Our crew cleans the gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing that comes off the roof lands on clean windows. We price by the number of stories, and both jobs done together cost less than booking them as two separate trips. On our Kemp Mill jobs, most customers book the visit in the spring and again in the fall, when yard debris and leaves are heaviest.
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.
The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We price by stories and approximate window count, and the bundle covers window and gutter cleaning in one visit, which costs less than booking the gutters and the glass separately. Send us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house by text, and we will tell you what the visit comes to before we schedule it.
Stories and roof pitch move the quote more than anything else. A third story or a steep roof means more time on a boom or scissor lift and more care on the ladder. Window count and oversized picture windows change the glass portion. Gutters that have not been cleared in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to hand-clear. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated are part of the quote, and so is hard-water spotting from sprinklers, which cleaning alone will not remove. Pollen film and hard-water spotting take more time than a rinse, and any cleaning solutions they need are included in the quote. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On one Kemp Mill house, the owner had a mix of older and newer glass and a run of gutters that had gone unopened for several seasons. What moved that quote was the stories, the window count and the state of the gutters, not the glass itself. Every quote starts the same way: the number of stories, the window count, and a photo of the front of the house, so you can see the number before anyone comes out.
Both residential and commercial properties are quoted the same way, by building and by visit, so the figure you hear is the figure we charge. We keep interior and exterior glass as separate jobs in the quote, and this visit covers the exterior only. For a house, we also look at how many runs go into one downspout and whether any of them drain onto a walkway.
Cleanings are scheduled at the stories and window count you give us, and when a visit covers both gutters and glass, one crew does both on the same ladder setup. Regular cleanings keep the job on the same schedule each year, which is simpler for you and for us.
| 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 Kemp Mill jobs, most customers book both gutters and glass twice a year, once in the spring after the tree seeds come down, and once in the fall after the leaves are down. That is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense for the calendar, whichever of our cleaning services you pick. Some window cleaners skip the gutters entirely, and that is how the dirty water ends up on glass they just cleaned.
In the spring, the pollen settles as a yellow film on south-facing glass and turns into paste in the gutters after the first rain. In the fall, the leaf load comes down wet and packs the downspouts. Storm and wind season can move both dates, so we book around the weather rather than the calendar. Heavy tree cover over the roof means more frequent cleaning, because needles and grit build up between visits; a lot with few trees is usually on once a year in late fall. Running into a freezing winter with clogged gutters is where water damage starts, since the water backs up under the shingles and freezes.
Some houses need a third visit. We see it most where there is heavy tree cover over the roof, where a sprinkler line hits the glass and leaves spots that come back a day later, and on multi-story buildings near a busy road or a construction site. On those, professional window cleaning on a set schedule keeps the haze from building up between cleanings, which keeps the curb appeal where you want it.
You will usually notice the windows need it first as a haze you only see when the sun is low. Haze on the windows inside the house is a different problem, and it is not part of this visit. Clogged gutters tell you by water sheeting over the edge in a rain, instead of running into the downspout. If you see either, call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you what we find on the day.
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 clean residential window and gutter cleaning work across Kemp Mill, and we book a visit by phone or text once we have the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time depends on the season and the crew calendar, and we will tell you the first open date when you call. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring season and the fall leaf drop, so booking early in those months gives you the most options.
Both residential properties and commercial sites get the same visit order, and we schedule every window, sill and gutter run in one trip where the access allows it. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or send us a text with the stories and the window count, and we will confirm the slot in writing so the clean windows and cleared gutters are on the same day.
Yes. Our crew does both on the same visit, and we do the gutters first and the glass last so the work is done in one pass.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text before the visit. Send us the stories and a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you the figure, which covers the window cleaning services and the gutter work together.
Usually yes on the outside alone, because dust, road grime and sprinkler spots build up on the outside of the glass. The inside is a separate job, which we do not do on this visit.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and again in the fall, once the tree seeds and leaves have dropped. That timing keeps the glass and the gutters on the same schedule.
No. We clear the gutters and downspouts first, flush each run, and let the wall stop dripping before we touch the glass, so the runoff has already left the wall before the glass gets cleaned.
Most dirt comes off with purified water on the first pass. Hard-water stains need a separate mineral treatment, and we quote that after the crew sees them.
Condos are quoted the same way as a house, by stories and window count. The shared gutters and the exterior glass get the same visit order, so the bill is the number we give you.
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. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
