Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across Michigan our crew does this work every spring and fall, so the schedule and the order of work are already set before we arrive.
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. For professional window cleaning in Green Oak, the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate from those details.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets there. A third story or a steep roof changes how we set the lift and how many people go up. A large window count, oversized panes and sill-to-sill glass take more time at the pole. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, need more passes before the downspouts run clear. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras, while windows inside are a separate visit.
On a recent Green Oak job the quote moved because the house had two stories plus a finished walk-out, a large bank of picture windows on the south side, and gutters that had sat without a cleaning for most of a year. Once we saw the clogged gutters and water damage starting at the fascia, the window washing and the gutter work went into one visit, and the crew priced it that way. The point to take from it is simple: the more the crew can see before the day, the closer the number holds, and clean gutters and glass protect curb appeal. Text the front of the house and the stories count and we will tell you where the quote will land.
| 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 Green Oak customers book regular cleanings twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew handling both cleaning services in one visit makes sense for a home on this calendar. In spring the pollen film collects on south-facing glass and sticky paste packs the gutters and downspout elbows. In fall the leaf load comes down in one wet mat, and the storm and wind seasons can shift the timing either way.
Some houses need a third visit, and we say so on the estimate. Heavy tree cover over the roof brings needles and grit into the gutters between visits. 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 gets a dusty film on the glass faster than a quiet street does. Those are the houses where we schedule service three or four times a year rather than two.
Clean windows show every streak in low sun. The sign the windows need a cleaning is the haze you only see when the sun is low. The sign the gutters need one is water sheeting over the edge in the rain instead of running down the downspout. If either shows up between visits, text a photo and we will tell you which one it is and whether it can wait.
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 offers window cleaning services and gutter washing services across Green Oak, and the booking works the same way on every street and every residential property. You start with an estimate by phone or text: give us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front. We confirm the window count and the gutter condition, then offer a date. Lead time depends on the season, and in the two busy windows of the year, when spring dust and leaves are heaviest, the calendar fills first, so book early.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come. The crew does not go inside the house, so you can leave the house as it is. Our gutters and downspouts are checked and flushed on each visit, and any runoff problem that a cleaning cannot fix is noted in the report rather than sold to you. We remove dirt and grime from the glass and the frames, and for residential and commercial multi-story buildings and condos we plan the lift in advance so the crew can reach every window safely.
Yes. The same two-person crew cleans the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing from the gutters lands on clean glass.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text at (866) 435-6328 before any work is scheduled.
On our Green Oak jobs the outside of each residential window carries most of the film: pollen in spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spots that come back. Cleaning the outside is the part that changes how the glass looks from the street.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in the fall, after the spring bloom and before the first hard freeze. The calendar fills in those windows, so text a photo early.
Not on our jobs. We clear the gutters and flush the downspouts first, let the wall stop dripping, and only then start on the glass, so the water has nowhere to go but the ground.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and frames are done as part of the visit. We do not bill them as extras, we use purified water rather than cleaning solutions on the glass, and we do not clean the inside of the windows on this visit.
No. This visit is exterior glass only, and we do not do pressure washing on this job. We book the interior and exterior glass as two separate jobs, so the inside needs its own 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 while the ladders are up, and unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
