The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. Because the crew does both on one ladder setup, we price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both together costs less than two separate trips. On our Germantown jobs most customers book in the spring and in the fall, and that is when we see the most seed and leaves on the 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 you the price by calling (866) 435-6328 or by text, from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice. Booking the gutters and the exterior glass in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, because the crew sets up once per side of the house and does not make a second trip.
Several things move the quote on our jobs. A third story or a roof steep enough that the crew cannot walk it takes longer on the gutters. Oversized picture windows and a high count of panes add time on the glass, and a residential window set over a porch roof takes longer to reach. Clogged gutters packed with needles and leaves cost more to clear than a gutter cleaned last season. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is not something a cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. This quote covers exterior glass only, so the interior and exterior work is never mixed into one number.
Here is how we get to the number. Tell us the stories and the window count, and text a photo of the front of the house so we can see the gutters and downspouts before we quote them. For the regular cleanings most of our Germantown customers book, the window washing and the gutter work together usually come in as one visit, and the washing services and window cleaning services we give on a house this size stay the same from one visit to the next. Our crew handles the grime that builds on the outside of the glass, and the regular cleanings keep it from setting into the frame. If the house has a lot of picture windows, tell us on the phone so the estimate reflects them.
| 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 Germantown customers book both twice a year, in the spring and again in the fall, which is why one crew and one visit makes sense for the window and gutter work. The spring visit clears the pollen that settles on south-facing glass and the seed paste that packs the gutters after the seed drop. The fall visit clears the wet leaf mat and gets the runs clear before the first hard freeze, when water left in clogged gutters can freeze and sag a hanger.
Under heavy tree cover, or where a sprinkler line hits the glass, the same house needs a third visit, because the spots come back a day after cleaning and needles pack the downspouts between visits. Houses near a busy road or a construction site get the same third visit for the dust that builds on the glass. On multi-story buildings the upper panes collect more grit, and a run that overflows in a steady rain can start water damage at the fascia, so those houses get the gutters checked on every visit. Crews also see the same pattern at a house where the windows inside stay clean but the outside carries the grit and seed, which is why the outside is the part we are called to clean most often.
You will see the sign that the windows need a visit when a haze shows only in low sun. You will see the sign that the gutters need one when water sheets over the edge in a steady rain. Nothing on the house requires a visit every month, so the schedule is set by what the house collects and not by the calendar.
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.
We work across Germantown with the same crew for gutter and window cleaning, and the cleaning services we give cover every window on the house from the ground up, using a water-fed pole for the upper stories. Our window cleaners are a two-person crew that works the gutters before the glass, so the sill and frame come out clean on the first pass rather than needing a second. Purified water does the work here, so no cleaning solutions are left on the glass to film over, and the water is enough to remove dirt from the frame. Professional window cleaning on a house with curb appeal worth protecting takes the same care on the screens and the frames as on the glass itself.
The order of work is the same on residential and commercial buildings, since gutters always shed onto the glass below them. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text us with the stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you the estimate and the next open slot. The busy windows are spring and fall, when the pollen and the leaves arrive and our calendar fills, so booking early in those months gets you the day you want. Lead time is what the schedule shows on the day you call. Before every visit we call ahead, and nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. To schedule service, a phone call or a text is enough.
Yes. Our crew does both, one visit, one setup per side of the house, and the gutters are always done first so the glass comes out clean.
The number depends on the stories and the window count, so we quote it by phone or text from those two things. Condos and other residential properties are quoted the same way. Text a photo of the front of the house and we send the estimate.
In Germantown the outside carries the grit, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and those sit on the glass whether or not the inside is clean. Cleaning the outside protects the frames and keeps the residential window looking the way it should from the street.
Book in the spring or the fall, when most of our customers here book and the leaves are heaviest.
No. We clear the gutters and downspouts first, flushing each downspout, then give the wall a few minutes to stop dripping, and only then start on the glass. Working the other way round is how runoff ends up on panes that were already washed.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the job, and none of it is billed as an extra.
On this visit we clean the exterior glass only. We do not clean the windows inside or do pressure washing on this visit.
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 unlock the side gate. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
