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 dirty runs back onto clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Minnesota, most of our customers book the work in spring and fall, and we bring the same crew and the same method to every 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.
We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing the gutters and the outside glass together in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give you on the phone is the number we charge, and that holds whether you book one job or both. Work on interior and exterior glass is quoted separately, so the number here covers the outside only. Tell us the stories, the rough window count and whether any panes are oversized, and we will tell you the figure before a date is set. Professional window cleaning is quoted the same way on every house, whether or not the gutters are added.
On our jobs, several things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. Condos and multi-story buildings are priced by the same stories and window count. Oversized panes and picture windows take more care per pane. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or that are packed with needles and leaves, take more time at the downspouts. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem, because no cleaning removes it, and we tell you about it on the visit rather than charging for a surprise. Purified water does most of the work, and cleaning solutions only go on film that water does not lift. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
For a house in Cottage Grove, the most useful thing you can do is send us a photo of the front of the house by text along with the stories and a rough count of windows. Many houses have a mix of single-story wings and two-story sections, so one photo tells us more than a description does. The window and gutter cleaning quote is built from those details, and it stays the same if the crew finds the gutters are in better shape than expected. Call (866) 435-6328 with the same details and we will give you the figure on the phone.
On a typical job the quote is set by the photo and the window count, and the number holds on the day unless the crew finds something the photo could not show. That is the same pattern we follow for first-time visits and for regular cleanings.
| 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 Minnesota, most of our customers book both jobs twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for most homes. Across Minnesota the spring visit falls in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop has finished, and in Cottage Grove the fall visit lands in late October to November, after the leaves are down and before the first hard freeze. Those are the windows we plan the calendar around. Clean glass also does the most for curb appeal in June, when the sun shows every film on the front of the house. Between visits, grime settles on the outside glass and dulls it first.
What we find at each visit depends on the season. In June the pollen settles as a film on south-facing glass and packs into the gutters as a paste that blocks the elbows. In the fall the problem is the wet leaf mat that leaves clogged gutters in the valleys and holds water against the fascia, which is where water damage usually starts. Across Minnesota, severe storms and straight-line winds move the dates a little, and a bad storm can leave debris in gutters that were clean a month earlier, so we keep an eye on the calendar when we book.
Some houses need a third visit, and we say so up front. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those need a mineral treatment rather than another wash. A house close to a busy road or active construction picks up a film faster than a quiet street. If your house is one of these, we set the schedule from what we saw on the house, not from a general rule.
You will know windows need cleaning when there is a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running into the downspout. Either one is a good reason to call.
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 cleans gutters and windows across Cottage Grove, and we do window and gutter cleaning for residential window and gutter work throughout the city. Our window cleaning services run alongside the gutter work, and the same crew books both. Some window cleaners only do the glass and leave the gutters for the next storm, and our washing services cover both in one visit. Booking these cleaning services starts with a call or a text: give us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will confirm the quote and the earliest slot. Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, fill first, so an early call helps.
We cover residential properties in Cottage Grove, and the same method applies to every house. We clean the gutters and downspouts first, flush each downspout, then rinse the outside of every window, so you get clean windows without the dirty runoff that comes from doing the glass first. The frames are rinsed as well, which helps remove dirt before the glass dries. The windows inside the house are not part of this visit. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come so you know the crew is on the way. If we cannot reach a pane safely, we photograph it and tell you before we leave. This page covers homes; for residential and commercial jobs of another kind, call and we will say whether the crew takes them.
To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front and your stories, and we will give you a written estimate and a date. We do not promise same-day service, and we will not put you on a date we cannot keep.
Yes, we do both. Our washing services run on the same crew, and we clean the gutters first and the glass last, so the work runs in one visit.
The number depends on the size of the house and the window count, and we give it by phone or text after a quick look at a photo.
Usually yes in Cottage Grove, because the outside carries the pollen, rain dust, grime and sprinkler spotting that build up between visits, and that film is what dulls the glass first.
Most of our customers here book in spring and fall, and we plan the calendar around those windows.
No. Gutters first, glass last, so anything that comes down the wall is rinsed before the panes are touched. The frame rinse is there to remove dirt before the glass dries.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and tracks are included unless they are packed with grime that needs a separate pass.
Exterior only on this visit. The windows inside the house stay as they are, because interior and exterior glass are priced as separate jobs. Pressure washing is not part of this visit either.
You do not need to be home. Turn sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, 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.
