Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. Our crew has been doing this in Rochester Hills for years, and most of our customers book it for the spring and fall visits. Tell us your stories and a rough window count and we will give you the number on the phone.
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 comes from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and when you book the gutters and the outside glass in one visit it costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice, whether the job is window washing, gutters or both.
On the day, the crew looks at a handful of things that change the time on the ladder. A third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked takes longer than a low ranch. A large window count and oversized picture windows add time on the glass. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, need more passes before the flush. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are part of the quote. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line is a separate problem, because cleaning does not remove it, and we tell you about it before we start. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, and the grime on the frames comes off in the same pass, so none of it is billed as an extra. This quote covers exterior glass only, so the interior and exterior of a window are not part of the same number.
Our window cleaning services in Rochester Hills show the pattern, and our washing services for gutters work the same way. Stories and window count set the base, and the day-of findings decide the rest. To get the exact number, text us a photo of the front of the house along with the stories and a rough window count, and we will walk you through what we would expect to find before anyone climbs a ladder. For most houses that is all the detail we need to give you a number you can plan around, including what regular cleanings of the glass and gutters would look like over the year.
| 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 Rochester Hills customers book both jobs twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why a window and gutter visit by one crew makes sense for the calendar. Spring is when the pollen film settles on south-facing glass and the pollen paste sets in the gutters. Fall is when the leaf load arrives and the wet mat sits in clogged gutters over the winter.
On our jobs, the spring visit is where the damage builds up fastest. Film on the outside of the glass looks like haze when the sun is low, and in the gutters the debris turns to a paste that holds water against the seams. Storms and wind seasons move the exact dates, so we book by the look of the house, not by the calendar alone. Houses with heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass, or a house near a busy road or construction tend to need a third visit. Taller houses and multi-story buildings follow the same rule, since every story adds time on the ladder. The sprinkler spots are the ones that come back a day after cleaning, and the tree houses are the ones where needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, and a blocked downspout is how water damage starts at the wall.
The signs tell you when to call. Haze on the glass that you only notice when the sun is low means the windows are overdue. We use purified water rather than cleaning solutions on the glass, so nothing is left behind to dry as a film. Water sheeting over the edge of the gutter in rain means the runs need clearing, unless the gutter also shows a slope problem, which we will tell you about rather than sell you a second cleaning for.
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 does professional window cleaning across Rochester Hills, and the same visit provides cleaning services for the gutters and downspouts. We have cleaned on houses throughout the city. Booking is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house with the number of stories and a rough window count, and we give you an estimate by phone or text. Lead time depends on the season, and we tell you the next open slot when you call to schedule service. The busy windows are the spring and fall visits, when the leaf loads land and our calendar fills first, so booking early in those months helps.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew stays outside, and you get photos of every run and every window once the job is finished. Many window cleaners only do the glass, so the point of one visit is that the runs are cleared first and nothing washes back onto the panes. Clean glass and a clear gutter line also do a lot for curb appeal from the street. We clean residential properties here, and if a building is a mix of residential and commercial space, tell us on the phone before you book. If you have a schedule that works around a time, tell us when you book and we will fit the visit around it.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and downspouts and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so runoff from the runs does not land on the glass after it is clean.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 with the stories and a rough window count, and we will tell you the number we charge.
A residential window that looks hazy is often dirty on the outside, from rain dust and sprinkler spots, so the glass looks cloudy even when the windows inside are clean. Cleaning the outside is what fixes that haze.
Most of our customers here book in spring and fall. Across Michigan, the spring visit usually lands in late May to June, so booking early gets you a slot before our calendar fills.
No. We do gutters first and glass last, so the step that helps remove dirt from the wall happens before the panes are touched. Once the runs are cleared and flushed, the glass only gets cleaned after the wall has stopped dripping, so the clean panes stay clean.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the job, and none of it is billed as an extra. Those are part of the standard visit.
We quote condos and multi-story buildings the same way as houses, by stories and window count, and the phone call tells you whether the building is one we can reach safely. This visit covers exterior glass only, with no interior windows and no pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside and leave the side gate unlocked. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
