Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We always do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing runs back onto clean panes. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Our crew does this work every spring and fall, and on our Forest Hills jobs most customers book both in the same visit.
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.
Your quote comes from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and cleanings booked together in one visit come in lower than booking gutter cleaning and window cleaning separately. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are a third story or a steep roof we cannot walk, a lot of window glass or large picture windows, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line, which cleaning will not remove. The crew sees each of these on the day, so we tell you what it is before we start.
Here is how to get the exact number for a house or a residential and commercial building. Text us a photo of the front of the house with the stories you count, and tell us roughly how many windows face outside. Interior and exterior glass are quoted as separate jobs, and this visit is the exterior only. We will reply with a quote before anyone books a date. Our window and gutter cleaning is priced around the same house, so the figure you get is for the whole job, including the window and gutter cleaning on every floor.
On a house with one of those features, the estimate goes up by a known amount, and we name it in writing. A house with a lot of pollen film, a long run of gutter, or a sprinkler spotting problem gets the same clear breakdown. Because the crew uses purified water rather than cleaning solutions, the glass dries without a soap film. If you have a question about any line, call (866) 435-6328 before the crew comes out.
| 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.
Spring visits across Michigan run late May to June, and our fall visits fall in late October to November, so most of our Forest Hills customers book both jobs twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Pollen collects on south-facing glass and as a paste in the gutters, the leaves pile up in the fall, and a storm or a windy week can move the dates. On a spring visit we find the film on the glass and the downspout elbows packed with seeds. On a fall visit we find the wet leaf mat and any gutter run that has started to sag.
Some houses need a third visit. We see it most with heavy tree cover over the roof, where needles and grit leave clogged gutters between visits. On multi-story buildings and tall two-story houses the top-floor glass is the hardest to reach, so a professional window cleaning crew plans the ladder setup before the visit. We also see it where a sprinkler line hits the glass, because the spots come back a day after cleaning, and on a house near a busy road or a construction site. For those houses we suggest the third visit after the first season, so you can judge it on your own roof. A gutter run that stays full between visits can cause water damage at the fascia, so check the gutters and downspouts when the seasons change.
Most of our customers in this area book regular cleanings twice a year, and that rhythm keeps the curb appeal of the house up through the seasons. Call us to get your gutters and glass on the calendar for the next visit. You can also text a photo of the roofline and we will tell you which season suits your house.
Windows tell you they need cleaning when the haze shows only in low sun, and gutters tell you when rain sheets over the edge instead of running down the downspout. If you see either, book a date.
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 clean window and gutter jobs across the Forest Hills area, and each booking covers the whole house in one visit. Our cleaning services begin with a quick estimate by phone or text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead times are set by our calendar, which fills fastest in the two busy windows of the year, when seed and leaves are heaviest. Ask for a slot early in those months.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew calls before we come, and the work is outside the house. Residential properties are our main customers here, and we handle every window on the outside of the house, and each residential window gets the same care, from the first floor to the top floor. We keep the sill and the frame clean as part of the job, so clean windows look right from the street.
When you schedule service with us, we confirm the date, the arrival window and the price, and we send a text when the truck is on the way. Call (866) 435-6328 to book, or text us the house front photo first if you want a quote before you commit.
Yes, and it is the same two people who run our window cleaning services in the same visit. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, so the dirty runoff from the gutters does not land on clean windows.
We do not give a figure in writing without seeing the house. Our washing services are quoted from a photo of the front and the window count, sent by phone or text.
On our Forest Hills jobs the outside is where the grime collects: film from seeds and rain dust, plus sprinkler spots. Cleaning only the inside does not remove dirt from the outer pane, so the glass still looks hazy in low sun.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall, after the seed drop and after the leaves come down. That is when a professional window cleaning visit finds the most buildup on the glass and in the gutters.
No, because we always clean the gutters first and the glass last. When we clear a run, the leaves and black water come down the wall, so the glass has to wait until the gutters are done.
Screens, sills and tracks are part of the job on the outside of the house, and we do not bill them as extras. We rinse the screens and wipe the sills as we go.
No, this visit is exterior only, so the windows inside are not part of the job, and we do not do pressure washing. We clean the outside glass and the gutters, and that is the whole job.
You do not need to be home. Turn sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside, and leave the side gate unlocked. Our crew does not come inside, and condos get the same exterior-only visit.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
