Our crew cleans the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the glass never gets dirty water on it twice. We price the bundle by the number of stories, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. Across Michigan, the spring and fall visits are when most of the homes we clean get booked, and the crew that cleans the gutters is the same crew that finishes the windows.
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 quote gutter and window cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, so there are no surprise add-ons after the crew arrives.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or steep roof that has to be worked from a boom or scissor lift, multi-story buildings with a lot of glass, a high count of large or oversized picture windows, gutters that have not been cleaned 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 sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Gutters left packed for years are also where water damage tends to start at the fascia, and those runs take more time. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across Michigan, the crews we send out see the same pattern: a house with more stories and more glass takes longer, and the gutters on an older house usually need more work than the ones we see every spring. To get your number, message us with the story count, a rough window count, and a photo of the front of the house, and we will confirm the price before we book a date. That one photo is usually enough for us to see the roofline and the glass.
Window and gutter cleaning is priced the same way every time: the number you hear is the number on the invoice, and the crew runs the same order of work on every house, with gutters cleared and flushed, a few minutes to let the wall drip off, then the glass. Ask for a written quote if you want the breakdown before you commit, and we will send one by text or email.
| 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 of our customers book gutter and window cleaning twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense. On our Monroe jobs, the spring visit lands in late May or June, after the seed drop, and what we find on the glass by then is a pollen film on the south-facing panes and sticky tree residue packed into the gutters.
In the fall, the leaf load is the main thing we see, along with storm and wind seasons that shift the dates from one year to the next. A house with heavy tree cover over the roof needs a third visit on top of its regular cleanings, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, and clogged gutters start to run over the edge in the first big rain, which is how water damage begins at the fascia. A sprinkler line that hits the glass is another reason for a third visit, since the spots it leaves come back a day after cleaning if the mineral has not been dealt with. Houses close to a busy road or a construction site collect more grime on the glass and more runoff in the gutters, so those usually go on the shorter schedule too.
Our crew does not give do-it-yourself instructions for this work, and we do not talk price here; the number comes from the stories and the window count on the phone or by text. The sign that the windows need a cleaning sooner than planned is haze that you only notice when the sun is low, and the sign that the gutters need a visit is water sheeting over the edge in rain.
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 the city, and a residential window job gets professional window cleaning on every window on the house that can be reached from the outside, with the gutters and downspouts cleared first. For residential and commercial questions beyond a house, ask on the phone and we will say what we can take on. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or send a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we will confirm the quote and the next open date.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring and fall visits, and our calendar fills up in those weeks, so the earlier you book, the sooner the crew can come. Lead time depends on how full the calendar is that month, and we will tell you the earliest date we can offer when you call. We always call before we come, so you know the crew is on the way, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
When the crew arrives, the first thing they check is the sill of each window and the run of each gutter, so there are no surprises about what needs doing. If something can not be reached safely from the ground or the lift, the crew photographs it and tells you before they leave, so the job you pay for is the job you get, with clean windows and gutters that drain.
Yes, our crew handles both window washing services and gutter cleaning in one visit, and it is the same two people on the ladder for the gutters and the glass. We clear and flush the gutters first and do the windows last, so the runoff from the gutters never lands on clean glass.
We do not give a figure on this page; the number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it over the phone or by text. Send a photo of the front of the house or call (866) 435-6328, and we will tell you the exact number before we book.
In Monroe the outside of the glass collects pollen film in spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spots that build up over the season, so the outside is usually the dirtier side. Cleaning the outside alone is a normal job for us, and clean glass does the most for curb appeal.
Most of our customers here book in late May or June after the seed drop, and again in late October or November after the leaves fall. Those are the two windows when our calendar fills, so booking early gets you a better date.
No, because we clear the gutters first and let the wall drip off before we touch the glass. Gutters first, glass last is the reason the crew works in that order.
Screens are rinsed with purified water and no cleaning solutions, sills are wiped to remove dirt, and the tracks are cleaned along with the frames. None of that is billed as an extra on the invoice.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit, so windows inside the house are not part of the job, and we do not do pressure washing as part of this job. If you want interior and exterior glass done together, ask us on the phone and we will say whether we can book it.
You do not need to be home, because the crew works outside and does not come inside. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside, and leave the side gate unlocked. Owners of condos should call first, because shared gutters and outside glass may not be yours to book.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
