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, so both jobs booked together cost less than two separate trips. On our Gary jobs, most customers book it in the spring and fall, when pollen and leaves are heaviest. You get the number on the phone, and it 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.
The price depends on how many stories the house has and roughly how many windows it carries. Quote it by phone or text from those two facts, and the number we give is the number we charge. Booking the window and gutter work in one visit costs less than booking them separately, and the saving is shown on your quote, not guessed at here.
What we find on the day moves the number. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. Oversized picture windows and high sills add setup. Gutters nobody has opened in years, packed with seeds and leaf mat, need more clearing. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before anything underneath can be cleaned. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem, and plain cleaning solutions will not lift it. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Our crew does not work from a long price list. The first thing we ask is what the house looks like from the street. Send a photo of the front and tell us the stories, and we will call back with the figure. Ask for a written estimate before any work starts, and book a date once you have it. Interior and exterior glass are not priced the same way, and our quote covers the outside only. If you already book window cleaning services elsewhere, ask what they charge for the gutters on top of the glass. Regular cleanings on the same house are priced once, for both jobs.
| 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 Gary jobs most customers book both twice a year, once in late spring and once in fall. Cleaning services on that schedule catch the buildup and the leaves before they set. The window cleaners we send out on these visits look for the same thing every time: film on south-facing glass, a pollen paste in the gutter elbows, and a leaf load that tells us how the season went.
In spring the glass shows a yellow-green film and the downspout elbows are packed with seeds. In fall the wet leaf mat is the main thing, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under the weight of winter. Gutters and downspouts that stay full over winter can start water damage at the fascia, and spring runoff from the roof is what carries the grit into the elbows. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates, so we book around them rather than on a fixed calendar.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between visits, and clogged gutters on those houses show up faster than on open lots. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up grime that settles on multi-story buildings and on the lower sills first. Professional window cleaning on these houses runs more often, and we say so after the first visit.
Rain alone will not remove dirt from glass, so a storm is no substitute for a cleaning. You will know the windows need attention when a haze shows up only when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in rain. Clean glass does more for curb appeal than most owners expect. Either one is a reason to call before the next scheduled 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.
Our crew has cleaned houses across Gary, and we book one estimate at a time. Start with a call or a text to (866) 435-6328. Tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front. We use that to plan the setup, including whether a boom or scissor lift is needed on the back run. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we give you the actual date on the phone rather than a promise we cannot keep.
The calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring rush and the fall leaf drop. Booking early in those months gets you a better slot and clean windows at the height of the season. Outside them, we can usually fit a visit within a few weeks. Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work, but we call before we come, and we text when the truck is on the way.
We handle residential properties, including condos, and the occasional small commercial building. Residential and commercial jobs are booked the same way, and a residential window job is priced with its gutters. For a single house we clean the gutters and every window on the outside in one visit, which is the most efficient way to get both done. Our window and gutter cleaning is one visit, not two. Ask us to schedule service and we will confirm the date in writing.
Yes. The two-person crew that cleans the glass also clears the gutters, and they do the gutters first. Both jobs fall under our washing services, booked as one visit, so you avoid the second trip and the second setup.
We do not quote a figure here because the number depends on the stories and the size of the house. Our window cleaning services are priced once for both jobs. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front and we will give you the price before anyone comes out.
Yes, for most houses. The outside carries the spring film, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and that grime is what makes the glass look dull from the street. Rain alone does not remove dirt from glass, and clean glass does a lot for curb appeal. The inside can stay as it is.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in fall. The spring visit catches the film, and the fall visit catches the leaves before they pack the gutters.
No. Gutters first, glass last, so anything that comes off the roof and out of the gutters lands on glass that has not been cleaned yet. Runoff from the roof follows the gutters down, so the order matters. If the glass were done first, it would have to be done again.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and gutters and downspouts are flushed on the same visit. Tracks take more time, and we tell you when they need it.
No. On this visit we clean the exterior glass only. The windows inside stay as they are, and we do not do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, 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.
