Our crew cleans the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. Most of our Iowa City customers book it in the spring and fall, when the leaves are heaviest, so the calendar tends to fill fast in those windows. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote.
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 a residential window job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a steep roof that needs more time on the ladder, a large count of windows or oversized picture windows, gutters that have not been cleaned in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning will remove. Gutters and downspouts, screen rinsing and sill wiping are all part of the job and are not billed as extras. Interior and exterior glass are priced as different scopes, and this visit covers the exterior.
Here is how the crew approaches the job. We wash the exterior glass with a water-fed pole and purified water, which dries clean without streaks, so the washing services we provide are scoped to the glass you can reach from the ground and the upper panes we reach from the pole. Window washing on a bundle visit runs in the same pass as the gutter work, so the window cleaning services and the gutter work share one setup per side of the house. Regular cleanings are priced by the job, not by the hour, so there is no clock running while the crew works through a hard run.
On a recent Iowa City job the quote moved because the house had two stories on one side and three on the other, with a long run of gutters that had not been opened in several years. The homeowner wanted the grime off the picture windows at the back of the house as well as the front, and the crew sized the quote from those counts. The number given on the phone was the number on the invoice. To get the same quote for your house, text us the front of the house and tell us the stories and roughly how many windows you have.
| 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.
Across Iowa, most of our window and gutter customers book twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. On our Iowa City jobs the spring visit comes late May to June and the fall visit late October to November, so both runs land after the seed drop and after the last leaves come down. In late spring we find a pollen film on south-facing glass and sticky paste packed in the gutters, and the cleaning solutions we use lift both and remove dirt without leaving residue behind. In fall the problem is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped that visit we see gutters sagging under weight by the next winter.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after washing. A house close to a busy road or active construction collects dust faster, and so do multi-story buildings where the upper runs carry more debris. We will tell you after the first visit which of these your home has, rather than selling you a schedule.
You will know the windows need attention when you see a haze that only shows up when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in a steady rain, because clogged gutters are usually the first sign of water damage behind the fascia.
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 residential properties and commercial buildings across the Iowa City area, and clean glass and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal. Our crew works the whole city rather than a single district. Condos are quoted the same way, by stories and window count. Booking starts with a quote: call (866) 435-6328 or text, and send the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house. We confirm the window count and the gutter runs before we set a date. Lead time depends on the season, and the calendar fills quickest in the two busy windows of the year, so if you want a particular week in spring or fall, ask for it early. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our window cleaners work from the ground and the pole, so there is no need to move furniture indoors.
Our professional window cleaning service covers every window on the outside of the house, including the upper panes and the sill beneath each one, and the gutter runs go in the same visit. Ask us to schedule service when the calendar is open and we will confirm the slot in writing, along with the quote.
Yes, it is the same two-person crew on the same visit. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, so the dirty runoff does not land on clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book. The house decides the figure, so we do not quote one from a generic price list.
Yes, because the outside carries the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up here, and the inside never sees them. Clean inside glass will still look hazy after a season of outdoor grime.
Most of our customers here book in late May or June and again in late October or November. Those windows are when the leaves and grit are heaviest, so book early if you want a set week.
No, because we do the gutters first and the glass last, and every downspout is flushed before anyone washes a window. The runoff from the roof has already drained by the time the glass is done.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the exterior job, and tracks are included in the same visit. They are not billed as separate extras.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean windows inside and we do not do pressure washing, so the crew stays outside the house.
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 any side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
