Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both together costs less than booking two separate trips. On our Highland jobs most customers book it for the spring and fall, and the number we quote by phone is the number we charge.
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. Doing the window and gutter work together in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and 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. If a building is part residential and commercial, say so on the call and we will tell you whether the crew takes that job.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. On multi-story buildings, a third story or a steep roof takes more time on the ladder. A high window count, or picture windows and other oversized panes, adds glass. Gutters not cleaned in years arrive packed with needles and leaves, and gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers does not come off with cleaning, so we flag it before we start. Cleaning gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Our Highland experience is simple to describe. One customer with a two-story house and a moderate window count wanted the gutters and the outside glass done together after a wet spring, and the quote came in on stories and window count alone once we saw the photo. Every job starts with the same question: how many stories, and roughly how many windows. Send those by text and we will tell you where it lands. The crew cleans with purified water, so there are no cleaning solutions to rinse off afterward. On this visit the quote covers exterior glass and gutters only. Interior and exterior glass are not priced together here, and we do not do pressure washing.
| 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 spring visit falls in late May to June, and most of our Highland customers book a second visit in October or early November. That is why one crew in one visit makes sense for these two cleaning services, and why professional window cleaning and gutter work are usually booked together. Once the spring pollen drops, grime settles on south-facing glass and paste builds in the gutter elbows, and those are the first things we see. In the fall the leaf load arrives, and the wet mat in the runs is the second thing we clear before the first hard freeze.
Some houses need a third visit, and we tell you that after the first look. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts 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 collects more dust on the frame than its neighbors. Houses that get regular cleanings tend to arrive with less built up on them, but houses like these tend to go on every three to four months rather than twice a year. Runoff spilling over clogged gutters can lead to water damage at the fascia.
You will know windows need cleaning when the view from the windows inside the house looks hazy in low sun. Clean glass does more for curb appeal than most people expect, and the haze shows first on the sunny side. Gutters that are clogged show it too: water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running into the downspout. Plenty of window cleaners stop at the glass and leave the gutters for another day. Both are signs to call (866) 435-6328 and book a date, and the crew will tell you what it finds before it starts.
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 window and gutter cleaning covers residential properties across Highland. A residential window high on a second floor is reached from a boom or scissor lift where the roofline calls for one, and otherwise the crew reaches every window from the ground, with our washing services following the same order on every house. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text, with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. From there we set the date, and the crew calls before it arrives. Clean windows and clear gutters are the goal of every visit.
Our calendar fills fastest in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, when pollen and leaves are heaviest. If you want a slot in those months, book early and ask us for a date that works for the gutters and the glass together. Lead time varies with the season, so we give you the real date on the call rather than promising one that might not hold. Schedule service by phone or text, and we confirm the window the day before.
Yes, our crew does both in one visit, and it is the same two people on the ladder. Our washing services cover the gutters and the outside glass together, with gutters going first and the glass last.
We do not give a figure here. Quotes for condos work the same way as quotes for houses, built from the number of stories and the window count. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front with your window count, and we will quote it from the size of the job.
Yes, because the outside takes the pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up here. Only outside cleaning reaches the film on the outside of the glass, so clean inside glass can still look hazy from the street.
Our customers here book in spring and fall, and the spring visit tends to fill first. Ask for the date you want when you call.
No. We clean gutters first and glass last, because the leaves, grit and black water in the runs send runoff down the wall and across any window below. If the glass were washed first, it would need washing again.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and gutters and downspouts are flushed before the glass is started. Tracks are included in the exterior visit, so you do not see them as a separate line on the invoice.
No. This visit covers exterior glass and gutters only; we do not clean inside windows or do pressure washing. The crew can remove dirt from the outside glass with purified water on a pole.
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 unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
