Window and gutter cleaning in one visit protects curb appeal. The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows, gutters first and glass last, so nothing runs down onto clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both together costs less than booking two separate trips. On our Melvindale jobs, most customers book this in the spring and again in the fall, once the seed drop and the leaf drop are finished. Call (866) 435-6328 and we give you a number before the truck rolls.
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 a bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the gutters and the glass separately. The count rule is the same for residential and commercial jobs. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Ask for it by text with a photo of the front of the house and we can usually tell you the figure the same day. The price includes the cleaning solutions, so there is no separate line for them.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are the same ones the crew sees from the ladder: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, oversized picture windows that take more time per pane, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared, and hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line that no cleaning removes. Gutters and downspouts are flushed, screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, not billed as extras.
On our Melvindale jobs, the houses that cost more were the ones where the window count was higher than the homeowner expected, or where the gutters had not been cleaned for two seasons. Those are the details we ask about on the phone, so the number is right before the truck rolls. If the house has a ground-floor addition or a sunroom, tell us; those panes come into the count too. We count every window on the outside, and that is the count we quote. Use the same rule for every quote we give: stories, window count, a photo, and then the number.
For a window and gutter bundle in one visit, we add up both jobs once and quote the total. For a single window cleaning or a single gutter cleaning, the quote is the same method on one line. Either way you get the same crew, the same flush and flow check on the gutters, and the same purified-water finish on the glass. Regular cleanings follow the same count, so the next quote starts from the same number.
| 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 Melvindale customers book both twice a year, once in the spring after the bloom settles and once in the fall after the leaves come down. That is why one crew handles regular cleanings in one visit and why the two cleanings tend to land on the same weekend. Across the year the cadence follows what the house actually collects, whether that is grime on the glass or leaves in the runs.
In the spring visit we find a pollen film on south-facing glass and bloom residue packed into the gutters and the elbows at the bottoms of the downspouts. In the fall visit it is the wet leaf mat that has settled in the runs and the grit that comes down with it. Each visit we remove dirt from the runs before the flush, so the flush only carries water. Storms and wind seasons move the dates in both directions, so we look at the house rather than the calendar when we set the slot.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters loaded through the summer, and clogged gutters are the usual reason a third visit gets booked. May, June and July are the wettest months here, and a run left clogged through them is how water damage starts at the fascia. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house close to a busy road or active construction gets a film on the glass that a single visit does not clear. Multi-story buildings get the same pole method, but each added floor adds time. We will tell you on the first visit whether your lot is one of those. Most of our window cleaning services in Melvindale are on the twice-a-year schedule, and the exceptions are the ones we can see from the ladder.
The sign windows need cleaning is haze you only notice on the windows inside when the sun sits low in the afternoon, and the glass outside carries the same film. The sign gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge in a steady rain instead of running into the downspout.
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 clean residential properties across Melvindale, including houses and condos with a residential window count, and the booking process is the same on every house. You send the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house by text or call (866) 435-6328, and we give you a number. Once you accept it, we schedule service and put you on the calendar. Lead time depends on the season, so ask us when you call and we will give you the first open slot.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring and fall visits described above, and that is when our calendar fills fastest. If you want a date in those months, book early. Outside those windows there is usually room, and a single-visit job is easier to schedule than a window and gutter cleaning bundle that needs both the gutter run and the glass in one day.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew does not come inside, and it cleans every window on the outside that a pole can reach. We call before we come so you are not guessing about the arrival window. Professional window cleaning and gutter work are done in one visit for a standard house, with photos sent before the truck leaves.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two-person crew doing both in one visit, and we treat the gutter run and the glass as one of our washing services. We do the gutters first and the glass last so the dirty runoff does not hit clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it by phone or text. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will give you the figure on the call.
On our Melvindale jobs, the outside carries pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots that the inside never sees. Cleaning only the inside leaves the film you see when the sun comes in low.
Most of our customers here book in the spring after the bloom settles and again in the fall after the leaves come down. Ask us about the first open slot in either window.
No, we do the gutters first and the glass last. Clearing a run sends the leaves and grit down the wall, so the glass waits until the runs are flushed and the wall stops dripping.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are cleaned where they are reachable from the outside.
Not on this visit. We clean the exterior glass only on this visit, and any interior and exterior work is quoted separately. We do not do pressure washing on this visit.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the 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.
