Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We go gutters first and glass last, so the debris from the roof never lands on panes we have already finished. We price the job by the number of stories, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Michigan, our crews book most of their gutter and window work for the spring and fall visits, and we keep the same order on every 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. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, so tell us the stories and a rough window count and we will quote it before anyone climbs a ladder.
On our jobs the quote moves for a few reasons we can see from the driveway. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. Oversized picture windows and panes set high on a wall take more setup. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, need more clearing, and gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleaned under them. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem, because no cleaning removes the mineral etch, and we tell you that on the visit rather than charging for it as a surprise. Quotes never mix interior and exterior glass, since this visit covers the outside only. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across Michigan we tell every customer the same thing: send us a photo of the front of the house and a count of stories, and we will give you the exact number. A window washing and washing services estimate is only as good as the count behind it, and on a typical house the window cleaning services work is mostly the grime on the glass that builds up between cleanings. Our crews handle every window, including the picture windows, and the regular cleanings most homes need are easier to schedule when the first estimate is accurate.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $150 | from $240 |
| Two stories | from $195 | from $210 | from $325 |
| Three stories | from $255 | from $285 | from $430 |
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 customers here book window and gutter cleaning twice a year, in the spring and again in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense on this calendar.
What we find at each visit depends on the season. In the spring the pollen film sits on south-facing glass, and the pollen paste packs the gutters and the elbows at the bottom of each downspout. In the fall the leaf load comes down all at once and forms a wet mat that holds water against the fascia, so clogged gutters are the first thing we check. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates a few weeks in either direction, and we would rather book a little early than wait for the first hard rain. This calendar is written for residential homes, and a residential and commercial quote is worked out separately from the stories count.
Some homes need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters loaded through the summer, and a sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves the spots that come back a day later. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects grit faster than the rest of the block, and that grit is what cleaning solutions cannot keep up with on their own. A gutter that stays full through a wet spring can lead to water damage at the fascia and soffit, which is why we book it early. The stories count matters most on multi-story buildings, and it is the first number we ask for. The window and gutter schedule that works on those houses is simply tighter.
You can tell the glass needs it when a haze shows up only in low sun, and the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge during rain instead of running into the downspout. Both are easy to notice from the windows inside the house, though we do not clean the windows inside. Both are the sign that the next visit is due.
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 crews clean gutters and exterior windows across East Grand Rapids and the homes around it. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text us with the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we return a written estimate before we set a date. Lead time depends on the season, and the schedule we give you is the one we keep. We call before we come, so you are never guessing about the arrival window.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring visit and the fall leaf drop, and our calendar fills in both. Booking early in those months gives you more choice of day. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, but you should say so if a side gate needs to stay open or a driveway needs to be clear.
We run cleaning services that stay on the outside of the house, which is what our crews are set up to do well. Our window cleaners work from the ground or from a boom or scissor lift on taller houses, and professional window cleaning on every window keeps the curb appeal of the house consistent from one side to the other. A clean, scheduled job is simpler for you than a patchwork of visits, so we book the full house in one slot.
Yes, on our jobs the same two people do both, and they do the gutters first and the glass last. That keeps the debris from the roof off windows we have already finished. You get one crew, one visit and one invoice.
Each residential window job is priced from the stories and the window count, so we do not give a figure here. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will quote the exact amount before we book. Condos come up on the phone too, and the same count of stories and windows is the first thing we ask for.
On the outside, dust, runoff from the roof and sprinkler spots build up faster than most people expect, and that is what the sun shows you. Cleaning the inside alone does not remove dirt from the outside, so the exterior work is the part that changes what you see through the glass.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and again in the fall, after the spring rush and once the leaves have dropped. Across Michigan the schedule follows the same two windows. Book early in those months if you want more choice of day.
No, because we do gutters first and glass last. When the gutters and downspouts are cleared, the leaves, the grit and the black water come down the wall, so the glass is the last thing we touch on the house. Washing the glass first would mean washing it again.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and they are not billed as extras. Tracks are included in the same visit when they are reachable from the outside.
We do not clean inside the windows on this visit, and we do not do pressure washing. Our work on residential properties is exterior glass and the gutters, done in one visit.
No, 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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
