Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, and the gutters go first so the glass ends up clean. We price the bundle by stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two trips. Our St. John customers most often book it in the spring and the fall, when the pollen and the falling leaves are at their heaviest. Tell us your stories and roughly how many windows you have, and we give you the number on the phone.
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 by the number of stories and the approximate window count, residential and commercial alike, and window and gutter cleaning in one visit costs less than two separate jobs. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice, because the figure is built from what we have measured before the truck rolls.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are the same every time. A third story, or a roof too steep to walk, means a boom or scissor lift and more hours on the ladder. Window count and oversized picture windows change the glass work. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with seeds, pollen and leaf mat, take longer than a run cleared every season, and a house on regular cleanings is quicker to finish than one that has gone a long time without. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before anything underneath can be reached, and hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line hitting the glass needs a treatment that cleaning alone will not remove. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not extras we bill on top, and our cleaning solutions are included in the quote too.
Here is how we get to the exact number. Send us a text with a photo of the front of the house, tell us the stories, and give us a rough count of the windows on each side. Most of our St. John estimates are settled in one call, and we say plainly what the interior and exterior of the house will and will not get before anyone books. If you already have a sense of the spring and fall cycle at your address, tell us that too, because it tells us whether the gutters will need a second look before the next visit.
On one St. John job, a two-story house on a lot with a large shade tree over the back roof, the quote was higher than the next-door house because of the tree cover and the packed back run. The downspouts were full of seed and grit, and the gutter guard had to come off on the back section before the glass could be reached from the same setup. That is the kind of detail we measure before we quote, and it is why the number on the phone holds on the invoice.
| 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.
Most of our St. John customers book two cleanings a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, and one crew handles the professional window cleaning and the gutters in one visit. That schedule fits the seasons here, and window cleaners who only do the glass miss the runs above it, which is why our cleaning services are booked as one job. The spring visit clears the seed and grit that have built up through winter, and the fall visit clears the leaf load before the first hard freeze.
What we find at each visit tells us how often a house needs us. In spring, the pollen forms a yellow film on south-facing glass, and the seed paste sits inside the gutter elbows. In fall, the leaf mat is the problem, and clogged gutters on houses with heavy tree cover can back up between visits. Wind and storm seasons can move the dates, and a hard summer storm will leave debris in the runs that a schedule did not plan for.
Some houses need a third visit. Houses with heavy tree cover over the roof, where needles and grit keep collecting, are often on a three- or four-visit schedule, and regular cleanings there keep water damage off the fascia. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, so those houses need the extra visit for the mineral work. A house near a busy road or a construction site gets more dust on the frames and sills and may need a closer look.
Residential and commercial multi-story buildings often follow a similar calendar, though the schedule depends on how many floors and how much glass there is. Condos with many windows and shared gutter runs are usually scheduled by building rather than by unit, so one visit covers the whole run. Windows inside the unit are not part of an exterior visit, so the calendar covers the outside glass and the gutters only.
You will know the windows need attention when the glass looks hazy only at a low sun angle, and that haze costs a house its curb appeal before anyone notices the dirt. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the front edge in a steady rain, which usually means the runs are full or the downspouts are blocked.
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 window and gutter cleaning jobs across St. John, on residential properties of every size, and we book the outside of the glass and the gutters together for every home we visit. Our crew works across the city as a whole, and the lead time depends on the season and the size of the job.
Booking works like this. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us to schedule service. Tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, so we can see the roofline and the window layout. We give you the number on the phone and hold a date for you. In the two busy windows of the year, the spring seed and the fall leaves, our calendar fills, so the sooner you call, the sooner the crew can come out. We will call before we arrive, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
Our crew cleans every window on the outside of the house, including the upper floors reached from a pole, and the sill under each residential window gets wiped. Frames are cleaned along with the glass, so clean windows stay that way longer and dust does not come back in the next rain. If there is a window we cannot reach safely, the crew tells you on the spot rather than guessing.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people in one visit. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, so the dirty runoff does not end up on the windows we have just washed.
We do not quote a figure here, because the number depends on the stories and the size of the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the number before anyone books.
Usually yes. Rain alone will not remove dirt from the glass, so the outside collects the seed, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and that grime builds up between visits. Clean outside glass also does a lot for curb appeal, and the inside can stay as it is.
Most of our St. John customers book in the spring and the fall, which is when the seed and the leaves are heaviest. Condos are often booked by building, so one visit covers the shared runs, and booking both visits keeps the gutters clear for the seasons ahead.
Not if the order is right. We clear the gutters and downspouts, flush the runs and let the wall dry before we touch the glass, because runoff from a dirty gutter is what streaks clean glass. If the glass is washed first, someone has to wash it again.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit, and tracks are cleaned on request. None of it is billed as an extra on top of the quote.
Our washing services cover exterior glass and gutters only, so we do not clean windows inside the house on this visit, and we do not pressure wash. Text us a photo of the roofline if you want to know what we can reach.
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 unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
