Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the bundle by the number of stories, and both jobs done together cost less than booking two separate trips. Our crew has done this work across Michigan for years, and most of our Orion customers book it each spring and 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.
Our window washing is priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Our washing services for gutters and downspouts are quoted from the same stories and footage, so one estimate covers both.
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 panes and high window counts, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of our window cleaning services and are not billed as extras.
Here is what we have seen on a recent Orion job. A two-story house with a full run of gutters and a high count of street-facing windows took a longer morning than the owner expected, because the back run had not been cleared in years and the downspouts were packed to the elbow. The number we quoted over the phone held, and the crew sent photos of every run before the truck left. The lesson we take from that visit is simple: send us the stories, the window count and a photo of the front of the house, and the quote will match the invoice. Some of the properties we handle here are multi-story condos, where the same rule applies to every building face. Once a year is enough for many homes, but gutters under mature trees fill fast, and the grime that builds on glass near a busy road sits on the surface until someone cleans it off. We do not charge extra to remove dirt or runoff staining that we can clear on the day; we tell you up front what is outside the job, and we do not spring it on you. If you want to see what your house will cost, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and ask for a written estimate.
| 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 Orion customers book regular cleanings twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across Michigan the spring visit lands in late May to June and the fall visit in late October to November, and that is the calendar we work from here too. The calendar is the same for residential and commercial buildings, but this page is about houses. Some owners ask about interior and exterior glass on the same day; we only do the exterior on this visit.
What we find at each visit follows the season. In spring, the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs the gutters, so the first run out of the downspouts is often grey. Lifting the film is mostly a purified-water job on most panes, and the crew uses cleaning solutions only on frames and sills where it has dried. In fall, the leaf load is the thing, and wet leaves in the gutters are heavier than the dry ones in June. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates, so we keep the calendar flexible within the window.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof fills the gutters faster than twice a year can keep up with. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those are mineral marks, not dirt. Picture windows show these marks most, because there is so much glass to see them on. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects grit on the glass faster than the usual schedule. We tell you which of these your house has after the first visit.
You will know windows need it when you see haze that only shows up when the sun is low. You will know gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running down 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.
Our crew has cleaned gutters and exterior windows across Orion, and we book the estimate by phone or text. Send the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house and we will confirm a slot. Lead time is listed on the booking page, and we call before we come, so nobody has to guess at the arrival window.
When our calendar fills, it fills in the two busy windows of the year, the late spring season and the fall leaf drop. If you can book outside those, you will usually get the earlier slot. Our cleaning services run on the same schedule for both jobs, so the bundle does not make the calendar harder to fill. The crew arrives with its own equipment and water, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work, though the crew does not clean windows inside.
We are not a window cleaners' referral service; the same two people do the gutters and the glass. A house with clogged gutters can wick water into the fascia and cause water damage that no window cleaning will fix, so if the crew sees that, it is photographed and reported. Professional window cleaning means the glass is done with a water-fed pole and purified water, and the frame and sill are wiped too, which keeps the curb appeal you paid for. Multi-story buildings and tall houses need a boom or scissor lift on some runs, and that is quoted before the crew arrives.
Yes, it is the same two people, and the same order applies on residential properties: we clean the gutters first and the glass last on every visit, so the runoff from the gutters does not end up on clean windows.
We do not quote from a fixed list. The price comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and ask for a written estimate.
Yes, because the outside of a residential window collects spring dust, rain film and the sprinkler spots that build up between visits. Clean windows outside also change how the house looks from the street.
Most of our Orion customers book in late spring, after the spring rush, and again in late fall, after the leaves come down. To schedule service, book outside those windows if you can and you will usually get the earlier slot.
Not on our visits. We do gutters first and glass last, so nothing from the gutters washes down onto every window we have already done.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included on the standard visit, and anything beyond that is photographed and quoted before work starts.
Not on this visit. We clean the exterior of the glass only, and we do not do pressure washing here.
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.
