The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the job by the number of stories, and both jobs done together cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Our crew does this work most spring and fall, and on our Laurel jobs most customers book both at those two points in the year.
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, so call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house for a written estimate.
On the day, the crew finds a few things that move the quote: a third story or a roof steep enough that we have to work from a boom or scissor lift, window counts that include picture windows and other oversized panes, gutters that have not been cleaned in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to 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. The glass is rinsed with purified water, so no cleaning solutions are left behind to streak it, and a clean front of the house helps curb appeal more than most owners expect.
Our crew has seen window washing jobs on homes where the owner assumed the glass was the only problem, only to find clogged gutters pouring over the edge and running down the siding below the windows. One Laurel customer had the glass done without the gutters, and the next rain left water damage on the wall under the run. Booking both in one visit is how we avoid that. To get an accurate number, tell us the stories and the rough window count, and send a photo of the front of the house. Professional window cleaning on a multi-story building or a house with complicated roof lines is quoted from the photo before anyone climbs.
| 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 Laurel jobs most customers book gutter and window cleaning twice a year, once in the spring, which across Maryland usually lands in mid to late May, and once in the fall after the leaves drop, usually November to early December. That is why one crew in one visit makes sense for both jobs. What we find at each visit depends on the calendar: pollen film on the south-facing glass and paste in the gutters in the spring, and the wet leaf load in the fall that packs the downspouts and sags the runs when ice follows. Across Maryland, summer thunderstorms and derechos also move our dates, because a storm can leave debris on the roof that needs a second look.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass, or a house near a busy road or a construction site all leave a film that comes back fast. Regular cleanings keep that film from setting, and a residential window that is hit by a sprinkler line is often the first place it shows. Sprinkler spots that return a day after cleaning are mineral, and the crew flags them so you know a treatment, not another cleaning, is what the glass needs. Every window on the house gets the same attention at each visit, including the sill and the frame, so nothing is missed from one visit to the next.
You will know windows need cleaning when you see a haze only in low sun, and you will know gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge in a rain. Those two signs are the easiest way to tell when our cleaning services are due. We schedule service around both seasons and keep a record of each house so the next visit starts where the last one ended.
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 gutters and exterior windows on residential properties across Laurel, and the approach is the same for residential and commercial jobs. Our window cleaning services and washing services cover gutters, downspouts and glass in one visit. Send us the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we confirm the window count and the date from there. Lead time depends on the season, and the busy weeks are the ones with the most leaves on the roof, so booking early in those weeks gets you a better slot.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew calls before they come, works outside the house, and does not go in. Gutters and downspouts get cleared before the glass is touched, and the wall beneath them is left to drip dry before the window washing starts. We also clean the glass of condos and multi-story buildings, where the runoff from a roof can streak a whole row of windows if the gutters are left full. Grime that builds up on the sill and the frame gets wiped at each visit, and we remove dirt from the tracks where it has collected.
Yes. The same two people do both jobs in one visit. We clear the gutters and flush every downspout first, then clean the outside of the glass, so nothing dirty from the roof lands on clean windows.
The number comes from the stories, the window count and what is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we give you a written estimate before the crew comes out.
On our Laurel jobs the outside carries most of the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spotting, so the glass often looks clean from inside while the outside is still hazy in low sun. Some companies sell an interior and exterior package; ours covers the outside, and that is what makes the view clear.
Most of our Laurel customers book in the spring, after the spring growth has settled, and again in the fall after the leaves are down. Those are the two points when the gutters are full and the glass is at its dirtiest.
Not if we do it in the right order. Gutters first, glass last. When the gutters are cleared, the leaves, grit and black water come down the wall, so the wall is left to drip before any window is touched.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleared as part of the job. They are not billed as extras.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit, so the windows inside stay as they are. 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 if 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.
