Yes, the same two people clean the 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 separately. On our Wilmington jobs most customers book this in the spring and in the fall, so the crew knows what the lot needs before it pulls up.
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 and window cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, so the figure you get from us before the crew arrives is the one on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you that number before anything is booked.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are the ones the crew sees from the driveway and from the ladder: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, window count and oversized picture windows, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, a heavy grime film on the glass, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Multi-story buildings take the most ladder time, so the stories come first on the quote. Clearing the gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job, not billed as extras.
Every quote comes from a few facts we ask for before the visit: how many stories, roughly how many windows, and a photo of the front of the house sent by text. Window washing on a house with a lot of glass takes longer than on a small house, and a house on regular cleanings usually costs less per visit than one cleaned for the first time in years. We would rather get the count right on the phone than surprise anyone at the ladder. Our crew handles the washing services, the flush and the haul-off in a single visit, so there is no second trip to pay for. We quote the interior and exterior glass as two separate questions, and this visit covers the exterior only.
| 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 Wilmington most of our customers book gutters and windows twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across Delaware the spring visit usually falls in mid to late May, and the fall visit lands in November to early December. The same seasons hit residential and commercial glass alike, so the timing holds for both. We set the dates from what we find on the glass and in the gutters at each visit.
In the spring the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs the gutter elbows. In the fall it is the leaf load that matters, because clogged gutters sag under the wet mat of the first cold rain. Wilmington gets about 50 inches of rain a year, with June, July and September the wettest months, so runs fill fastest then. Across Delaware, nor'easters, tropical remnants and summer thunderstorms move the dates a little either way, and a bad storm sometimes means we come back sooner than planned. Freeze risk is real in Wilmington, and a run packed with wet leaves can ice up and lead to water damage at the fascia.
Some houses need a third visit. We see it most often where heavy tree cover hangs over the roof, where a sprinkler line hits the glass (the spots come back a day later), and where a house sits near a busy road or a construction site. Those cleaning solutions do not hold for as long, so we tell you what the schedule looks like after the first visit instead of guessing from the street.
Windows need a visit when you see a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and a residential window with that haze is the first sign to call. Gutters need one when water sheets over the edge in a rain. If you see either, call us and we will look at the photos first.
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 has been working in Wilmington for several seasons, and we cover the city as a whole. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text: tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we give you the number before anything is scheduled. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we tell you the first open slot when you call to schedule service. Clean glass and clear gutters are most of the curb appeal a house shows from the street.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring visit and the fall leaf season, and our calendar fills fastest then. If you want a slot in those months, book early. Outside those windows we can usually fit in a visit with less notice.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and the crew works from the outside of the house, so the day stays yours. We bring the window cleaning services and tools, and the professional window cleaning in this visit covers the glass, screens and sills at once, so you get the whole house done in one go. Our window cleaners work from ladders and a water-fed pole, and every window on the outside gets the same attention.
Yes, it is the same two people. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing dirty runs back onto clean windows.
We do not quote a number here. We set the price for residential properties from the stories and the size of the house, and you get it by phone or text before the visit.
A residential window collects rain dust and sprinkler spots on the outside that the inside never sees, so the outside is where the grime builds up.
Most of our Wilmington customers book in the spring and in the fall, when the leaves and the spring dust build up. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will find you a slot.
Not on our jobs. Gutters and downspouts are cleared first and the glass goes last, so the runoff is gone before anyone touches the windows.
Screens, sills and frames are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Tracks are included in the visit.
The interior and exterior of a window are two separate jobs, and this visit covers only the exterior. We do not clean the inside of windows and we do not do pressure washing, and we use a water-fed pole to remove dirt from the frames and glass.
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 text a photo of the roofline if you want an estimate first. If your home is one of several condos sharing a roof, ask us before booking whether the gutters are yours to book.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
