The same two people who clean your gutters clean every window on the outside of the house, in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing dirty runs back down onto clean panes. Pricing starts from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both together in one visit costs less than two separate trips. Across Maryland, most of our customers book this work in spring and fall, when pollen and leaves build up fastest. Call (866) 435-6328 to book.
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 window washing and gutter cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count. Many window cleaners quote by the pane, and we quote by the house. Booking gutter cleaning and professional window cleaning together in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Get the stories and window count right and you will hear the same figure from us before the crew is booked.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a roof steep enough that we work from a boom or scissor lift, a large number of oversized panes, clogged gutters that have not been cleaned in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Interior and exterior glass are priced separately, and this quote covers only the exterior, so ask us about windows inside the house before booking.
Friendly houses vary a lot in how much they carry on the glass and in the gutters, and that shows in the curb appeal of the front of the house. For a quote that fits your house, text us a photo of the front of the house along with the number of stories and a rough window count. A photo of the roofline shows us the pitch and any guard, and that is usually enough for us to give a firm number before we come out. We still walk the house on the visit, but the number you hear on the phone does not change after work starts.
On our Friendly jobs, a customer with a two-story home and a long run of picture windows on the back side had one price on the call, and the same price on the invoice. What drove the number was the window count and the gutters on the back run, which had not been opened in several seasons and carried a lot of grit down to the splash blocks. The crew flushed each downspout until it ran clear and photographed every run before leaving. We do not sell a second visit for something a single pass covers, and when the gutters are the cause of water damage on the wall below, we say that plainly and show it in the photos.
| 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.
On our Friendly jobs, most customers schedule regular cleanings twice a year for gutter cleaning and window cleaning, once in spring and once in fall, and one crew in one visit is what makes that practical. Spring is when the pollen film settles on south-facing glass and the pollen paste sits in the gutters, and fall is when the leaf load comes down and packs the downspouts before the first hard freeze. Across Maryland, storm and wind seasons can move those dates by a few weeks in either direction, so our cleaning services follow what the house is carrying rather than the calendar alone.
On residential properties with no trees over the roof, one visit a year, between November and early December, is usually enough to keep the gutters running and every window clean. Heavy tree cover changes that, and the grime from the canopy builds up on the glass as well as the gutters. Needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, and on those houses we tend to see customers on every three or four months. The crew carries its own cleaning solutions for pollen film, and any spotting it cannot lift on the day gets flagged. A sprinkler line that hits the glass is a separate case: the spots it leaves come back a day after cleaning, and those houses need a third visit timed around the sprinkler schedule. A house near a busy road or an active construction site also tends to need clean windows more often, because the dust settles faster.
Two of our Friendly customers show the difference. One has no trees and books once a year, and the crew only has to remove dirt from the gutters and glass once. The other has large trees over the roof and a sprinkler line on the front windows, and books three or four cleanings a year to keep the downspouts flowing and the spotting from setting. We tell you which of these your lot needs after the first visit, and we do not add visits you do not need.
The sign that a residential window needs cleaning is a faint haze you only see when the sun is low, usually on the west side of the house in the late afternoon. The sign that gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge of the gutter in a steady rain instead of running into the downspout. Either one is worth a call, and a quick photo by text is enough for us to tell you which visit to book.
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 washing services and window cleaning services across Friendly, from older homes with long gutter runs to newer houses with large glass fronts. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text us: send the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we come back with an estimate and an open date. Lead time depends on the season, so the date we give you is the real date and we will not promise anything sooner than the calendar allows.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring pollen season and the fall leaf drop, and in both our calendar fills quickly. If you are planning to book for either, call early rather than waiting for the first warm week or the first leaves on the lawn. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come so you know when the crew is pulling up to the house. Gutters and downspouts are cleaned from the ladder, every window that can be reached is done from a water-fed pole, and the crew leaves the front walk as clear as it found it.
Friendly yards come with their own quirks: a driveway that runs under the eaves, a side yard with a fence close to the wall, a runoff path that carries grit toward the foundation. The crew notes these on the first visit and works around them. If your address is a condos complex or one of several multi-story buildings, tell us when you book so we can plan the access and the ladder placement for the whole building in one day. The order of work is the same for residential and commercial buildings, gutters first and glass last.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters first and then the outside of the windows, on one visit, so you never have to book separate window cleaners and a gutter crew.
The number comes from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and we give it by phone or text before the crew is booked.
On our Friendly jobs, the outside carries the pollen film, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, so the glass looks dirty from the street even when the inside is clean.
Across Maryland, most customers book regular cleanings in spring and fall, which is when pollen and leaves build up fastest.
No. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, so the grit and black water from the runs never reach the panes we have just finished.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the exterior work, and none of it is billed as an extra.
On this visit we clean exterior glass only, since interior and exterior work are separate jobs. We do not do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside, and leave the side gate unlocked. The crew brings its own water and cleaning solutions, so nothing needs to be set up on your side.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
