Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of every residential window in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and done together the two jobs leave clean windows and cost less than booking them as separate trips. Across Maryland, most of our customers book the bundle in spring and fall, the two times a year the glass and the gutters collect the most.
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 the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Stories and steep roofs, the window count and any oversized panes, gutters that have not been opened in years, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes are what move a quote on our jobs.
Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Our window washing services use the same pole method on a two-story house and a three-story one, so the stories and the count do the work of setting the price. Gutters and downspouts are cleared in one pass, and the same logic covers condos and multi-story buildings: stories and count set the number. Clogged gutters carry more water than most people expect, and the grime that gathers in the outlet is the part that does the most damage when it is left. Runoff from a blocked outlet goes down the siding instead of away from the house. We clear it, flush it to remove dirt from the outlet rather than push it further down the pipe, and photograph the run before we leave.
The quote moves most when a house has a sprinkler line hitting the front glass, a long run of gutter that has not been opened in years, or a steep roof. Send a photo of the front of the house with the stories and the window count, and that is enough for an exact number before the truck is booked. Every window on the house is priced from the same pole method, so the count does the rest.
| 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.
Across Maryland, most of our customers book both twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew doing the gutters and the glass in one visit makes sense on these houses. Across Maryland the spring visit lands in mid to late May, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs late November to December, after the last leaves come down.
What we find in the spring is pollen film on the south-facing glass and pollen paste packed in the gutters. Picture windows show it first in low sun. Purified water rinses the film with no cleaning solutions left on the glass. The fall visit is the leaf load, wet and matted in the runs, and clogged gutters that overflow in a rain can lead to water damage at the fascia. Across Maryland, summer thunderstorms and derechos move the dates a little each year, so the calendar follows the weather rather than a fixed day.
Regular cleanings in spring and fall keep most houses on track, and some need a third visit as we see them. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters loaded between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on the glass than a quiet street does. On those houses we plan a third visit rather than waiting for the trouble to show.
Windows tell you they need it when haze shows up only in low sun, the kind you can see in the afternoon and not at noon. Because the interior and exterior of a house pick up grime at different rates, the outside usually tells you first. Gutters tell you by water sheeting over the edge in a steady rain instead of running down the downspout. If you see either, call and we will look.
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 works across Lake Shore on residential properties, and booking professional window cleaning services with the gutter work starts with a phone call or a text. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you the estimate before any date is set. The lead time depends on the calendar, and we tell you the first open day when you call rather than promising a date we cannot keep.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring pollen drop and the fall leaf drop, and our calendar fills during both. Book early in those months if you can, because the crew runs full through them. Off those months the openings come faster. Clean glass and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal on any house, and that shows most in the spring.
Other cleaning services and window cleaners work the same kind of houses, but ours is the same two people doing both jobs, so you deal with one crew and one invoice. For a residential and commercial job, call first, since the crew confirms the scope before quoting. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the windows inside stay as they are on this visit. We call before we come, and we send photos of every window and every run before we leave, so you see the result without having to be there.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people doing both, gutters first and glass last, in one visit. You deal with one crew and one invoice, instead of booking separate window cleaners and a gutter outfit.
Window cleaning services for a two-story house are quoted from the stories and the approximate window count, the same way as the gutter run beside them. Send the stories, the count and a photo of the front of the house, or call (866) 435-6328 for the number.
Interior and exterior glass pick up different grime, and on a Lake Shore house the outside carries the pollen film, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots that never reach the inside.
Most of our Lake Shore customers book in the spring pollen drop and the fall leaf drop. Across Maryland the same two windows hold for most of our jobs.
No, gutters first and glass last is the order for that reason. Gutter runoff runs down the wall and across any window below it, so the glass waits until the runs are cleared and flushed.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the visit. They are not billed as extras.
The visit covers exterior glass only, so the windows inside stay as they are. Pressure washing is a separate job that we do not quote on this visit.
This page is written for residential properties in Lake Shore, and the stories and window count quote applies to houses. For a residential and commercial job, call and we tell you what the crew can quote.
Condos are quoted by phone the same way as a house, by stories and window count. Multi-story buildings are quoted on the same count, and the crew confirms access on the call.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off, move cars off the driveway, 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.
