Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the runoff never lands on clean panes. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. On our Bethesda jobs, most customers book spring and fall, when the pollen and 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 quote by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and window washing booked with the gutters in one visit costs less than two separate trips. Most window cleaners quote by the pane, so the same house can come out at very different prices. Professional window cleaning is priced this way on purpose: the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. Stories and steep roofs take longer on the ladder. Window count and oversized panes add time at the pole, and each residential window with etched hard-water spotting is quoted separately. Gutters not cleaned in years, packed with needles and leaves, need more passes. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are timed separately. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is something cleaning will not remove. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Windows inside the house are not priced in this quote.
On our Bethesda jobs, the quote is usually shaped by the same few things: a three-story townhouse with a flat run of gutters and a lot of glass on the front, or a two-story house with heavy tree cover over the roof. Both get a quote by phone or text once we know the stories and the window count, and a photo of the front of the house helps us see the curb appeal and the clogged gutters before we arrive. Some of our Bethesda homes have shown water damage at a fascia where a downspout had been overflowing for a season; we flag it in the report and do not sell a repair. Lifts and access are quoted up front, and multi-story buildings are priced by the floor. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will send a written estimate.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $170 | from $275 |
| Two stories | from $225 | from $240 | from $375 |
| Three stories | from $295 | from $330 | from $495 |
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 Maryland, most of our customers book two cleanings a year, in spring and again in fall, so one crew can clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit. We keep the spring and fall visits on the same calendar because the leaf load arrives on that schedule.
On the spring visit, the pollen film is on the south-facing glass and sticky tree residue is in the gutter elbows. On the fall visit, the leaf load is the main job, with wet leaf mats in the runs and grit on the sills. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates, and we move with them.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the downspouts packing with needles and grit between visits. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up runoff faster than the calendar allows. We see the same pattern on residential properties and on the condos we clean, and we set the schedule with you after the first visit.
Most customers schedule service at the start of the season, and regular cleanings give the crew a clean run of days. Ask for a written schedule and we will confirm the windows. You can tell it is time for clean windows when you see haze you only notice when the sun is low, and it is time for the gutters when water sheets 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 works across the Bethesda area and the surrounding county, covering the neighborhoods we have cleaned on the calendar. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text: tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we will give you a quote and a slot. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
In the two busy windows of the year, when the leaf loads are heavy, the calendar fills first, so book early. We call before we come, and we will tell you the arrival window the day before.
Our crew handles washing services for residential and commercial buildings, and we take on window cleaning services and gutters and downspouts in the same visit. We remove dirt and grime from every window and frame and clear the runoff that backs up at the downspouts. Our schedule is set by the lead time for your area, and we will confirm it when you book.
Yes. Plenty of companies stop at the glass, but here it is the same crew in one visit. Gutters are done first and the glass last, so runoff never lands on clean panes.
The number comes from the stories and the window count, which we take by phone or text. We will not give a figure without those.
On our jobs the outside carries the rain dust, sprinkler spotting and tree residue, so the outside is where the grime builds. We treat the interior and exterior as separate jobs, and this visit covers only the exterior.
Most of our customers here book in spring and fall, which is when the leaf loads are heaviest.
No. Gutters first, glass last, so the leaves, grit and water come down before the windows are touched. The glass is rinsed with purified water, so no cleaning solutions are left behind to streak.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and picture windows are cleaned from the outside like every other pane. Tracks are included on the outside of the house.
Interior glass is not part of this visit, and we do not do pressure washing; it is exterior glass only.
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 the side gate. Call (866) 435-6328 to book, or ask for a written estimate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
