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 in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across Michigan, most of our crews book this pairing for the spring and fall visits, which is when the glass and the gutters both need it most.
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 quote gutter and window cleaning for residential properties 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. Window washing and the gutter work go on one quote, and the washing services in a bundle cost less than booking the two as separate trips. Our window cleaning services are priced by stories and window count. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you the figure before the crew is scheduled. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are the same ones the crew sees from the ground: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, window count and picture windows that take more time per pane, grime that has built up for a season, gutters and downspouts that have not been opened in years or are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. A residential window with a season of grime takes longer to remove dirt from than one cleaned on schedule. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Each of the cleanings in a spring and fall pair is quoted on its own, and regular cleanings on that twice-a-year schedule follow the same stories-and-windows math. A quote for interior and exterior work is a separate estimate, because this visit covers the exterior only.
Across Michigan, the houses that surprise us most are the ones where the gutters look fine from the driveway and the downspouts turn out to be full, so the runoff comes over the edge in the first rain. Before we give a number, we ask for the stories, the window count and a photo of the front of the house, because that is what lets us tell you whether one visit covers it or whether a lift will be needed. A photo sent by text is enough, and we do not need to be home to take it.
| 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 window and gutter cleaning most of our customers book runs twice a year, in spring and again in fall, and that is the calendar we plan around. In spring the pollen film shows up on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs into the gutter elbows, so a spring visit is mostly about clearing what the winter left behind. In fall the wet leaf mat is the problem, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see sagging runs by the next spring. Clogged gutters and downspouts that sit through a wet winter are one of the ways water damage starts at the fascia, which is why the fall visit matters more than it looks.
Houses under heavy tree cover, or with a sprinkler line hitting the glass, are the ones that need a third visit. Sprinkler spots on a residential window are the ones that come back a day after cleaning, and tree cover means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A house near a busy road or a construction site is in the same group, because the grime on the glass builds faster than on a quiet street. Multi-story buildings and condos take longer to reach, so their spring and fall visits get more time on the schedule. Our crews rinse with purified water and no cleaning solutions on the glass, so there is nothing left behind to streak. The same spring and fall logic holds for residential and commercial buildings, though this page quotes houses. Windows inside are a separate job and are not part of the spring or fall pair.
You will know the windows need it when you see a haze that only shows when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspout. If neither has happened yet, the spring and fall calendar is still the right place to start, and we will tell you after the first visit whether your lot needs a third one.
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 professional window cleaning and our gutter work run on one route across residential properties and condos, so a slot opens on the morning the crew has that house on the list. Every one of the cleaning services we book is confirmed by phone: send the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you the time window before we come. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328. The crew checks every window and sill on the route before it leaves, and rinses each frame to remove dirt before the glass is dry. Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work, and the crew does not come inside.
The calendar fills fastest in the two busy windows of the year, the spring pollen month and the fall leaf month, so booking early in those stretches gets you a morning sooner. Outside those windows the lead time is shorter, and we will tell you the lead time when you call. Window cleaners who only do the glass leave the gutters for a second trip, and the runoff from an uncleared gutter lands on the glass they just finished. We book both on one visit. Clean glass and clear gutters are also the quickest route to better curb appeal on a house that has not been done in a while. We would rather give you an honest date than a fast one we cannot keep.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people in one visit, and the gutters and downspouts are cleared first so the glass gets cleaned last.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text before anything is booked.
On a residential window the outside carries pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots that the inside never sees, so an outside-only cleaning is the part that changes how the glass looks.
Our customers here book in the spring pollen month and the fall leaf month; across Michigan the spring visit usually falls in late May to June and the fall visit in late October to November, the usual pair for residential properties and condos.
No, that is the reason we clean gutters first and glass last. When a run is cleared, the leaves and black runoff come down the wall, so the glass has to wait until the wall stops dripping.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and tracks are included on the exterior side. The frame is wiped to remove dirt, and nothing on that list is billed as an extra.
No, this visit is exterior glass only. We do not clean interior windows or do pressure washing on this visit.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside, and leave the side gate unlocked. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline to book.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
