Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing falls back onto clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Minnesota, most of our customers book this in the spring and fall, when the leaves and tree debris are heaviest on the house.
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 number we quote is the number we charge. We set it from the number of stories and the approximate window count on each residential window job, and when window and gutter work is booked together in one visit, the bundle costs less than two separate trips. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate before we schedule anything.
On our jobs, the things that change the quote are predictable. A third story or a steep roof means a boom or scissor lift and more setup time. Oversized picture windows and a high count of small panes take longer on the glass. Clogged gutters that have not been cleaned in years, packed with needles and leaves, need more work to clear. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleaned, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers does not come off with cleaning alone. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not extras billed on top.
Window washing is what most people book first, but on the same visit the washing services we do cover the gutters and downspouts too. The water runs off the roof and down the wall, and that runoff carries grime that settles on the glass below. It is also why we clear the gutters first. Condos and multi-story buildings in town often have several roof lines feeding one wall, so the order matters even more there. We flush each downspout until the water runs clear, which is how we remove dirt from the lines themselves rather than just from the top of the run.
For a real number, the fastest route is a photo of the front of the house plus your stories and window count. Some of the bigger questions, like whether a sprinkler line is hitting the glass, we can usually settle from that photo alone.
| 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 customers book window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, and one crew in one visit makes sense for that schedule. Across Minnesota the spring visit lands in mid to late June, and in Bemidji the fall visit falls in late September to October. Pairing the cleanings means one crew and one setup per side of the house each time.
In spring we find pollen film on the south-facing glass and tree residue packed into the gutter elbows. In fall the leaf load is the main thing we clear, and the wet mat it forms can sag a run and lead to water damage before the first hard freeze. Storm and wind seasons can move either date by a week or two, and we would rather come a little early than let a run sit full through a summer storm.
Houses under heavy tree cover, or with a sprinkler line that hits the glass, often need regular cleanings beyond the two a year, and a third visit is common there. Those spots come back a day after cleaning, and a house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grime between cycles. Our crew takes a look at the house on the first visit and tells you which of these apply, so the schedule fits what the property actually needs.
There are two signs to watch for. Windows need cleaning when you see a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running into the downspouts. Either one is a reason to call before the next scheduled 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 serve residential and commercial customers across the Bemidji area and book slots as the calendar opens. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front with your story count and rough window count, and we will give you an estimate by phone or text. Lead time depends on the season, so it is worth asking early for the spring and fall windows, when window cleaning services fill up first.
The busy windows are the two seasons when leaves are heaviest, and our calendar tightens then. Clean glass and running gutters do a lot for curb appeal. Outside those periods a slot usually comes open sooner. We serve residential properties, and our crew works outside the house and does not come inside, so nobody needs to be home for the visit, and we call before we arrive.
Our window cleaners work from a water-fed pole on most homes and from a boom or scissor lift on taller buildings and steeper roof lines. For a professional window cleaning job, the setup, the purified water rinse and the cleaning solutions for any stubborn film are the same whether the house is one story or three.
Yes. The same two people do both on the same visit. We clear the gutters first and clean the glass last, so the runoff from the roof is not sitting on clean windows.
The number comes from your stories and the approximate window count, and we give it by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo of the front of the house for a written estimate.
On our Bemidji jobs the outside carries most of the grime: rain dust, tree residue, and sprinkler spotting that builds up on the glass. Clean windows on the outside are worth booking even when the inside has been done.
Across Minnesota most of our customers book in spring and fall, which is when pollen and leaves hit the house hardest. Text a photo of the roofline and we will tell you whether one visit or two fits your property.
Not when we do the job. Gutters first, glass last. When the glass is washed first, the leaves, grit and black water from the gutters run down the wall and onto the panes, and the windows have to be done again.
Screens are taken down and rinsed, sills are wiped, and frames are done on every window as part of the visit. Those are included, not billed as extras.
We do not clean windows inside the house on this visit, and interior and exterior glass are different jobs. Pressure washing is not part of it either, so this visit covers exterior glass only, cleaned in the same trip as the gutters.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Leave the side gate unlocked, and we will send photos of every run before we leave.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
