Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and doing both jobs in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. On our Fort Wayne jobs, most customers book this for the spring and fall visits, when the spring bloom and the leaf load are heaviest. Each visit runs on the same crew, so 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 the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and bundling the gutter and window washing services into one visit costs less than booking the gutters and the glass separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and it covers the gutters and downspouts, screen rinsing and sill wiping, which are part of the job and not billed as extras.
What moves the quote on the day is what the crew finds on the house. On multi-story buildings with a third story or a steep roof, we need the boom or scissor lift, and that changes the time on the job. A high count of window washing work, including oversized panes and picture windows, takes longer on the glass. Old, clogged gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear than a run that was cleaned last season. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time on each run. Purified water is how we remove dirt and film from the glass, but hard-water spotting from sprinklers is the one thing a cleaning will not remove, and we say so on the estimate rather than after the visit.
On our Fort Wayne jobs, one of the clearest cases was a two-story house with mature cover over the back roof, where the downspouts were packed and the glass carried a film of dust and grime. The count of windows was higher than the front suggested, and the crew flagged it before quoting. Our advice on getting the exact number is simple: text us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you what the price is before we book. Regular cleanings keep the quote lower over time, because the crew is not clearing years of buildup on each visit.
| 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.
On our Fort Wayne jobs, most customers book both twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. In spring, the pollen film on south-facing glass and the paste in the gutters are at their worst. In fall, the leaf load is what fills the downspouts and drops the glass into a haze that you only notice when the sun is low.
Houses under heavy tree cover, or with a sprinkler line hitting the glass, are the ones that need a third visit. Those sprinkler spots come back a day after cleaning, and the tree cover keeps clogged gutters packed between visits, which can lead to water damage at the fascia. Residential properties near a busy road or a construction site also pick up more grime on the glass and need cleaning more often. We are not going to give you DIY steps here; this is about the schedule the crew sees.
Two signs tell you it is time. The first is haze on the windows that you only see when the sun is low. The second is runoff sheeting over the gutter edge in rain, which points to a gutter that is clogged or a slope problem. The pollen film on the glass and the grime in the gutters need different cleaning solutions, and the crew sorts out which one is on the house during the visit. Residential and commercial buildings both follow this rhythm, and we tell you on the phone if your house needs a different one.
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 work across the city of Fort Wayne, and we book by phone or text. Send us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will confirm a window for the visit. The lead time depends on the calendar, and the two busy windows in the year are the spring pollen season and the fall leaf season, when our schedule fills first. Book early in those windows if you want a set day.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew calls before it comes, and it does not come inside. Our window cleaners work from the outside of the house only, and our window cleaning services cover every residential window we can reach safely. The same crew handles the gutters, and the two cleaning services go on one ticket, so you do not have to coordinate two companies. Professional window cleaning on the outside, with gutters done first and glass last, is how the visit runs, and clean glass and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal. If you want to schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will give you a written estimate before anything is booked. Every window and every run gets photographed before the crew leaves.
Yes, and it is the same crew. Our two people clean the gutters first and the outside of the windows second, in one visit.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and condos are quoted the same way, by phone or text. We do not give a range here, because the figure depends on what the crew finds on the day.
On our jobs, the outside carries rain dust, grime and sprinkler spots that build up between visits, so a residential window looks worse from the street than from inside.
On our Fort Wayne jobs, most residential properties book for the late spring and fall visits, after the spring bloom settles and after the leaves come down. Call (866) 435-6328 to pick a day before the schedule fills.
No. Gutters first, glass last, because the runoff from a run carries leaves, grit and black water down the wall and across any window below it.
Screens are rinsed to remove dirt, and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included in the visit as the crew reaches them, and they are not billed separately.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean windows inside the house, and we do not do pressure washing here. This quote covers exterior glass only, so ask us before you assume interior and exterior work is included.
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 leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
