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 the approximate window count, and both jobs booked together cost less than two separate trips. Across Maryland, most of our customers book this in the spring and fall, when the tree dust and the leaves are heaviest.
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 booking gutters and windows together in one visit costs less than two separate jobs. Our window washing and our gutter cleanings go on one invoice, so the window cleaning services and the gutter work are quoted as a single figure. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Our crew works from the stories and the window count, so a text with those two figures and a photo of the front of the house is all we need to give you an exact number.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer on the ladder. Oversized picture windows and tall panes take more time per glass. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or that are packed with needles and leaves, need more passes before the flush runs clear. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem that cleaning does not remove, so we flag it and quote it separately. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Quotes cover exterior glass only, so a request for interior and exterior glass is a different job, and we say so before we book.
Here is how to get the exact number for your house. Send us the stories, the rough count of windows and one photo of the front of the house by text, and we will come back with a figure. We do not quote from a list. We quote from your house, and the number holds when the crew arrives. Washing services for a house this size follow the same rule. If you want regular cleanings, we can set the next visit date before the crew leaves.
| 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 window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, and one crew in one visit makes sense for both. Potomac follows the same pattern. Across Maryland, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late May, and the fall visit usually falls in November to early December. We work on residential and commercial properties, and this page covers homes only. Windows inside are not part of either visit.
What we find at each visit is consistent. In the spring, the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and sticky tree residue packs into the gutters and the downspout elbows. In the fall, the leaf load is the problem, and a wet leaf mat in clogged gutters is the first thing the crew clears before anything else. For a standard pane, purified water does most of the work, and the cleaning solutions are kept for stubborn film. Potomac gets about 48.1 inches of rain a year, and May, July and September are the wettest months, so the glass and the gutters both see heavy use.
Across Maryland, summer thunderstorms and derechos can move the dates. Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the downspouts between visits, and water damage starts when a clogged run overflows for a season. 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. Multi-story buildings take more time on the ladder, so the crew plans them with extra time.
Two signs tell you it is time. Haze on the glass that you only see when the sun is low means the windows need cleaning. Water sheeting over the edge of the gutter in the rain means the gutters need clearing.
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.
We book gutter and window cleaning across Potomac, and the estimate starts with a phone call or a text. Tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we will give you a date and a price. Our crew calls before it comes, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, so booking early keeps your preferred date open. To schedule service, text or call and we give you the next open slot. We handle the scheduling for each window and gutter run so that every window on the house is cleaned in the same visit, with the same attention to the sill and the frame. Upper-floor panes get the pole, and the ladder stays on the gutter runs. Our professional window cleaning is done by the same crew that clears the gutters, so the cleaning services are one visit and one bill. Clean glass and clear gutters do more for curb appeal than most people expect, and the work is done in one visit.
Yes. Our crew does both in one visit, so you do not need to book a second company. We start with the gutters and downspouts and finish with the glass.
The number comes from the stories, the window count and the size of each residential window. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the exact figure before we book.
Yes, because the outside carries the tree film, the rain dust, the runoff from the roof and the sprinkler spots that build up between visits. Clean inside glass does not hide an outside film, and we clean the outside only on this visit.
Across Maryland the spring visit usually lands in mid to late May, when pollen is heaviest, and the fall visit in November to early December, when leaves are heaviest. Text a photo of the roofline on your residential properties and we will tell you which visit your house needs first.
No, because we clean the gutters first and the glass last. When a run is cleared, the leaves and the black water come down the wall, so the glass waits until the wall has stopped dripping. That is also why we remove dirt from the wall before the windows are touched.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and they are not billed as extras. Tracks are included in the visit as well. Condos are welcome too, as long as the outside of the unit can be reached from the ground or a pole.
We do not clean inside the windows and we do not do pressure washing on this visit. Our work 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. Leave the side gate unlocked, and call (866) 435-6328 if anything about the access changes. Gutters that overflow for a season can cause water damage at the fascia, so mention it when you book.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
