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 dirty runs back onto clean panes. We price both jobs by the number of stories, and doing them together costs less than booking two separate trips. Our crew handles this work for homeowners in the spring and fall, when the glass and the gutters need it most.
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.
Your quote comes from the number of stories and an approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Residential and commercial buildings are quoted the same way, from stories and window count. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, so ask for it before we book the date. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you the figure.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are the same ones every time. A third story or a steep roof means more ladder time. Oversized panes and a high window count add minutes at each sill. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down heavy with packed leaves and grit, and gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can clear the run. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line hitting the glass is a separate issue, since no cleaning solutions remove it. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
What we do not do on this visit is clean the windows inside the house or pressure wash, and we say so before the crew arrives. The interior and exterior glass of a house is a different job, and we only quote the outside here. Crews that carry a boom or scissor lift can reach upper stories without leaning ladders on the siding, which is the reason we ask about stories first.
What we look for on the phone is how many stories the house has, roughly how many windows face the street and the yard, and whether the gutters have been cleaned in the last year. Those three answers let us give you a firm number. If you have picture windows or a run of tall glass on the back of the house, mention it, since those take longer and we want the estimate to reflect it. Text a photo of the front and the back of the house and we will quote from it.
When we look at a house, we check the gutters for the spots where water would pool and the spots where pollen paste has collected at the elbows. The spring build-up sticks to the gutters and to the glass in the same weeks, so the two jobs line up. Regular cleanings keep the job quick and the price steady, since a run that has been cleaned in the last six months takes less time than one that has been left to build up.
| 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.
Our spring visits run mid to late May across District of Columbia, and our fall visits run November to early December, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Spring is when the pollen film shows on the south-facing glass and the paste builds in the gutters. Fall is when the leaf load arrives and the wet mat starts to sag in the runs. Summer thunderstorms and derechos across District of Columbia can move those dates, so we call before the visit and do not show up on a fixed day.
What we find at each visit is consistent. In the spring we find a yellow film on the glass and paste in the downspout elbows, and it is the paste that slows water down. In the fall the leaves come down in layers, and runoff from the roof spills over the lip of the runs after rain. A house with heavy tree cover over the roof needs a third visit, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings and water damage starts at the fascia. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those also call for a third visit. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more dust and needs closer attention on the sills.
The gutters tell you when they need cleaning. Water running over the edge in a light rain, or a gutter that sits full after the rain stops, is the first sign. On a house with clogged gutters the fascia board starts to stain and the paint lifts. A window that needs cleaning shows a grime film you only notice when the sun is low, on a clear morning, when the glass looks dull from the inside. Catch it before the next season and the job goes faster, and the house keeps its curb appeal. Washington's wettest months are May, June and July, and the city gets about 45.6 inches of precipitation a year, so the runs and glass take their heaviest load then.
For professional window cleaning the rule is the same as for the gutters: do the work when the glass and the runs are most affected, not on a schedule that ignores the house. The same logic holds for multi-story buildings, where each extra story adds ladder time to every run. We would rather see you twice a year on a plain house than four times on a house that does not need it. Cleaning services that run on a fixed calendar miss the seasons that matter, and we set the visit by what the house shows.
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 worked across Washington, and we book window and gutter cleaning for homes, condos and buildings throughout the city. We estimate by phone or by text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work, since the crew does not go inside and sends photos of each run when it is done. The lead time depends on the season, and we give the date when you book.
Booking is simple. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will confirm the stories and window count and offer a date. In the busy windows of the year, when the pollen and leaf loads peak, our calendar fills, so book early if you want a particular week. Outside those windows there is usually room within a few weeks.
Residential properties get the same care we give commercial buildings, since we handle residential and commercial jobs the same way: each run is cleared, each of the gutters and downspouts is flushed, and the glass is cleaned to a finish that is clean on both sides of the pane. Clean windows are what we are after, and a slot that fits your schedule is what you need. We schedule service at a time you choose, and the crew arrives inside the window we give you.
On a residential window job, every window on the exterior of the house is part of the quote, including the sill under each one. We wipe the sills and the frames as part of the job, so nothing is left dusty when the crew leaves. If a window is out of reach from the ground, the crew uses the pole for upper stories and tells you which panes it could not reach safely.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people. Our window cleaning services and gutter cleaning run as one visit, with gutters first and the glass last, so the dirt from the runs never lands on clean panes. You book both with one call.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a range on the page, because every house is different. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you the figure.
Yes, because the outside carries what the inside never sees: a yellow film in the spring, rain dust, and spots from sprinkler water. In Washington that film builds up fast on south-facing glass, so the outside needs the work even when the inside looks fine.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and again in the fall. Book early in those windows, because our calendar fills, and we call before the visit to confirm the date.
No, because we do gutters first and glass last. When a run is cleared, the leaves and grit come down the wall, so the glass waits until the runs are flushed and the wall has stopped dripping.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and frames are cleaned as part of the exterior job, and rinsing the screens is how we remove dirt from the frame. We do not bill them as extras.
No, this visit covers the exterior glass only. We do not clean the windows inside the house, and we do not provide pressure washing services on this visit.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
