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 the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Our crew does this work most often in spring and fall, which is when most of our Chanhassen customers book it. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice.
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.
Window washing and gutter work are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the two jobs done together in one visit come in below booking them separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, so tell us the stories and the rough window count, or text a photo of the front of the house.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are the same every time. A third story or a steep roof means more time on the ladder, and professional window cleaning at that height takes more setup. Oversized panes and a high window count add time to the glass. Clogged gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is not something cleaning removes, and we will tell you on the visit if it is there. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
For a single house, the crew asks for three things before the estimate: the number of stories, the approximate window count, and a photo of the front of the house sent by text. With those, the quote on the phone matches what we bill when the job is done. Curb appeal on the street is what most people are paying for, and the glass and gutters are what carry it, so we walk the whole house each visit rather than only the side you see from the driveway. A film that will not come off with a rinse takes a second pass to remove dirt before we move on. If water damage has already started at a fascia or a window sill, we photograph it and report it; we do not sell repair work from 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.
Most of our Chanhassen customers book gutter and window cleaning twice a year, and that is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the spring and fall calendar. If you want to schedule service on the same calendar every year, tell us at the first visit and we hold both dates. Across Minnesota, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit in October to early November, after the leaves come down and before the first hard freeze.
At each visit we find different things. In the spring, the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs the gutters and the downspout elbows. In the fall, it is the wet leaf mat and the grit that washes down with it, along with the grime that dries on the glass under it. Severe storms and straight-line winds across Minnesota move the dates a little from year to year, and a hard blow can drop a run of debris onto the glass the week after a visit, which leaves runoff across the sills and the wall below the gutter. We look at the calendar and the weather together, and we check those spots on the next visit.
Some houses need a third visit, and most residential window jobs do not. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings. 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 a film on the glass faster than a quiet street. Picture windows show every mark, so the crew checks every window on the house, not only the ones facing the street. Even a house with clean windows after the spring visit still needs its gutters and downspouts cleared, because they fill on their own schedule. Those are the houses we see on three or four visits a year, and after the first visit we tell you which group your lot is in and whether regular cleanings on the twice-a-year pattern will hold.
You will see when the windows need it: a haze that shows only when the sun is low. You will see when the gutters need it: water sheeting over the edge in a rain, not running into 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 works across Chanhassen, and our cleaning services are booked the same way for every street, including the window cleaning services. Start with an estimate by phone or text: call (866) 435-6328, or send a text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we confirm the window count and the time we can come. Lead time depends on the season; the spring and fall windows fill first, so book early in those months. When our calendar is full we say so on the phone rather than promising a date we cannot keep. If the timing matters, ask to schedule service for the first open slot.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and the crew does the job from the ladder and the outside of the house. Some properties we service are older, large or multi-story buildings with several sides, such as condos, and we plan those visits with the owner or manager before the day. The same booking process covers residential and commercial properties, and the crew sends the photos of each run before it leaves.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the glass in one visit. Gutters go first, so the glass is the last thing we touch.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Large picture windows take more time than a standard pane, so tell us about those too. Send us the stories and a photo of the front and you will have the number before we book.
On our jobs, the outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, so the glass looks worst from outside. Our washing services are aimed at that outside glass, and cleaning the inside does nothing about those.
Most of our Chanhassen customers book in spring and fall, and the crew comes out around those visits. Book early, because those windows fill first.
Not on our jobs, because we clear the gutters and flush the downspouts before we touch the glass. Doing it in the other order means washing the same panes twice with the cleaning solutions.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the exterior job. Tracks are included in the visit, so you will not see them as a separate line on the invoice.
We clean the exterior only. The windows inside the house stay as they are, and pressure washing is not part of 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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
