Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and both jobs done together cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Most of our Dubuque customers book this for spring and fall, when the pollen and the leaves are at their worst.
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.
Window washing and gutter cleaning are priced together, by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and a professional window cleaning visit is quoted the same way. What moves it on our jobs is the stories and a roof too steep to walk, the window count and any oversized panes, clogged gutters packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Windows inside the house are not in the count. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and not billed as extras. Plenty of customers book it for curb appeal, not only for the grime. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the number.
On a Dubuque job, one customer's quote moved because the back run was clogged with needles, the window count was high, and the house has four stories of glass facing the street. Their gutters had been left for years, and the crew found the downspouts holding water that had begun to wear the fascia, which is how water damage starts. Another house with fewer windows came in lower because the gutters had been cleaned in the last year. Multi-story buildings get counted by the story first, then by the glass. We tell you what we see from a photo of the front of the house, sent by text, and the stories and window count you give us. Because the crew works from that, the number we quote holds on the day.
| 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 Dubuque customers book cleaning services twice a year, once in late spring and once in late fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. In the spring visit we find pollen film on the south-facing glass and paste packed in the gutters, and the fall visit is about the leaf load and the storm or wind that moves the dates.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass, or a house close to a busy road are the cases we see most, and a picture window takes the same care as the rest of the glass. Sprinkler spots are the ones that come back a day after cleaning, so we flag them on the visit. A residential window on a sprinkler line usually needs the runoff moved more than it needs another cleaning.
For most homes we ask you to schedule service on the same calendar as the rest of the house, so one crew can handle every window and every gutter run in one visit. Regular cleanings keep the sill and track clear on each visit, which is where the grime from the glass collects first. You notice when clean windows need another visit by a haze that only shows when the sun is low. The sign gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in rain.
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 worked across Dubuque, and we can tell you whether your part of the city is on the route for the week you want. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text: give us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will check the route for your street. We usually have a slot within the lead time on our calendar, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring season and the fall leaf drop, and the calendar fills quickly in both. If you want a slot in those windows, book early. Our window cleaning services cover residential properties and the condos we clean on the same route, and our washing services follow the same booking. A building with several units is priced per building, not per unit. We do not price residential and commercial jobs from this page, since the numbers here are for houses and condos. We handle the grime, the gutters and downspouts, the runoff off the roof, and the dirt that collects on the frame, and we remove dirt from the glass without leaving streaks behind.
Yes, it is the same two people. We clean the gutters first and the outside of the windows second, so nothing from the gutters lands on glass we have already done.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it by phone or text. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what it looks like on the day.
On our Dubuque jobs the outside carries the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, so the outside is where the haze builds up. Cleaning the inside will not remove what is on the outside.
Our Dubuque customers usually book in late spring and late fall, when the leaf load and the spring haze are at their worst. Regular cleanings in those two seasons cover most homes, and spring and fall are the two times the calendar is busiest.
No, because we do the gutters first and the glass last. When the gutters are cleared the leaves, the grit and the black water come down the wall, so the glass waits until the wall has stopped dripping.
Screens, sills and tracks are part of the job and not billed as extras. We rinse the screens, wipe the sills and clean the tracks on each visit.
On this visit we clean the exterior of the windows only, so the windows inside the house are not included. Work on the interior and exterior glass is quoted separately. We use purified water rather than cleaning solutions on the outside glass, and we do not do pressure washing on this visit, so ask us about those separately.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
