Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the job by the number of stories, and having both done together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Iowa, most of our customers book this in spring and fall, so the schedule is set around those two seasons. For a quote by stories and window count, call (866) 435-6328.
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, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The same basis covers residential and commercial buildings, so the quote works the same way for either. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and we confirm it before the crew is booked.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets on the ladder. A third story or a steep roof takes more time and more equipment. Oversized panes and picture windows take more care per pane. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from sprinkler lines is something no set of cleaning solutions removes, so we flag it on the visit. We clear gutters and downspouts in one pass, and screen rinsing, sill wiping and downspout flushing are part of the job, not billed as extras.
On a Clive job, the quote depends on the house. One customer with two stories, a dozen windows and gutters that had gone a full year without attention will sit at a different number than a single-story ranch with clean runs. Send us a photo of the front of the house by text and tell us the number of stories, and we can give you a real estimate before anyone books a date. Regular cleanings keep the work shorter each time, which is worth knowing if you plan to have it done every season.
| 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 Clive customers book both jobs twice a year, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across Iowa the spring and fall visits follow the same calendar, and the two dates are what we plan around.
In the spring we find pollen film on south-facing glass and pollen paste packed in the gutter elbows. In the fall we find the wet leaf mat and grime that sits in the runs after the last drop. Storm and wind seasons move the dates a little in either direction, so we call before we come.
Some houses need a third visit as we see it. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts, and clogged gutters come back between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the round spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up more dust than most. Multi-story buildings with the same runs on several levels also tend to need the extra visit, because the top floors collect more debris than the ground level.
You will know the windows need attention when you see haze that only shows when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in the rain instead of running down the downspout. A run that overflows in the rain can lead to water damage at the fascia, so either sign means it is time to book.
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 clean windows and gutters across Clive, and we can schedule service for most of the city within the usual lead time. Booking a professional window cleaning visit starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text: give us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we will give you a quote and a date. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, but we call before we come so you are never surprised by a truck in the driveway.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring season and the fall leaf drop, so booking early in those months gets you the slot you want. Outside those windows we can usually fit a visit sooner. The crew cleans every window on the outside of the house that is reachable from the ground or a pole, and we clean the sill under each one as part of the same visit. Scope is exterior glass only, so the quote never mixes interior and exterior work.
Residential properties are most of what we clean. Condos get the same visit as any other home when the glass and runs are reachable from the outside, and the same crew handles residential window and gutter cleaning on each one.
Yes. Our washing services cover the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, and the same two people do both. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the dirty runs do not spill onto clean panes.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house. We give it by phone or text once we know the story count and roughly how many windows there are, and the figure we quote is the one we charge.
On a Clive house, the outside carries the spring film, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, which are the things that cloud the glass. Inside cleaning will not remove those, so the outside visit is what changes the curb appeal of the house from the street.
Most of our Clive customers book in the spring and in the fall. The spring visit comes after the worst of the dust has settled, and the fall visit comes after the last leaves drop. Send us a message and we will give you the next open date in whichever season you are in.
Not if the order is right. We clear the gutters, flush the downspouts and let the wall stop dripping before we touch any window, so runoff from the runs does not reach the glass after it is cleaned.
Screens are rinsed to remove dirt and sills are wiped as part of the visit. Tracks are included when they are reachable from the outside. None of these are billed as separate extras.
Exterior glass only on this visit, since windows inside the house are not part of the job. We do not do pressure washing as part of this job either.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the 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.
