Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. Gutters go first and the glass goes last, so nothing runs back down onto clean panes. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips.
On our Essex jobs, most of our customers book a spring and a fall visit, which is where the crew's routine comes from. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
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 by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Our window cleaning services and the work on your gutters and downspouts share that one number. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate from those details.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof slows the work. A high count of residential window panes, including oversized picture windows, adds time. Clogged gutters packed with needles and leaves take longer to clear. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time too. Grime that has baked onto the glass takes longer than a light film, and that goes into the quote. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem that no cleaning removes. If you are weighing the interior and exterior of the house, call us first, since this quote covers the outside glass only. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our Essex jobs, one customer with a two-story house and a mix of double-hung and picture windows had us do both the gutters and the exterior glass in a single visit; the quote moved with the window count and the packed downspouts, as the case record lays out. To get your exact number, send your stories, your window count and a photo of the front of the house by text. Our window washing services crew uses those details to build the estimate, not a guess. Regular cleanings keep a job quick, which is the cheapest way to hold the number steady over time.
| 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.
Across Vermont, the spring visit falls in mid to late June and the fall visit in October to early November, and most of our Essex customers book both, so one crew in one visit makes sense. Pollen is the first thing we see in spring: a film on south-facing glass and paste in the gutters. In fall the leaf load is what fills the runs. Where a film will not lift with water alone, the crew adds cleaning solutions. Storms and nor'easters across Vermont can move these dates, so we call before we come.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit lead to clogged gutters faster. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or construction picks up more dust between visits. Multi-story buildings with a lot of glass take a longer visit, so plan for it. Water that sits in a blocked run can lead to water damage at the fascia, and the runoff from it stains the siding below, which is why the gutters get cleared before the glass. The same test works for residential and commercial buildings, so the first visit tells us the cycle. Our window and gutter cleaning schedule adjusts to those, and we will tell you which pattern your house matches after the first visit.
The sign windows need it is haze you only notice when the sun is low. The sign gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in rain.
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 across Essex, and we book from the same crew every time. Start with a phone call or a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Our window cleaners then give you a slot for whichever cleaning services you booked, and our typical lead time is set by the calendar that season. Two windows fill our calendar fastest: the pollen weeks in spring and the leaf weeks in fall. Booking early in those stretches gets you a date that suits you, and clean glass and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and the crew works outside without entering the house. When you book, we check the schedule service for your street and confirm the date by text. Our professional window cleaning crew handles every window on the outside, with each sill wiped and each frame checked, so the crew can remove dirt from every edge. Gutters and downspouts are done first on the same visit, so you get the full job on one visit and never a partial clean.
Yes. Window and gutter cleaning is one visit, and the same two people clean the gutters and downspouts and the outside of the windows, gutters first and glass last.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and the same method applies to condos and other residential properties. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front, and we will quote it from those details.
On our jobs the outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, which the inside never sees. Cleaning the outside helps remove dirt before it reaches the frames, and it protects the view.
Most of our Essex customers book a spring visit and a fall visit, so those are the windows our calendar fills first.
No. Gutters go first and glass last, so any runoff from the gutters has already drained before anyone touches the panes.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included on the exterior side, on houses and condos alike. Every residential window gets the same steps.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean windows inside the house, and we do not pressure wash on this visit.
You do not need to be home. Turn sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Our crew does not come inside.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
