The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. On our Waverly jobs, most customers book this in the spring and fall, when the seed, pollen and leaf loads are heaviest.
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.
Our washing services are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the gutters and the glass separately. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof means more time on the ladder. Oversized panes, picture windows and a high count of sill-level glass add minutes, and so does a gutter that has not been cleaned in years and is packed with needles, seeds and leaves, along with grime on the frames. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are timed separately, and hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line usually needs more than a cleaning to remove. Clearing the downspouts, rinsing the screens and wiping the sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras, and regular cleanings are quoted the same way as a first visit.
Our Waverly jobs show how much the details matter. One customer had a two-story house with a row of large windows and a gutter run that had been left for a few seasons, and the quote reflected both. Your number comes from the stories and the window count, so a photo of the front of the house sent by text lets us give you the exact figure for window cleaning services before we arrive. Our crew does not do interior window cleaning or window washing inside the house on this visit, so the quote covers the exterior glass only, never the interior and exterior together. We do not do pressure washing on this visit either.
| 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 customers book window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. In Waverly we find the pollen film on south-facing glass and the seed and needle paste packed into the gutters. Across Iowa the spring visit runs late May to June, and our fall visit in Waverly runs October to early November. The wettest months here are May, June and July, and the storm and wind seasons can move these dates, so we book them as they come.
Some houses need a third visit. Residential properties under heavy tree cover get debris back in the gutters faster, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day later. Residential and commercial buildings near a busy road or a construction site collect more dust on the glass between cleanings, and multi-story buildings catch more of it on the upper panes. Our crew sees these patterns on the jobs themselves, so we tell you what your house needs after the first visit.
Two signs tell you the glass needs attention: a haze you only see when the sun is low, and water sheeting over the edge of the gutter in the rain. Clogged gutters can also lead to water damage at the fascia, which is one reason the spring and fall visits matter more than any cleaning solutions you could buy for the job. Any haze on the windows inside is not something this visit fixes, since we work from the outside.
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 cleaned across the Waverly area, and we offer cleaning services to houses in the city and the neighborhoods around it. The estimate starts with a phone call or a text that gives us the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time depends on the season, and we will tell you the next open date when you call. The busy windows are the spring and fall visits, when our calendar fills, so booking early keeps the slot you want.
We work with a professional window cleaning crew that uses water-fed poles and purified water, which helps the glass dry clean and lets us remove dirt without leaving spots. Our window cleaners clean every window on the exterior of the house that can be reached safely, including the sill below each residential window. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work, which is one reason the schedule service works so well for busy households.
Clean gutters and glass do a lot for curb appeal, and that is the point of booking both in one visit. If you want the full schedule, call (866) 435-6328 and we will set the date.
Yes, the same two people do both in one visit. We clean the gutters and downspouts first and the glass last, so the runoff from the gutters does not land on clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count. Text us a photo of the front of the house or call (866) 435-6328, and we give you the figure before we arrive.
On our Waverly jobs the outside picks up the film from the air, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, so the glass looks dirty from the street even when the inside is clean. Condos and residential properties show the same thing, because the outside is what the sun shows you.
Most of our Waverly customers book in the spring and fall, which is when the seed and leaves arrive. Across Iowa the spring visit runs late May to June, and our fall visit in Waverly runs October to early November. Ask us and we will give you the next open date.
No, we do gutters first and glass last, because the leaves, grit and black water under them run down the wall and across any window below. Doing it in that order means the glass only gets washed once, and we do not have to remove dirt twice.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and tracks are cleaned with the window. None of them show up as separate charges on the invoice.
We do exterior glass only on this visit, so the glass of each residential window is cleaned from outside. We do not clean the inside of the windows and we do not do pressure washing here.
You do not need to be home for exterior work. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside, 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.
