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 down onto clean panes. We price by the number of stories and the rough window count, and doing both jobs in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Our crew does this work every spring and fall, and across Maryland most homeowners book it at those two points in the year. We work outside only, and we will tell you up front what is and is not included before we start.
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 price for a window and gutter job depends on how many stories the house has and about how many windows it carries. Give us those two numbers, or text a photo of the front of the house, and we quote the job before the crew is scheduled. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Homeowners sometimes ask whether residential and commercial jobs are quoted differently, and for this page the number is for the house alone.
On our jobs the quote moves for a few reasons we can see from the ladder. Steep roofs add time, and multi-story buildings need pole and ladder work that adds more. Large panes and picture windows take longer per window than standard sashes. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or that are packed with leaves and seed pods, take more hauling. A heavy pollen film on the frames in spring adds time as well. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are counted in the quote. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate issue that cleaning alone will not remove, so we flag it on the first look. Frames and sills are done with cleaning solutions as part of the job, and downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are not billed as extras. Our quote covers the exterior only, so the interior and exterior question comes up on every call, and interior glass is not part of the number.
Here is how we work out the number for a typical Linganore house. A customer with a two-story home and a fairly full run of gutters called us for a quote, and we asked for stories, window count and a photo of the back of the house, since the back run was where the sag was. The gutter run that had been left alone for two seasons was the main driver of the time, and the picture window across the back took more care than the standard sashes. The quote covered both, and the crew did the gutters before touching the glass. We ask for the same three things on every call so the number stays the same from phone to invoice.
If you want the exact figure for your house, send your stories, your approximate window count and a photo of the front of the house by text. We will come back with a written number you can check against the invoice when the crew finishes. If you book regular cleanings, the quote uses the same three numbers each time, so the price stays the same from visit to visit.
| 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 Linganore customers on regular cleanings book both jobs twice a year, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. What we find on each of these cleaning services follows the calendar: pollen film on south-facing glass and pollen paste packed in the gutters in the spring, and the wet leaf mat in the fall after the trees drop. A fixed calendar is what separates professional window cleaning from calling window cleaners only when the glass already looks bad. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates, so we look at the house rather than the calendar alone.
Some houses need a third visit, especially multi-story buildings or houses where clogged gutters stay full between seasons. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and only a mineral treatment removes them. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up a film faster than one set back in the trees. Standing water from an overflowing gutter can cause water damage at the fascia, and that is the cost we most want to avoid. Most of the customers who book three or four visits a year are in one of those situations.
You can tell the windows need it when you see haze that only shows when the sun is low, and that haze hurts curb appeal more than most owners expect. Windows inside may look fine, since the film sits on the outside glass. You can tell the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running into the downspout.
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 Linganore, and most of the residential window and gutter cleaning we book is on residential properties here. To schedule service, call or text us at (866) 435-6328 with your stories and a photo of the house front, and we will confirm the estimate in writing. The lead time depends on the season, and we will tell you the first open date when you call. The two busy windows of the year are the spring pollen season and the fall leaf drop, when the calendar fills, so booking early in those months helps.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and the crew does not come inside. Our crew works outside only, so the interior and exterior question is simple: we clean the exterior and leave the inside to you. Between cleanings the gutters keep filling, so we ask about the last visit when you call. If a section of the house cannot be reached safely, the crew photographs it and tells you instead of guessing. Our aim is to clean every window and clear the gutters and downspouts we can reach from outside, and to report anything we cannot, so you know what was done. Each sill is wiped during the visit, so the clean windows you see afterward are what you paid for.
Yes, our window cleaning services and gutter work are done by the same two people on our jobs. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the dirty water from the gutters does not run onto clean windows.
We do not quote a figure from a standard price list. The number comes from your stories and approximate window count, and we give it to you by phone or text at (866) 435-6328 before anyone is scheduled.
Often yes, because the outside collects pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots, and that grime builds up through Maryland seasons. The windows inside the house are not part of this visit, so the outside is what we clean here.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and in the fall, with the fall visit after the leaves come down. Owners of condos often ask the same question, and the answer depends on the roofline, so text a photo of it if you want us to look at the timing for your house.
Not on our jobs, because we clear the gutters and downspouts before anyone touches the glass, so the runoff from the gutters has already stopped. The wall gets a few minutes to stop dripping, and only then do we clean the windows.
Screens are rinsed to remove dirt, sills are wiped and frames are cleaned as part of the exterior visit. Tracks that are heavily caked may need a separate note, and we tell you before the crew starts.
We do not clean inside the windows and we do not offer pressure washing or other washing services on this visit. This is exterior glass and gutters only.
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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
