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 nothing runs back onto clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Our crew books this bundle with homeowners across Maryland, most often in the spring and fall, and we keep the same order of work on every house.
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 give the price by phone or text, from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the number we give you is the number on the invoice. Doing the gutters and the windows together in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The starting price is a floor, not a promise; the figure for your house depends on what the crew actually meets when it pulls up.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are predictable. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer on the ladder. Professional window cleaning is priced by window count, and so are oversized panes and picture windows that need a boom or scissor lift to reach the top rows. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, cost more time than a run that was cleaned last season. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time too. Hard-water spotting from sprinkler lines is a separate problem that cleaning alone does not remove, and we say so on the estimate rather than after the visit.
Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. We flush every downspout until the water runs clear, rinse the screens we take down, and wipe the sills, so the number you hear on the phone already covers them.
To get an exact number, send us the number of stories and a rough window count, plus a photo of the front of the house by text, or call us at (866) 435-6328. Our crew has cleaned a lot of single-family houses here, and a house on a corner lot with trees over the roof tends to need more time than a open lot with one story. One customer whose quote came in higher than the phone estimate had a back run that sat above a sloped walkout and a tree line that dropped needles into every downspout; you can read that job here: Fort Meade job details. Your own number comes from your own house, so send the photo and we will give it to you in writing.
Our pricing is laid out the same way for every residential window and gutter visit, and we include the regular cleanings a schedule needs. Pricing for residential and commercial buildings is quoted separately, so ask for a commercial number in writing before we start. Questions about cleaning solutions get answered on the same call.
| 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 Fort Meade customers book both jobs twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit fits the calendar. Across Maryland the spring visit lands in mid to late May, after the seed drop, and the fall visit lands in late October to November, after the leaves have come down. On our jobs the spring visit is when we find the pollen film on south-facing glass and the sticky residue packed into the gutter elbows, and the fall visit is when we find the wet leaf mat that holds water against the fascia.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between cycles, and houses under that kind of cover often go on a three to four month schedule. In multi-story buildings with clogged gutters, the overflow runs down the wall, and water damage starts at the fascia. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those houses get a visit when the sprinkler season changes. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up a film on the glass faster than the rest of the street. Once we have seen the lot, we tell you which of those your house needs.
Here is what we see when a customer books the two jobs on a regular schedule. The customers with no trees over the roof usually need the once-a-year late-fall visit plus a spring one, and their gutters stay clear between the two. The customers under trees, or with sprinkler spotting, are the ones who need the three or four visits, and their gutters are the ones that overflow first in a heavy rain if they wait too long.
You can tell the windows need cleaning when the glass looks hazy only when the sun is low, because the film shows up at that angle before it shows at noon. Clean glass also helps curb appeal, since a hazy front window is the first thing visitors see. You can tell the gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of falling into the downspout, which usually means the run is full.
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 offers window cleaning services and gutter cleaning across Fort Meade, and we take on residential properties of every size, from a single story to a three-story house. To book, text or call (866) 435-6328 with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a quote and a window to schedule. Typical lead time is set in the booking calendar and confirmed when you call, so you know the slot before we commit to it.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring season and the fall leaf drop, and our calendar fills then. If you want a slot in those weeks, ask early. Outside those windows there is usually room to schedule service on the week you pick. We call before we come, so you know the crew is on the way, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
The crew does professional window cleaning on the outside glass, including the sill and the frame, and handles the gutters on the same visit so nobody has to come back. Every window we clean gets the same order of work, and the goal is clean windows and clear gutters on one visit. If you have a question about a residential window or a larger job, text a photo first and we will tell you what the crew can reach from the ground and what needs the boom or scissor lift.
Yes, the same two people do both on one visit. We do the gutters and downspouts first and the glass last, so the gutter water does not run back onto windows we have already cleaned. You get one visit and one invoice.
We give the number by phone or text, based on stories and approximate window count, and condos are quoted the same way. Send us those two figures and a photo of the front of the house, and the quote on the phone is the number you pay.
On our jobs the outside carries most of the grime here: pollen film, rain dust, and sprinkler spots that build on the glass between visits. Cleaning the inside glass does not remove dirt from the outside of the pane, so the haze you see when the sun is low stays until the outside is done.
Most of our Fort Meade customers book in the spring and the fall, after the seed drop and after the leaves come down. Across Maryland, those are the two windows our calendar fills in.
No. Gutters first, glass last. When we clear a run, the leaves and black runoff come down the wall, so the glass waits until the runs are flushed and the wall has stopped dripping.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and the frames are done as part of the exterior job. They are not billed separately.
Cleaning windows inside is not part of this visit, and we do not offer pressure washing services with it. This visit covers the exterior only, and interior and exterior glass are separate jobs for us.
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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
