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 running off the roof lands on clean panes. We price it by the number of stories, and doing both jobs in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Spring visits across Iowa run late May to June, and fall visits here run late October to November, once the leaves are down. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house for an exact number.
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 an approximate window count, and bundling our washing services with the gutter work in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will work from that.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof changes the setup, and multi-story buildings take longer to reach from the ladder. Window count matters for window washing, and so do oversized picture windows that take longer to reach and rinse. Clogged gutters, the ones packed with needles and leaves, take more time than a light run. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run underneath. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem, and no cleaning removes it. Gutters and downspouts are flushed and cleared as part of the job, and so are screen rinsing and sill wiping, and none of it is billed as an extra.
Two facts set the number on most houses: the window count and the number of stories, and those are the first things we ask on the phone. If you are not sure of your window count, count the panes on the outside of the house and tell us which windows are on the upper floors. That is enough for an exact number. We do not do interior glass on this visit, so interior and exterior work is never quoted as one number. Ask for a written estimate before we book, and we will send one.
| 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.
Regular cleanings twice a year suit most houses, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for both window and gutter work. Spring visits across Iowa run late May to June, and fall visits here run late October to November. In the spring we find a pollen film on south-facing glass, and grime from the wettest months, May, June and August, sits on the sills. In the fall the leaf load is heavy and wet, and it packs into the downspout elbows until the first rain pushes it through.
Storm and wind seasons move the dates. Across Iowa, a derecho can bring branches down in one afternoon. A bad storm can drop limbs into clogged gutters outside the normal schedule, and we will come back for that. Houses under heavy tree cover usually need a third visit, because needles and grit keep packing the downspouts between cleanings. The same is true of a house with a sprinkler line that hits the glass. Those spots come back a day after cleaning, and a third visit lets us catch the buildup before it sets. Gutters that stay clogged through a storm season can send water over the edge and into the fascia, which is how water damage starts. A house near a busy road or a construction site also picks up more grime between visits.
You will see when the windows need it. Haze shows up on the glass when the sun is low in the afternoon. Gutters tell you when they need it too. If water sheets over the edge in the rain instead of running down the downspouts, the gutters are full. Our cleaning solutions are safe on the glass and the trim, and the crew rinses everything before it leaves. If the pattern of your house fits one of these cases, text us a photo and we will tell you how often 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.
Our crew cleans in Council Bluffs and the neighborhoods that surround it. Booking our cleaning services starts with a phone call or a text. Send the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we will tell you the next open date. Most customers hear back within a day, and the lead time is shown on the booking page. In the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, the calendar fills up quickly. If you want a fall date, book it before October.
Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work, and the crew does not come inside. We call before we come, and we text when we are on the way. The professional window cleaning crew arrives with the right equipment for each job, including a boom or scissor lift for the upper windows, and works from the outside only. Every residential window gets the same attention, and every window on the house is counted in the quote. Our window cleaning services follow one routine on every house, from a bungalow to a larger home, and the sill is wiped at the end of each run.
The point of booking early is simple. When the calendar is full, the crew has no open slot for a rescheduled visit. Book the date you want, and the window cleaners will be on the house at the time you were given. Call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service, or text us the photo of the house front and we will confirm the slot in writing.
Yes. Our crew cleans the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, with the same two people on the job. Gutters go first and the glass goes last, so nothing from the roof lands on clean panes.
We do not quote a figure without seeing the house. The number comes from the stories and the window count, and that rule holds for condos and other residential properties too. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you the exact number.
Yes, because the outside takes the hardest hits. Rain dust, sprinkler spots and grime all sit on the exterior glass in Council Bluffs, and they do not show up from inside. Cleaning the outside alone lifts the curb appeal of the house from the street.
Spring visits across Iowa run late May to June, and fall visits here run late October to November. Those are the two windows when the calendar fills, so book early if you want a particular date.
Not on our jobs. We clear the gutters and downspouts first, let the wall stop dripping, and only then start on the glass. That order keeps the runoff off the panes, and any dirt left on the frame gets rinsed away before the glass is done, so we remove dirt rather than move it.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and they are not billed as extras. Tracks are cleaned as part of the window work we do on the outside of the house.
We do exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean windows inside the house or do pressure washing as part of this service. If you have a building that is not a house, ask about residential and commercial work when you call, and we will say what we can book.
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 unlock the side gate. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
