Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. Gutters go first and glass goes last, so nothing falls back onto clean panes. We price by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. On our Mason City jobs, most customers book in late spring and again in fall, once the leaves are down. 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. Window cleaning services are priced the same way. Booking gutter cleaning and exterior windows together in one visit costs less than two separate jobs, and the number we give you on the phone is the number we charge. Gutters and downspouts are flushed, screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and none of it is billed as an extra.
On the day, the crew sees what moves the quote: a third story or a steep roof, a window count with oversized panes, 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 cleaning alone will not remove. Each of these adds time, and multi-story buildings add the most, so each one is priced before we start. Gutters that sit full for years also invite water damage at the fascia, which is one more reason to clear them on schedule.
The window and gutter bundle is the most common booking on our Mason City jobs, and the cleaning solutions we use are matched to the glass and the gutter material. Professional window cleaning on its own is quoted the same way, by stories and window count. The residential and commercial properties we work on follow the same order: gutters first, glass last. Most houses take one visit, with interior and exterior glass handled separately if you ask for it. Regular cleanings keep the cost lower than a single deep job, because less grime builds up between visits. Picture windows take longer than standard panes, and the crew says so in the estimate, not after.
To get your exact number, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house with your number of stories and an estimate of the windows.
| 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 Mason City customers book both jobs twice a year, once in late spring and once in fall, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense. In spring we find pollen film on the south-facing glass and a mat of old leaves packed in the gutters. In fall it is the wet leaf mat that has to come out before the first hard freeze, and clogged gutters are the first thing the crew clears.
Heavy tree cover over the roof or a sprinkler line that hits the glass means a third visit. Those are the spots that come back a day after cleaning, and the houses near busy roads or construction are on the same schedule. Without heavy cover, two visits a year is enough for most lots.
Windows need cleaning again when you see a haze only in low sun, since rain alone will not remove dirt from the outside of the glass. Gutters need it when runoff sheets over the edge during rain. Our crew also checks the window cleaners' standard routes against the calendar, so the spring and fall dates line up with the glass and gutter work at each property.
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 schedule window and gutter cleaning across the city, and our cleaning services reach houses on every side of town. Booking is simple. Call or text us with your number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you a quote and a date. The lead time is shown on the estimate, not promised beyond it. The busiest windows are late spring and fall, when our calendar fills, so the earlier you call to schedule service, the better your slot.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew calls before we come, works on the outside of the house, and sends photos of every gutter run and the finished glass before the truck leaves. Residential window and gutter cleaning is our main work, and we clean windows on residential properties of every size, including every window on the house, the upper stories and the sill along the back.
Yes, our crew does both in the same visit. Our washing services for gutters and glass run on one crew and one ladder setup, and we clean the gutters first and the glass last, so the dirty water from the gutters never lands on clean windows.
We do not give a figure in this text. The number comes from your stories and window count, and we quote it by phone or text before anyone climbs a ladder. Owners of condos should say how many stories the building has when they call.
Yes, the outside takes the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spotting that a window cleaning inside never reaches. Grime on the outside also dulls the curb appeal of the house, and cleaning the inside does not remove dirt from the outside of the glass.
Our customers here book in late spring and again in fall, after the leaves are down. Call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service.
Not on our jobs. Gutters and downspouts are cleared and flushed first, the wall gets a few minutes so the runoff can stop, and only then does anyone touch the glass.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the exterior visit. They are not billed as extras.
We do not clean the windows inside the house or pressure wash on this visit. The work is exterior glass only, and we say so before we start.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, 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.
