Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs done together cost less than booking two separate trips. Most of our Fort Gratiot customers book this every spring and fall, which is why we built the visit around it. Use the estimator above, or call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you the number on the phone.
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 gutter cleaning and window washing as separate jobs. 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 roof steep enough that we cannot walk it, window count and oversized panes such as picture windows, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Condos with the same stories and window count are quoted the same way. A boom or scissor lift changes the price when a back run sits too high for a ladder, and we say so before the day.
Our crew is not selling a second visit. What we can tell you is what the number depends on, so you can see it before we come. Text us a photo of the front of the house and the stories will tell us most of what we need. Ask for a written estimate if you want the figure in writing before you decide, and we will send it. Then on the day the crew does what is on the estimate, and the photos of every run go to your phone before the truck leaves.
Gutters and downspouts are the first thing we check, because runoff from a blocked run is what damages the fascia and the wall below it. A clogged run pushes water behind the gutter and over the edge in the next rain, and that is the cost we most want to keep off your house. Our crew clears it, flushes the downspout until it runs clear, and reports anything it cannot reach from the ladder. We do not guess at the rest.
Most houses that come to us have gone a season or two between cleanings. The glass is hazed with dust and the first rain has left grime on the frames, so a crew that has to wash through that works slower and charges for the time. Clean windows are the result we are after, and the gutters have to be done first so nothing drips back onto the glass. Hard-water spotting is the one thing we say up front we cannot remove by washing.
City scope note: our Fort Gratiot jobs vary, and each quote starts with the same three numbers, the stories, the window count and the state of the gutters. One Fort Gratiot job we quoted higher than the house looked from the street, because the gutters had not been opened in years and the back run had to be lifted out of its hangers before it could be flushed. That is what the number is built on, and the photos show you exactly that before the invoice.
| 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.
Across Michigan the usual spring visit falls in late May to June and the fall visit in November to early December, so most homes that want regular cleanings book both gutters and exterior glass on that calendar, one crew in one visit each time. Those are the two visits that catch the seed drop and the leaf drop before they become a problem.
What we find in the late spring visit is pollen film on the south-facing glass and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. By the time the season peaks, the gutters hold a layer of it that holds water against the fascia, and the window glass has a haze you only see when the sun is low. The fall visit is the wet leaf mat in the runs and the grit that the first freeze turns into a crust. Frozen gutters are where the damage starts, so the fall visit is the one that matters most before winter. On the glass, the crew has to remove dirt from the frames before the pane is wiped, or the streak comes back.
Some homes need a third visit, and we tell you early if yours is one. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the round white spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up dust faster than the average. For those we suggest a third visit in mid-summer, and we say so after the first cleaning rather than before.
Customer examples: on our Fort Gratiot jobs, one customer with no trees books twice a year, and another with heavy tree cover and sprinkler spotting is on three or four visits. Both are on the same crew and the same photos, and the difference is what the lot in front of the house is doing to the gutters and the glass.
You can tell the windows need a visit when the glass looks hazy only in low sun, even though it looked fine at noon. You can tell the gutters need a visit when water sheets over the edge in the rain instead of running down the downspout. Either sign means the cleaning is due, and a text with a photo is enough for us to tell you which.
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 cleans gutters and exterior windows on Fort Gratiot residential properties, and we book the work through the estimate above or by phone. Tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we can give you a window and an estimate without a site visit in most cases. We ask the same three questions whether a building is residential and commercial: stories, window count and the state of the gutters. Lead time depends on the season, and during the two busy windows of the year when the seed and the leaves come down, our calendar fills faster, so book early. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work, since every window on the list is reached from outside.
Our crew works across the washing services we offer, and the window cleaners on the day are the same people who do the gutters. Our window cleaning services and professional window cleaning keep the glass clear of dust without leaving streaks, and the curb appeal of a house shows most in the spring after the first cleaning. We use no cleaning solutions on the glass, only purified water. We do not clean the windows inside on this visit, and the gutters and the glass both go outside.
We work on the multi-story buildings the city has, and we work on the houses with a third floor, so the boom or scissor lift is part of what we bring when the back run is out of reach. Clogged gutters are the most common reason a home calls us out of schedule, and water damage to the fascia is the cost of waiting too long. If you see water sheeting over the edge, call us before the next rain.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people doing both in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the dirty runoff does not end up on the clean glass.
The number comes from the stories and the window count, and we give it by phone or text before anyone is booked. There is no figure here because the house decides it, not the page.
On a residential window in Fort Gratiot the outside takes the dust, the rain residue and the sprinkler spots, which the inside never sees, so yes, the outside is where the haze builds up.
Across Michigan the spring visit falls in late May to June and the fall visit in November to early December, and the calendar fills in those windows, so book early.
No, that is the reason we do the gutters first and the glass last. If the glass is washed first, someone has to wash it again before the crew is off the ladder.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and the frames are done on every window as part of the visit, and none of it is billed as an extra.
We clean the outside of the glass only on this visit, so interior and exterior glass is not on the same quote, and we do not pressure wash.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. Call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
