Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do gutters first and glass last, so the dirty runoff never lands on clean panes. We price by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. Across Michigan, most of our customers book in spring and fall, when pollen and leaves are heaviest.
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.
The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice, and it comes from three things: how many stories the house has, roughly how many windows face outside, and what is sitting in the gutters. Bundling window and gutter cleaning into one visit is cheaper than booking the two jobs separately, and the saving shows on your quote.
On the day, the crew looks for a few things that change the work. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer. Gutters that have not been opened in years arrive packed with seeds, pollen paste and leaves, and need more passes. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run. Oversized picture windows and tall sills take more time per pane. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem that cleaning alone will not remove, and we tell you about it before we start. Purified water does the rinsing, so there are no cleaning solutions to add to the bill. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not billed as extras. Gutters and downspouts get checked on every visit, and that check is included in the price.
Most homeowners here are surprised by how much debris collects in the gutters and on south-facing glass in the warm months, and that film is part of why the cleaning matters. Our crew deals with the same residential and commercial jobs, so we know which details add time and which do not. Both interior and exterior glass come up as questions, but this visit covers the outside only.
Getting an exact number is simple. Call (866) 435-6328 or send us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house by text, and we will tell you what the job costs before anyone books a date. For regular cleanings, the second visit is usually quicker because the gutters are already clear.
| 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.
Plenty of homeowners end up with two separate cleaning services on the calendar, one for the glass and one for the gutters. Most of our Kentwood customers book both jobs twice a year, once in the spring visit window and once in the fall visit window, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense on a regular schedule. Across Michigan, the spring window runs late May to June, and the fall window runs October to early November.
In spring we find seeds and grit packed into the downspout elbows and a film on the south-facing glass. In fall the leaf load is the thing to watch, and clogged gutters are the usual cause of runoff that spills over the edge. Plenty of window cleaners only do the glass, and that is how runoff ends up on the panes they just washed. Severe thunderstorms across Michigan can move the dates a little, so we book around them.
Some homes need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack 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 active construction picks up dust faster than most. Multi-story buildings take longer to reach, and a backed-up downspout between visits can lead to water damage at the foundation. Professional window cleaning on those houses is planned around the roof, not just the glass. We see those on our Kentwood jobs and plan the calendar around them.
You will know windows need cleaning when haze shows up only when the sun is low. You will know gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a hard rain instead of running down the downspout. Until then, the two visits a year cover most houses. Clean glass also helps curb appeal on the street side. Windows inside are not part of these visits.
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 have cleaned gutters and windows across Kentwood, and our crew moves through the city on a regular route. Most of our work is on residential properties, and our residential window work runs on the same route as the gutter runs, so one visit covers both. Booking is quick. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text us the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we will confirm a window that fits your schedule. Lead times depend on the season, so ask us what is open when you call.
The busy stretches of the year are when the seeds and the leaves come down, and our calendar fills first then. If you want a date in those weeks, book early. Outside those stretches, we usually have room sooner, so you can get clean windows before the next storm.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew calls before arriving, works outside, and does not come inside. Every window on the outside of the house is cleaned, and the sill is wiped as part of the visit. If you have a preference on the order, tell us when you schedule, though we always do gutters first and glass last for a reason.
Yes. Our crew handles both gutter cleaning and exterior window cleaning in the same visit, so these washing services run on one company and one schedule. We work gutters first and glass last.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we quote it by phone or text. Send us a photo of the front of the house and the stories count, and we will give you the figure before anyone books a date.
On most houses and condos here, yes. The outside takes the rain dust, sprinkler spotting and grime, and those build up on the glass even when the inside looks fine. Cleaning the outside is also how we remove dirt from the frame and sill.
Most of our Kentwood customers book in spring and fall, after the spring seed drop and again after the leaves come down. Book earlier in those windows, because the calendar fills first.
Not on our jobs. We clear the gutters and downspouts first, flush them through, let the wall drip off, and only then touch the glass. Doing it the other way round means washing the same windows twice.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included in the visit as well, so none of that appears as an add-on line.
Not on this visit. We clean the exterior glass only, and we do not do pressure washing as part of this service.
No, 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 while ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
