Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first, glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them separately. Spring and fall are when most of our Niles customers book, and we know what the pollen and leaves do to a house by then.
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 price on a residential window and gutter cleaning comes from the number of stories and an approximate window count, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Doing both in one visit costs less than two separate trips, and the difference is worked out for your house before you book.
What moves the quote is what our crew finds on the day: a third story or a roof steep enough that we have to work from a boom or scissor lift, oversized picture windows, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards we have to lift and reseat, and hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras, and the number covers the exterior only, not interior and exterior glass.
On one Niles job we quoted from the stories and the window count, then looked at the front of the house from the walk before we set a number. That is the step we ask for now: send a photo of the front of the house by text, along with the number of stories. For this kind of house, cleaning solutions and purified water are used on the glass; we tell you before we start which of the two a given house needs. Our regular cleanings are scheduled around the season, so the price you hear now is the price for the next visit too.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate before the crew is on the way.
| 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 Niles customers book both twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. Our crew sees the pollen film on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packed in the gutters every spring, and the leaf load on the same runs every fall.
Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass, or a house near a busy road or construction needs a third visit as we see it, and so do multi-story buildings with a lot of glass. Those are the houses where window cleaners find the most grime and where professional window cleaning pays off most, and clogged gutters push runoff against the siding and cause water damage over a winter.
The sign that windows need cleaning is the haze you only see when the sun is low, and it costs a house its curb appeal fast. The sign that gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge in a rain. If you see either, that is the visit.
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 book a window and gutter cleaning by phone or text: tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and the crew gets back to you with a written estimate. Lead time is listed on our booking page, and when our calendar fills during the two busy windows of the year, we will tell you the first open date rather than promise one we cannot keep.
We do residential and commercial jobs, mostly residential properties like houses and condos, plus the occasional commercial building, and the crew calls before it comes. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, but a clear side gate helps. We take care of every window on the outside of the house, from the ground floor up, and we will schedule service around your sill and screen schedule.
To schedule service or ask about clean windows on your street, call (866) 435-6328 today, or text a photo of your roofline and we will tell you what the visit involves.
Yes. The same two people do the gutters and downspouts and the outside of the windows in one visit, and gutters always come first so the runoff does not land on clean glass.
Our window cleaning services are priced from the stories and the size of the house, and we give the number by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without seeing the house.
On our Niles jobs, the outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, so the glass looks hazy from inside even when the inside is clean.
Most of our Niles customers book in spring and in fall, after the seed and leaf drops. Those are the visits that catch the buildup before it sets.
Not if the gutters are done first. When the runs are cleared and flushed before the glass, nothing comes down the wall onto the panes we have just finished.
Screens are rinsed to remove dirt and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are wiped where they are reachable from outside.
Exterior only on this visit. Our crew does not clean windows inside the house, and we do not offer pressure washing services.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the 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.
