Yes, one crew cleans your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, clearing the roofline before the glass so nothing runs back down the wall onto clean panes. Our window cleaning services are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. Across Minnesota, the spring visit is set for mid to late June and the fall visit for October to early November, and you can call (866) 435-6328 or text the front of the house for a quick estimate in a minute.
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 residential and commercial jobs by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The cleaning solutions are not a separate line on the bill, because the glass is done with purified water. The cleaning services here come as one job with one number, and that number on the phone is the number on the invoice, so you know what it will be before the crew arrives.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. On multi-story buildings, a third story or a steep roof means a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. A large window count or oversized picture windows take longer on the glass. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or packed with needles and leaves, need more time at the roofline. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is not something cleaning removes, and we tell you about it before we quote the mineral treatment. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On the exterior glass, pollen is the film we see most on south-facing panes, and seed paste sits in the gutters at the start of the season. Interior and exterior glass are priced separately, and this quote covers the exterior only. Regular cleanings usually take less time on the glass than a first job on a neglected house. After the first visit we tell you the window and gutter schedule that suits your house, once we have seen how much comes off each run. To get the exact number, text us the front of the house with a rough count of stories and windows, and we come back with a figure in writing before anyone books a date.
| 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, the spring visit is set for mid to late June and the fall visit for October to early November, and one crew in one visit covers both gutters and glass. Our cleaning services follow that calendar because it matches when the work piles up. In spring it is pollen on the glass and seed paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the leaf load and the wet mat that sits on the run.
Climate sets the rest. Freeze risk is real here, and snow falls from January through April and again in November and December, about 54 inches a year. June through August are the wettest months, with about 33.6 inches of precipitation a year. Severe storms and straight-line winds across Minnesota move the dates, so we keep the calendar loose rather than fixed. A house with heavy tree cover needs regular cleanings, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, and clogged gutters can lead to water damage at the fascia when the water sheets over the edge. Window cleaners who skip the roofline miss this, which is why we start there.
Sprinklers that hit the glass leave spots that come back a day later, and a house near a busy road collects more grime on the outside panes. Multi-story buildings take a lift instead of a ladder, so the first visit sets the schedule. Haze on the glass shows up when the sun is low, and runoff sheeting over the edge in rain usually means the run is blocked rather than undersized. Curb appeal in spring depends on both, and the first visit tells us which schedule your house needs. Professional window cleaning covers the outside only, so nobody needs to be home for it.
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 clean exterior windows and gutters on residential properties across the Crystal area, and we book the window and gutter cleaning slot once we have the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Every residential window gets the same exterior treatment. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come. The estimate itself takes a few minutes by phone or text, so call (866) 435-6328 when you are ready.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, when the leaves and grit are at their worst. If you want a particular week, schedule service early in the season rather than waiting for the first cold snap. Professional window cleaning reaches every window on the exterior, from the ground floor to the upper story, using a pole or a lift where the house requires it.
Each job includes the sill and frame on the outside of every window, and the gutters and downspouts on the same run, so you get clean windows on every side of the house. If something on the roofline needs attention beyond cleaning, the crew photographs it and reports it to you, and that is where the visit ends.
Yes, one crew handles both washing services in one visit. We clear the gutters and downspouts first and do the glass last, so nothing from the roofline washes down onto the clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and for condos we need the window count on the exterior. We give it to you by phone or text before we book, and what you hear on the phone is what the invoice shows.
Usually yes on a house in Crystal. Rain dust, sprinkler spotting and grime all sit on the outside glass, and the pole is how our window cleaning services remove dirt from it. Clean inside glass will still look hazy from outside until the exterior is done.
The spring visit is set for mid to late June across Minnesota, and the fall visit runs October to early November. Those are the two visit windows we plan around.
No, because the gutters are cleared and flushed before the glass is touched. That gives the wall time to stop dripping, so runoff from the roofline does not land on the panes.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the exterior job. Tracks are included when they are reachable from outside, and the gutters and downspouts are cleared on the same visit. None of that is billed as an extra.
On this visit we clean exterior glass only. Interior and exterior glass are different jobs, so we do not clean windows inside the house, and we do not do pressure washing.
Of the frequently asked questions we get, this is the one with the simplest answer: you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
