Yes, the same two people clean 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 the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across the houses we clean, most customers book this in the spring and fall, which is when the tree debris and the leaf load 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.
We price gutter and window cleaning 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. The starting figures sit with the package options above, and the final quote comes from your house, not a flat rate.
What moves the quote is what our crew finds on the day. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer on the ladder. Oversized panes and a high window count add time at the glass. Clogged gutters packed with needles and leaves need more work before any water runs through them, and gutters and downspouts left alone for years are the biggest swing in the price. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem, because no cleaning removes it. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On a recent Mount Washington job, the quote moved because the house had a steep back roofline, a window count near the high end for a two-story home, and gutters that had gone unopened through a full season of leaves. The crew cleared the runs, flushed each downspout until it ran clear, and then did the glass, with photos of every run sent before they left. Those details, not a guess at the square footage, are what set the number. For the exact figure on your house, call (866) 435-6328 with the stories and roughly how many windows, and text a photo of the front of the house. Window washing, washing services, window cleaning services, grime, cleanings, interior and exterior, picture windows and regular cleanings are the terms most homeowners ask about, and each one comes down to the same list of stories, glass and gutter condition.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $150 | from $230 |
| Two stories | from $185 | from $200 | from $310 |
| Three stories | from $240 | from $270 | from $410 |
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 Mount Washington customers book both gutters and the windows twice a year, once in the spring after the seed drop and once in the fall after the leaves drop, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across Kentucky the pattern is much the same.
In spring we find a pollen film on south-facing glass and a pollen paste building up in the gutters. Where a tree sits over the roof, the spring seed drop packs the elbows of the downspouts. In fall the leaf load is what we find first, a wet mat two inches deep in the gutter and a film of grit on the lower panes. Storm and wind seasons move these dates a little, so we look at the house, not the calendar.
A few houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters loaded between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves round spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those need a mineral treatment rather than another wash. A house close to a busy road or active construction collects more dust on the frames and sills. On those, we suggest a mid-season check so the runs and the glass do not drift too far.
Window haze is usually the first sign the glass needs a visit, often something you only notice when the sun is low in the afternoon. Water sheeting over the edge of the gutter during a rain is the sign the runs need clearing, before it starts to cause water damage at the fascia. Cleaning solutions alone do not fix either problem, and a residential and commercial property alike will show the same signs as they build up.
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 works on residential properties across Mount Washington and the surrounding area, and the neighborhood you are in matters less than the number of stories and the glass on the house. Booking is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we give you a price before anyone is scheduled. Lead time depends on the season, and the busy weeks in spring and fall fill quickly, so an early call helps. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come.
We are a crew of professional window cleaning and gutter workers rather than a broker, which means the person who gives the estimate is usually the person on the ladder. For a customer with a large house or multi-story buildings, we schedule a site visit so the boom or scissor lift can be set up safely. Our goal is to protect the curb appeal of your home, and to schedule service in a way that works around your week. We take every window seriously, and the sill, frame and screen are part of the work.
Yes, the same two people do both in one visit, and they work gutters first and glass last. That order keeps the runoff from the gutters off the clean windows below.
We don't quote a number without knowing the house. The number comes from the stories, the window count and what is in the gutters, and we quote it by phone or text. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
On a residential window, the outside carries the film, rain dust and sprinkler spots that the inside never sees, and washing the inside glass does nothing to remove dirt from the outside. Clean inside glass with dirty outside glass still looks hazy in low sun.
Most of our Mount Washington customers book in the spring after the seed drop and again in the fall after the leaves drop. If the leaf load is heavy or a storm has passed through, call sooner.
Not when the gutters are done first. The leaves, grit and black water come down the wall during the gutter work, so the glass goes last and nothing is washed twice. The same order works on condos, where the gutter runs sit above someone else's glass.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included when they are reachable from the outside. Nothing on the list is a surprise line item on the invoice.
This visit covers the exterior glass only. We do not clean windows inside or do pressure washing on this visit, so plan a separate job if you need either.
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 leave the side gate unlocked. The crew sends photos of every run and the finished glass before they leave.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
