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 an approximate window count, and booking both together costs less than two separate trips. Across Maryland, most of our customers book a spring visit and a fall visit, and that is the calendar we work from here in Ilchester.
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 by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking window and gutter work in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and it covers the gutters and downspouts as well as the glass. The quote covers the crew's time, the equipment and the cleaning solutions, and the bundle saving is shown on your quote.
What moves the number on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a window count that climbs with oversized panes and picture windows, gutters that have not been opened in years and come down packed with seeds and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated before anything underneath can be cleaned, and hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of our washing services on residential and commercial buildings alike, not billed as extras. We flush each downspout until it runs clear, rinse the screens and wipe the sills as we go, and bag what comes out of the gutters. We do not quote interior and exterior glass as one job; the windows inside the house are not part of this visit, which is exterior only.
On a recent Ilchester job the quote moved because of a steep back roof and a run of gutters that had not been opened in several seasons; the crew photographed each run, cleared it, and the final number matched the phone quote. Our crew does not attach a price to a case, and we will give you the same kind of breakdown for your house. The quickest way to get an exact number is to send a photo of the front of the house by text, along with the story count and a rough window count, and our window cleaners will come back with a figure. For a home with a lot of glass or several cleanings a year, ask about the regular cleanings schedule, which keeps the cost per visit steady over time.
| 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 customers here book both jobs twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Across Maryland the pattern is the same, and the spring visit, usually mid to late May, lands after the pollen season has settled while the fall visit, late October to November, comes after the leaves drop.
In the spring we find a pollen film on the south-facing glass and a pollen paste packed into the gutters and the elbows of the downspouts. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat and the grit that washes down behind it, and it takes more than a wipe to remove dirt that has dried on the frame. Across Maryland, summer thunderstorms and derechos move the dates a little in either direction, and the runoff from each one leaves a film on the glass below, so we book from the house rather than from a fixed calendar.
Some houses need a third visit. On our jobs that means heavy tree cover over the roof, which keeps the downspouts packed between cleanings, a sprinkler line that hits the glass and leaves spots that come back a day after we clean them, or a row of multi-story buildings and condos beside a busy road or a construction site. Clogged gutters and downspouts that go too long between visits are the ones that end up with water damage at the fascia and the soffit, so a third visit costs less than the repair it prevents. Most cleaning services of this kind, and any professional window cleaning crew, work on this same rhythm, and the schedule we set comes from what we see on the house, not from a generic plan.
Two signs tell you the windows need a visit, and both hurt curb appeal: a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and a film of grime that shows up in the glass as soon as the light hits it at an angle. The sign the gutters need a visit is water sheeting over the edge in the rain instead of running down the downspout. If you see either, call (866) 435-6328 and we will book the next open slot.
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 has cleaned clean windows and gutters across several streets in Ilchester, and the booking is the same whether the house is a small ranch or a multi-story home. To start, send a photo of the house front by text or call (866) 435-6328 with the number of stories, and we give you an estimate. Booking this window and gutter cleaning is a simple call, and the estimate is ready before the crew comes out.
The lead time for a first visit depends on the calendar, and we will tell you the earliest open date when you call to schedule service. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring pollen season and the fall leaf drop, so booking early in those months gives you the choice of day. Outside those windows there is usually room to schedule service within a short wait.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, we work from the outside of the house, and the crew does not come inside. Each residential window gets the same care, and we clean every window on the house that we can reach safely from the ground or from a boom or scissor lift. We also offer washing services for residential properties and the occasional commercial building, so the crew is used to both kinds of job. The sill, the track and the frame are wiped on each pane so the glass dries clean and nothing drips back onto the wall.
Yes. The same two people who clean the outside of your windows clean the gutters on the same visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing runs back onto the clean panes.
The number comes from the number of stories, the approximate window count and the length of the gutters and downspouts, and we give it by phone or text. We will not guess it here; send a photo of the front of the house and we will give you the exact figure.
Yes, because the outside carries the pollen film, the grime and the sprinkler spots that build up between visits. Rain carries dust and film down the glass as runoff, and cleaning the inside does not remove any of that. The outside is what the sun shows through every day.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall, and our calendar is busiest in those windows. Across Maryland the pattern is spring and fall, so book in those months if you want the choice of day. Condos follow the same calendar and the same order of work as single-family homes.
No. We clear the gutters and flush the downspouts first, let the wall stop dripping, and only then start on the glass, so the water runs away from the panes. The reason we work in this order is that washing the glass first means the crew has to remove dirt from it twice.
They are part of our washing services on the windows we do. We rinse the screens, wipe the sills and clean the tracks, and none of that shows up as a separate line on the invoice.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit. We do not do interior glass or pressure washing, so the crew will not clean the inside of the house or the siding with a pressure washer.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Leave the side gate unlocked and the crew will do the rest.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
