Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of every residential window in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing that comes off the roof ends up on clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. On our Saks jobs, most customers book this bundle in spring and fall, once the leaves have come down. Call (866) 435-6328 and you hear the number before we start.
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 window washing 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, so you can plan around it before the crew is booked. We do not quote a bundle saving as a percentage here, because the saving depends on the house and is worked out when we see it.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are predictable. A third story or a steep roof means the crew works from a boom or scissor lift, which adds time. A large window count, and picture windows that need more reach, add time to the glass. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or packed with seed pods and leaf litter, take longer to clear and haul. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared, and we note that on the estimate. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line that hits the glass will not come off with cleaning alone, and we tell you that on the visit. Clearing gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are all part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Within Saks, the homes our washing services team works on vary in age and layout, and the quote follows what the crew finds when it gets there. Window cleaning services for a house like this, the sort our crew does every day, carry the same things through: grime on the glass, runoff that has been sitting behind the fascia, and a run that needs more than a quick pass to remove dirt from the downspout elbows. Residential properties with shared roofs, such as condos and townhomes, follow the same logic, with access and the number of units deciding the time. Send a photo of the front of the house by text with the stories and window count, and we will give you the figure before anyone is booked.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $150 | from $230 |
| Two stories | from $185 | from $200 | from $310 |
| Three stories | from $240 | from $270 | from $410 |
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 Alabama, most people book gutter and window cleaning twice a year, in spring and in fall. On our Saks jobs we see the same pattern, and it is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the outside of the house. Residential and commercial exterior glass collects the same spring dust, so the calendar applies to both. What we find on the glass in April is a film of pollen on the south-facing picture windows, and the same dust has turned to paste in the gutters. In the fall the leaf load is the thing to deal with, and wet leaves packed into a downspout are the first sign a run needs attention.
Storm and wind seasons move the dates. A bad blow can bring down a leaf mat between visits, so we ask about recent weather when you book. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts a house on a shorter cycle, because needles and grit pack the downspouts faster than the seasons do. A sprinkler line that hits the glass gives spots that come back a day after cleaning, which is the sign it needs a closer look, not a fresh wash. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects dust on the window frames and sills faster, and that is the case for more than two regular cleanings a year.
For most homes, two cleanings a year is enough. The interior and exterior glass on a house get dirty at different rates, so the schedule here is for the outside only. Residue on the window and gutter, the haze on the glass that only shows when the sun is low, and water sheeting over the gutter edge in rain are the three things we look for, and each one tells you the house needs a visit. We do not hand out cleaning solutions for you to use between visits, because on this job the crew does the work with purified water. If the calendar is the question, we will tell you which of these three things we see on your house and how often it needs a 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.
We have cleaned homes across Saks, and the neighborhoods we work in are the ones our crew has visited before, so the estimate can draw on what we already know about the street. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or send a text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house. Plenty of window cleaners stop at the glass, and we do the gutters in the same visit. Lead time depends on the season, and we give you the first open date when we quote. The two busy windows of the year are the spring season and the fall leaf season, and our calendar fills in both. Booking early in those months gets you a slot without a long wait.
Our crew is a washing services team that works on residential and commercial exterior glass and gutters, not windows inside the house, so we do not take on the full range of window cleaning services. We are a professional window cleaning crew for the outside of the house, and we keep the scope narrow so the visit stays on time. Curb appeal is a result of getting the gutters and glass right at the same time, which is why we bundle them. Where a run is holding water or has clogged gutters the crew notes the cause and tells you, because left alone it leads to water damage at the fascia.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew does not come inside. We call before we come, and we send photos of every run and every window once the job is finished. Multi-story buildings, and any house with a roof that needs a lift, get the equipment for the job, and we confirm access on the call so there are no surprises on the day.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the glass in one visit. We work gutters first and glass last, so the dirty runoff from the roof does not land on clean windows.
Residential properties are priced by stories and window count, and we give the number by phone or text. We do not put a figure on this page, because the house decides the price. Send a photo of the front and the window count, and you have the number before the crew is booked.
Usually the outside is what changes first. In Saks the outside of the glass collects pollen in spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spotting, and none of that is touched by cleaning the inside. Cleaning the outside alone shows you what clean windows look like without the haze.
On our Saks jobs, most customers book in late spring, once the pollen has come down, and again in late fall, after the leaves. Those are the two busy windows, so call early in either month to schedule service.
No, because we clear the gutters before we touch the windows. If the glass were washed first, someone would have to wash it again, so the order matters. Gutters first, glass last.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and the outside of every window is cleaned as part of the job. They are not billed as extras. Interior tracks are not part of an exterior visit, so this visit does not cover interior and exterior work together.
We clean exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean windows inside the house on this visit, and we do not do pressure washing on this visit.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Leave the side gate unlocked, and the crew handles the rest.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
