Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing that comes off the roof ends up on clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across Michigan, our crews book this combined visit every spring and fall, because the seed, pollen and leaf loads arrive at the same two points each year.
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 quote is set by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking window and gutter cleaning together in one visit costs less than two separate jobs. Many cleaners price residential and commercial work by square footage. We do not. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Pollen on the glass during the spring visit is cleaned in the same pass, so it is not billed as a separate job. Regular cleanings are quoted one visit at a time, so you never sign up for a plan you did not ask for. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. Stories and steep roofs take longer on the ladder, and multi-story buildings add the most ladder and pole time. Window count and oversized picture windows change the glass time. Glass with years of grime needs more time to remove dirt before the rinse. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or packed with needles and leaves, need more clearing before the flush. Gutter guards must be lifted and reseated before the run can be checked. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers does not come off with cleaning solutions, so we note it on the visit rather than charge for a cleaning that cannot remove it.
Here is how we get the exact number. Send a text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the figure before anyone is scheduled. Price is the same whether you booked the gutters or the windows alone or the combined visit, but the combined visit is where the savings are. Clean glass and clear gutters also do more for curb appeal than most people expect. Our crew has worked enough Westland houses to know what a window-and-gutter visit needs. The exterior work is priced on its own, and interior and exterior jobs are quoted as two jobs, so you are never told one thing on the phone and another on the ladder.
| 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, the usual visits for both jobs are late May to June and late October to November, so one crew and one visit can cover the seed and pollen drop in spring and the wet leaf mat in fall. In spring the pollen film shows on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs the gutter elbows. In fall, clogged gutters are the problem, and on houses that skipped that visit we see runs by March that sagged under ice, and that sag is where water damage to the fascia usually starts.
Some homes need a third visit. Window cleaners who only come back when the glass looks bad miss the runs that are already holding water. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on the glass. Multi-story buildings often need a second look at the upper runs between visits, and clear glass and gutters keep curb appeal up in the weeks in between. We will tell you after the first visit which of these your lot needs.
We do not book regular cleanings on a fixed schedule for every house. Our cleaning services are set by what the house needs, so we look at the run and the glass on the first visit and set the interval from what we find. You will know it is time to book again when water sheets over the edge of the gutter in rain, or when haze shows on the glass only when the sun is low. Booking professional window cleaning before that haze builds up keeps each visit short, and the windows inside look brighter for longer when the outside is clear.
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 residential window and gutter cleaning across Westland and the houses around it, from single-story ranches to two-story homes. Our residential properties get the same run-first order of work, and every window on the outside that the ladder or pole can reach is included. Every visit includes clean windows on the outside, rinsed screens and wiped sills. Booking starts with a phone or text estimate using the number of stories and a photo of the house front. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or send that photo. Lead time depends on the season, and we confirm the slot when we send the quote. In the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, our calendar fills, so the sooner you call, the sooner the crew comes out.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew works outside and does not come inside, and we call before we come. Our washing services stop at the exterior, so the windows inside stay as they are. We book a date you pick from the open slots, and we tell you what the crew will do on each run before the ladders go up.
Yes, and it is the same crew. Many people search for window cleaning services and gutter service separately, but we do both on one visit, gutters and downspouts first and glass last, so the dirt from the roof never lands on clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house. Condos are quoted the same way, and multi-story buildings are priced for the extra ladder and pole time. Text us a photo of the front and the number of stories, or call (866) 435-6328, and we give you the figure before a date is set.
Yes, for most homes. The outside carries pollen, rain dust, grime and sprinkler spots that the inside never sees, and cleaning the outer pane is how you remove dirt that rain leaves on it.
Across Michigan the usual windows are late May to June and late October to November, after the seed drop and after the leaves come down. We set the exact date from your house on the first visit.
No. Runoff from clogged gutters runs down the wall, so we clear the gutters and flush every downspout first, let the wall stop dripping, and only then touch the glass. That order is the reason for doing both on one visit.
Our washing services include rinsing screens, wiping sills and cleaning tracks as part of the exterior job, so none of them appear as a separate line.
No. This visit covers exterior glass only, so the windows inside stay as they are, and we do not do pressure washing on it.
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.
