Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. On our Owings Mills jobs, most customers book in the spring and the fall, when the pollen and the leaves have done their work on the house.
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. Many window cleaners quote the glass and the gutters as two jobs, and we quote them as one number. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, so tell us the stories and the window count when you call at (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house. On the same house, gutter work and window washing share one quote, and professional window cleaning on its own is quoted the same way, by stories and window count.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes more time on the ladder. Oversized panes and large picture windows take more care. The windows inside the house are not part of this visit, so they do not move the number. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, need more clearing before we can flow test them. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a stain that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Clean gutters and clean glass are most of what curb appeal depends on from the street, so both are done on the same visit.
When the gutters are clogged, the quote covers both jobs, because the runs have to be clear before the glass is done. Water that backs up in a clogged run can run down the siding, and that is how water damage starts on a wall. We do the gutters first, then the windows, and send the photos before the crew leaves. If you can, send us a photo of the front of your house so we can tell you what to expect before we arrive.
| 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.
The rhythm for residential window and gutter cleaning services is usually twice a year, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across Maryland the spring visit lands in mid to late May, and in Owings Mills the fall visit runs late November to December. What we find on the glass in the spring is pollen film on the south-facing panes and pollen paste packed into the gutters. In the fall it is the leaf load that matters most, and it sits wet on the roof for weeks.
Some houses need a third visit, and regular cleanings beat waiting for a stain to set. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the downspouts between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after the cleaning. Freeze risk is real in Owings Mills, so a run packed with wet leaves in late fall is the one to clear before winter. A house near a busy road or a construction site gets a film on the windows that builds up faster than the calendar. We will tell you which of those your house has after the first visit, and we will schedule service on the timing that fits it.
Two common cases look different. A house with no trees over the roof may need only one visit a year for the gutters and the outside of the windows. A house with mature trees and a sprinkler line on the glass may need three or four visits a year to keep the runs clear and the spots from setting.
You will know it is time when every window shows a haze that only appears when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge of the gutter in a rain instead of running into the downspout. The gutters above a window are the cause of much of that, so when the runs are cleared, clean windows stay clean longer. To book the spring or fall visit, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will book a date that fits your stories and window count.
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 washing services cover residential and commercial buildings across the Owings Mills area, and the window cleaning services follow the same order of work on every job: gutters first, glass last. Residential properties get the same treatment, and multi-story buildings and condos get the same gutter and glass checks, since the same problems show up in a different form. The grime on a commercial front and the runoff from a flat roof follow the same logic as a house. Gutters and downspouts get cleared first, which is how we remove dirt and runoff before anything touches the glass.
To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and tell us the number of stories. We will give you a written estimate and a date. Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows of the year are the spring and the fall, when our calendar fills first. Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work, and we call before we come so you are never surprised by a truck in the drive.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people, and the gutters come first in the visit. The glass is done last so nothing washes down onto clean panes.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text at (866) 435-6328 or after we have seen a photo of the front.
Yes, because the outside is what carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots in Owings Mills, and those stay on the glass whatever the inside looks like.
Across Maryland the spring visit lands in mid to late May, and in Owings Mills the fall visit runs late November to December, so book before the calendar fills in those windows. Many houses settle into two regular cleanings a year, and a house with heavy tree cover may need a third.
No, that is the reason we do gutters first and glass last, so the water and the grit from the runs are cleared before anyone touches the panes.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the visit, and none of them is billed as an extra.
This visit covers exterior glass only, so interior glass is not part of the job, and pressure washing is not included either.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the ladders are up and leave the side gate unlocked. We use purified water, not cleaning solutions, on the glass, so there is nothing to rinse off afterward.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
