Yes, the same two people who clean your gutters are the window cleaners on your house, and they do both in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them separately. Across Michigan, most of our customers book this in spring and fall, before the grime from the season settles in, and that is the calendar we work to.
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 our washing services for window and gutter cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate residential window count, both jobs in one visit cost less than booking the two separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Residential and commercial properties are quoted the same way, and this visit covers exterior glass only, so interior and exterior work is priced as its own job. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you that number before we book the date.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day: on multi-story buildings, a third story or a steep roof means working from a boom or scissor lift; a window count with oversized picture windows; a heavy pollen film that a single rinse will not lift; clogged gutters packed with needles and leaves, and gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated; and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Where a gutter has overflowed for years, any water damage gets noted on the day and quoted before work on it starts. The cleaning solutions for frames and sills, downspout flushing and screen rinsing are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across Michigan the houses that come in the highest tend to be the ones that skipped regular cleanings between visits, because the tree dust in May and the wet leaf mat in November have been working into the elbows for months. The easiest way to get your exact figure is to send us a photo of the front of the house and tell us the stories, and we will tell you where it lands.
| 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 Royal Oak customers book both 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, after the seed and pollen drop finishes, and the fall visit in late October to November, after the leaves come down. Professional window cleaning and gutter work fit those same two visits, so the cleaning services on this calendar stay simple.
What we find at each visit is consistent. In spring there is a pollen film on the south-facing glass and a paste of seed and needles packed in the gutters. In fall there are clogged gutters under a wet leaf mat that turns to sludge over the winter, and that runoff can lead to water damage at the eaves if it sits. Across Michigan, window cleaners see the same pattern every year, and severe thunderstorms are the reason we sometimes come back early to check the gutters and downspouts.
Some houses need a third visit. We see that when there is heavy tree cover over the roof, when a sprinkler line hits the glass and leaves spots that come back a day later, or when the house sits near a busy road or active construction. The same goes for condos and multi-story buildings with a lot of glass. Those customers are on every three to four months rather than twice a year, because grit and needles keep packing the downspouts between visits. Regular cleanings on that schedule keep the buildup from becoming a problem, and our crew is the same crew each time.
You will know windows need it when you see a haze that only shows up when the sun is low, and that haze is grime the rain has not washed off, usually on the outside of the glass rather than the windows inside. You will know gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in the rain instead of running into the downspout. Clean glass and clear gutters are a big part of curb appeal, and it is simpler to remove dirt on a schedule than after it sets. If you are not sure which of those you are seeing, text us a photo of the roofline and we will tell you.
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 do window and gutter cleaning across Royal Oak, and our washing services follow the same method for every residential window, whether the house is a small bungalow, a condo, or one of the larger residential properties with a lot of glass. Booking starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and that is the fastest way to schedule service. From there we set a date, and most slots come up within the lead time we give you on the call.
The two busy windows are spring and fall, because that is when tree dust and leaves hit at once. Our calendar fills in those weeks, so the sooner you schedule service the better your odds of getting the date you want. Quotes start from the window count either way, so the phone number works the same way. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. The crew does not come inside.
We clean every window on the outside of the house that can be reached safely, including the picture windows at the front and the upper-story glass done from the pole. The frame and the sill get wiped on each one, so the clean windows look right from the street. If a window cannot be reached without risk, the crew photographs it and tells you before they leave, so nothing is missed without your knowledge. Most people ask about interior and exterior glass together, but this visit covers the outside only, and the windows inside the house are not touched.
Yes. The same two people do both, and our washing services run gutters first and the glass last. Gutters and downspouts get cleared and flushed before we touch a pane, so the runoff from them stays off the windows we have just cleaned.
We give you the number by phone or text from the stories and the size of the house, and the same two stories can land very differently depending on how much grime and debris is in the clogged gutters.
Yes, for most homes, because the outside carries most of the grime. Tree film, rain dust and sprinkler spots build up on the glass from outside, so an interior-only clean misses most of it. Condos with a lot of glass see the same thing, and clean outside glass does the most for curb appeal.
Across Michigan, most people book late May or June for the spring visit and late October or November for the fall visit. Those are the weeks when the calendar fills, so booking early helps.
No. Gutters first, glass last. When a run is cleared the leaves, the grit and the black water come down the wall, so the glass has to wait until the wall stops dripping.
Screens are rinsed, and the sills and frames are wiped with mild cleaning solutions as part of the window cleaning. Tracks are included on the same visit, so we remove dirt from them too.
We get asked about interior and exterior glass together, but this visit is exterior only. We do not clean the windows inside the house, and we do not do pressure washing on this visit.
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. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
