Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. Gutters go first and the glass goes last, so nothing runs back down onto clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories, and booking both together in one visit costs less than two separate trips. Most of our Ferndale customers book it in the spring and the fall, when the haze and the leaves build up fastest on the house. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will set a date.
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 professional window cleaning and gutter work by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are never billed as extras.
On our jobs, the same few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. Oversized picture windows and a large window count add hours to the glass. A run of clogged gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, needs more clearing before the water can run, and a gutter that overflows in every storm can cause water damage to the fascia and the wall below. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line is a separate treatment that no ordinary cleaning removes. We do not price the windows inside, since this visit is exterior only. We find out which of these apply when we walk the house, and we tell you before any work starts.
At Ferndale houses, the question we hear most is whether the outside of the glass is worth the trip if the inside is already clean. The outside takes the most abuse: the haze on south-facing panes, rain dust, and sprinkler spots that show up a day after a cleaning. On most quotes, window washing on the outside is the bigger part of the number, and it is what gives the house its curb appeal from the street. A window that looks fine from inside can still carry a haze you only see when the sun is low. To get an exact number, text us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a firm quote from there.
| 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.
Most of our Ferndale customers book both gutters and windows twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. On our Ferndale jobs, the spring visit catches the pollen film on south-facing glass and the sticky paste packed in the gutters, and the fall visit catches the leaf load before the first hard freeze.
What we find on the glass in the spring is the film that builds up across the whole face of the house. The gutters hold paste at every elbow, which slows the water down until it backs up behind the fascia. In the fall the leaf load is the bigger problem: wet leaves form a mat that sits over the downspout outlets, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen gutter runs sag under the weight of ice.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the gutters between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on every window. If your house has one of these, plan on extra cleanings, and we will tell you what we find on the first one.
The sign that a residential window needs cleaning sooner is haze you only notice when the sun is low, and the sign that gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge during rain. Either one means it is time to book a visit. If you are not sure, a text with a photo of the roofline is enough for us to tell you.
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 Ferndale. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you what the visit involves. Lead times depend on the calendar, and we give the date when we give the price. The two busy windows of the year are the spring season and the fall leaf drop, and our calendar fills fastest in those months, so booking early keeps your slot.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew does not come inside, and they send photos of each gutter run and the finished glass before they leave. Our crew handles the washing services, the window cleaning services, and the grime on the glass, along with the gutters and downspouts, and we deal with the runoff from the roof and the dirt that collects on the sill. Condos and multi-story buildings get the same visit order, and we remove dirt from every run before we move to the glass.
Yes, our crew does both in one visit, and the order is the same for residential and commercial buildings. We clear the gutters first and clean the glass last, so the debris from the roof does not run back across the panes you have just finished.
We give the exact number by phone or text, from the stories and the size of the house. We do not quote a figure without seeing the house, and the number we give is the number we charge.
On Ferndale houses the outside takes the most damage: pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots collect on the exterior glass even when the inside looks clean. Keeping clean windows inside does not hide a dirty outside, and cleaning the outside is the part that changes how the house looks from the street.
Our customers here book in late spring, after the early bloom, and again in late fall, after the leaves come down, so regular cleanings catch most of what builds up on the house.
No, because we do gutters first and glass last. If the glass were washed first, the water from the gutters would run back across it, so we clear the roof, flush the downspouts, and only then touch the windows.
Screens, sills and tracks are part of the visit and are not billed as extras. We rinse the screens and wipe the sills as we work through the house, and we use purified water rather than cleaning solutions on the glass.
This visit covers the exterior glass only, so the job is not about the inside. Whether it is interior and exterior work or a single side, we quote it separately, and we do not do pressure washing on this visit.
No, 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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
