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 an approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Michigan, most of our customers book this in spring and fall, which is when the calendar gets busy.
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 doing the gutters and the outside glass together in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Window washing on a house with one story is quicker than on multi-story buildings, and the lift is what changes the number. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Stories and steep roofs, window count and oversized panes, gutters not cleaned in years or packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes are what change a quote most often. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, and the cleaning solutions used on the glass are not billed as extras.
On our jobs the differences show up on the day, not on the phone. A house with three stories needs the boom or scissor lift brought in, and a two-person crew works the back run from a different position than the front. Window cleaners who only do glass leave the gutters for a second visit, and that second visit is a second fee. Professional window cleaning is priced on the glass we can actually reach from the ground and the pole, so the count matters more than the square footage. Oversized panes such as picture windows are part of that count, so they are priced with the rest of the glass. Clean glass and clear gutters are what the street sees first, and that is where curb appeal starts. The price covers the outside glass only, and the windows inside stay as they are. Hard-water spots from a sprinkler line hitting the glass are a separate treatment, and we quote it after the crew sees it.
The easiest way to get an exact number is to tell us the stories and the window count, and text a photo of the front of the house. A customer who has an older house with gutters that have not been opened in years will hear about clogged gutters on the first visit, and the quote reflects the extra time. Water damage that shows up behind a run of gutters is photographed and reported, not sold to you. If the number on the phone matches what we find on the roof, the invoice matches too.
| 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 Lansing customers book regular cleanings twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across Michigan, spring visits run late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and fall is October to early November, after the leaves come down. In spring the pollen film sits on south-facing glass, and a residential window on that side picks up the most of it, while the pollen paste packs the gutters. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see sagging runs by the next spring.
Residential properties with heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass, or a house near a busy road or construction usually need a third visit. The spots that come back a day after cleaning are almost always sprinkler spotting, so we flag that on the first visit rather than letting you find it later. Storm and wind seasons, which across Michigan usually means severe thunderstorms, can move the dates, and we call before we come.
You will know windows need cleaning when there is a haze you only notice when the sun is low. You will know gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspout. Ask us to schedule service at whichever of those two signs shows up first. Every window on the house gets checked on that visit, and we will fit it to your calendar.
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 windows across Lansing and the surrounding area, and we book in the order the calls come in. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text: call (866) 435-6328 and tell us the number of stories, or send a photo of the house front. Lead times run a few days in quiet months and fill up in the two busy windows of the year, so an early call gets you the slot you want. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the exterior work.
We handle washing services for residential and commercial properties, from single homes and townhouses to the occasional condos, and we clean windows on each side of the building so the glass dries evenly. Dust, pollen and the grime that builds on sills and frames come off with the same pass, and gutters and downspouts get flushed so the runoff goes where it should. The crew does not come inside, and we do not remove dirt from interior glass. Window cleaning services on this visit stay outside, and interior and exterior glass are never bundled into one visit.
Yes. The same two people do the gutters first and the glass last, so you book one visit and get one invoice. Photos of each run go to your phone before the truck leaves.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. We quote residential and commercial jobs the same way, and we do not quote a figure in writing without seeing the house.
The outside carries most of the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots on our Lansing jobs, so that is where the glass gets dirty first. Our visit covers the outside of the glass only, and we do not do interior and exterior glass on the same visit, so the windows inside stay as they are.
Late May to June works for the spring visit, and October to early November for the fall visit. Most of our regular cleanings in Lansing follow that schedule, and the spring and fall cleanings fill first, so book early.
No, because we do gutters first and glass last. When a run is cleared, the leaves and grit come down the wall, so the glass is washed after the gutters are done.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the visit, and the cleaning solutions used on the glass are included in the price. We do not bill them as extras.
Picture windows are cleaned on the outside during the same visit, reached from the ground where the pole can get to them. We do not do pressure washing, and we do not clean the inside of the glass.
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 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.
