Window and gutter cleaning on one visit means the same two people do the gutters and the outside of your windows, gutters first and glass last, so nothing runs back onto clean panes. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both together costs less than two separate trips. Across Maryland, spring visits are usually booked for mid to late May, and our fall visits in Middle River run late November to December.
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 window and gutter work by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Interior and exterior glass are quoted separately, so the figure we give covers the exterior only. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Stories and steep roofs, window count and oversized panes, gutters not cleaned in years or packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers all shift the figure, and none of them is a surprise once the crew has seen the house.
What the crew finds on the day is what drives the quote. A house with clogged gutters packed to the elbow with pollen paste takes longer than one cleaned last spring. A front window wall with picture windows and oversized panes takes more time per pane than a row of standard sashes. Clearing gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our Middle River jobs, the quote that changed most was a two-story house with a wraparound porch and heavy tree cover over the back run. Its gutters had not been opened in years, the window count was higher than the owner had estimated, and the spotting from a sprinkler line was etched into the lower panes. We quoted it after a photo of the front of the house, and the number held when the crew finished. To get your exact number, text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us your stories and roughly how many windows you have.
Our crew uses cleaning solutions only where the glass needs them to remove dirt, and for a regular job purified water does the work. Tell us if you have a set of picture windows or a sill that holds grime, so we can count it before we come. Most residential and commercial properties we see fall into the same few groups, so the number you get on the phone rarely needs to change on the day.
Cleanings on a schedule cost less per visit than a one-time job, because the crew is already set up for the house. If you want regular cleanings on a schedule, ask for the number for both the spring and fall visits and we will write it down.
| 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 Middle River customers book these cleaning services twice a year, in the spring and in the fall, because clean glass and clear gutters do the most for curb appeal at those times. Window cleaners who only do the glass leave the gutters for another day, and the runoff from them streaks the panes. One crew in one visit covers both jobs, since gutters and windows run on the same calendar.
What we find at each visit follows the seasons. Across Maryland, summer thunderstorms and derechos bring debris down into the runs, so we schedule around the weather rather than the calendar alone. In the spring, the pollen film collects on south-facing glass. In the fall, leaves fall into the same runs, which is why our Middle River fall visit lands in late November to December.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the downspouts packed between visits, and clogged gutters left over a long stretch can lead to water damage at the foundation. 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 picks up grime faster than one set back from the street.
Middle River gets about 48.6 inches of rain a year, with July, September and October the wettest months, so gutters take their heaviest load in summer and early fall. It also gets about 19 inches of snow a year, mostly in January through March and December, and a run still packed when the cold sets in can ice up and spill over the edge. The customers who stay on a short schedule usually book twice a year, and the customers under trees or with sprinkler spotting are on three or four visits. Our crew sets the schedule after the first visit, once we have seen what the house carries.
You will know the windows need cleaning when you see a haze that only shows when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge during rain instead of running down 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 handles residential window and gutter jobs across the Middle River area, and we clean windows on the same schedule as the gutters so the two never fall out of step. We do professional window cleaning here, not a quick squeegee pass. Booking starts with a phone call or a text: tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we give you an estimate you can hold us to.
Lead time depends on the calendar, and the two busy windows of the year are the spring visit season and the fall leaf drop. When the calendar fills in those weeks, we book the next open slot and tell you the date before we hang up. To schedule service with us, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and we will not start until you have confirmed the time. We clean every window on the outside of the house, including the ones on the upper floors that can only be reached by a lift, and we clean the sill under each one to remove dirt before it washes back onto the glass.
If your house has residential properties on more than one lot, or a detached garage with its own gutters, tell us when you book and we will add it to the estimate. Multi-story buildings need lift access confirmed before we give a firm number, so mention the story count on the phone. Condos with shared gutter lines get the same visit, but tell us which walls are yours when you book. Residential properties in Middle River are the bulk of our work, and the crew knows the common layouts.
Yes, the same crew offers gutter and window washing services in one visit, with two people doing both. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing runs down onto clean panes.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it by phone or text. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you the figure for our window cleaning services before we come out.
Yes, because the outside collects the rain dust, the grime and the sprinkler spots that build up here. Interior glass is not something we do on this visit, so the outside is the part we handle.
Spring and fall are the busy stretches. Across Maryland, spring visits are usually booked for mid to late May, and our fall visits in Middle River run late November to December. Call (866) 435-6328 to get a date on the calendar before those weeks fill.
No, we do the gutters first and the glass last, so the runoff from a cleared run never lands on clean glass. When a run is cleared, the grit and the black water come down the wall, so the glass waits until the wall stops dripping.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the job, and none of them is billed as an extra. Cleanings of this kind are included in the number we give you on the phone.
Exterior only on this visit. Cleaning the windows inside is not part of this visit, and we do not do pressure washing, so the work stays on the outside of the house.
No, 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 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.
