quieter spot. For those, we usually book a third visit each season, scheduled around the weather.
One Newport customer with no trees over the roof stays on the twice-a-year schedule, and that is enough for them. Another, on a lot with heavy tree cover and sprinkler spotting, is on three or four visits a year. Both are in our cases, with the neighborhood and what the crew found on the first visit.
You will know the windows need attention when you see a haze that only shows up when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running into the downspout.
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.
We have cleaned the Newport neighborhoods where the older houses sit close to the water and the trees, and we book the windows and gutters on the same visit wherever the house is. Our washing services cover the windows and gutters, and they are booked as one job. Booking works the way it sounds: call (866) 435-6328 or text us the number of stories and a photo of the house front, we give you the estimate, and the slot is set once you confirm. Lead times are on the booking calendar, not promised here. When the calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring season and the fall leaf season, the slots go first.
Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work, and we call before we come, so the crew never shows up unannounced. We also clean commercial buildings with the same care, and condos get the same treatment as a single-family house. Our window cleaning services start with the gutters and downspouts, then work down to the glass, so runoff from a clogged run is planned for before the boom goes up. Where a house has grime on the lower panes, we tell you that on the phone, and the crew works to remove dirt from them as part of the visit.
Yes. Our crew does both in one visit for residential and commercial properties, and gutters come first, glass last. The same two people clean the runs and the outside of the windows, so you deal with one company and one bill.
The number comes from the stories and the window count, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure on the web because the house decides it. Send a photo of the front and the stories, and you get a written estimate.
Yes, because the outside carries the rain dust and the sprinkler spots that the inside never sees. On Newport houses the pollen film in spring is the first thing we notice on south-facing glass.
Across Rhode Island, most customers book cleanings in late May to June and again in November to early December. Those windows fill first, so call early if you want a slot in the busy weeks.
Not if we do it in the right order. Gutters first, glass last, so the leaves and grit from the runs cannot splash down onto clean panes. That order is the reason both jobs go in one visit.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and tracks are done as part of the job. We use no cleaning solutions on the glass, only purified water. Picture windows are done the same way. None of it is billed as an extra on the invoice, and the number you get on the phone is the number you pay.
No. This visit covers exterior glass only, and we do not do pressure washing on it. If you need the inside done, tell us and we will schedule that separately.
No, 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, and leave the side gate unlocked. That is the whole list, and it works the same way for regular cleanings.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
