Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. Gutters go first and the glass goes last, so nothing dirty runs back onto clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Michigan, most of our customers book this combined visit in the spring and again in the fall.
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 window washing and gutter cleaning together, working from the number of stories and the approximate window count. Booking both in one visit costs less than arranging two separate washing services, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes longer to work. Window count matters, and so do oversized picture windows that need more handling. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or packed with needles and leaves, take extra time to clear. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run. Glass on a house that gets regular cleanings tends to carry less grime, so the visit goes faster than a first cleaning after a long gap. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers does not come off with cleaning, so we flag it on the visit rather than promising it will clear. Customers sometimes ask whether interior and exterior glass can be done together. Our window cleaning services cover the exterior only, and the price reflects that. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our Madison Heights jobs, the quotes that surprise people are the ones where the house has been skipped for a few seasons, since the cleanings have stopped and the grime has had time to set. Send us a photo of the front of the house by text and the number of stories, and we will tell you where your price sits before we book anything. That is the fastest way to get an exact figure and avoid a surprise on the day.
| 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, most homeowners book window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, and in Madison Heights we see the same pattern on our jobs. Spring visits across Michigan run late May to June, and fall visits here run late October to November. Madison Heights gets about 29.9 inches of precipitation a year, and May, June and July are the wettest months, so rain dust and tree residue build up fast once the weather warms. On each visit we find the pollen film on south-facing glass, a paste of needles and grit packed into the gutters, the leaf load that builds up in the fall, which is how clogged gutters start, and the severe thunderstorms across Michigan that shift the dates from year to year. Leaf debris behaves the same on residential and commercial glass, so the seasonal logic is the same whether the building is a home or a shop. Some houses need a third visit, especially multi-story buildings, houses under heavy tree cover, those with a sprinkler line hitting the glass, and those near a busy road or construction. Clogged gutters that overflow in a storm can lead to water damage at the fascia and foundation, so a slow run is worth flagging early. The crew uses purified water rather than cleaning solutions on the glass, so nothing is left behind to streak. Nothing is done to the windows inside the house on this visit, so the seasonal schedule covers the outside glass only. The sign that windows need cleaning is a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and the sign that gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge in a rain. Our crew does not give DIY instructions, but we will tell you what we see on the visit so you can decide the next step.
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 works across Madison Heights, and we book through a quick estimate by phone or text where we ask for the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Call (866) 435-6328 to start that estimate. Lead time depends on our calendar, and the two busy windows of the year are when the calendar fills fastest. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our cleaning services cover every window on the outside of the house, including the sill and frame, and we use professional window cleaning methods that dry the glass without streaks. People searching for window cleaners in Madison Heights usually want the glass and gutters handled in one visit, and that is how we schedule it. If you want to protect your curb appeal, book early in the spring and fall so you can schedule service before the calendar fills.
Yes. Our crew cleans the gutters and downspouts and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. Same two people, same ladder setup, one trip.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a figure before we book. If the home is one of the condos, text us the number of stories and the window count the same way.
On our jobs, the outside carries the pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up between visits. On a residential window, the outside takes the weather, so it is the side that shows first. The inside is not part of this visit, so the outside is the part we can clean on this trip.
Our customers here most often book in late spring and in the fall. Those are the two windows when leaves and tree debris are heaviest, so booking then keeps the glass and gutters in better shape between visits.
No, because we clean gutters first and glass last. When the gutters are cleared before the windows, the leaves, grit and black water come down the wall before we touch the glass, so nothing dirty runs back onto clean panes. Runoff from the roof carries that grit down the wall, so the order matters.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included on the outside of the window as well. The same pass helps remove dirt from the frame and sill, so nothing is left to wash down onto the clean glass.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean the inside of the windows and we do not do pressure washing on this visit.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works the outside of residential properties and does not come inside. Turn the sprinklers off, 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.
