Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them separately. Our crew cleans gutters and windows in Elk River in the spring and fall, when most of our local customers book.
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.
Our washing services are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the same method applies to residential and commercial jobs. Doing the window and gutter cleaning in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give you on the phone is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house for a written estimate.
What moves the quote on the day: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, window count and oversized picture windows, clogged gutters packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Here is how a recent Elk River job went. A two-story house with a sprinkler line hitting the front glass had its price move up once we saw the spotting on the windows, because mineral treatment is a separate step. We told the owner before we started and wrote the number down. Use the same approach when you book: give us the stories, the window count, and the front of the house by text so we can quote the exact figure. Ask about interior and exterior glass when you call, since they are quoted as separate jobs. Ask for a written estimate before any work starts, so the cleaning solutions and the extra steps are on paper.
Most of our Elk River customers want the same thing, a clear view from the picture windows and a clean exterior without a second trip. The gutters get cleared, flushed and hauled away, and the glass is finished last. Regular cleanings keep that job smaller each year.
| 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 Elk River customers book both twice a year, in late spring and in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across Minnesota the pattern holds for cleaning services: the spring seed and pollen season and the fall leaf drop are the two times the work piles up. Our washing services follow the same calendar, and our fall visits in Elk River usually run October to early November.
In spring we find the pollen film on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packed in the gutters. The windows inside stay as they are on this visit, since we only clean the outside. In fall it is the wet leaf mat and the leaves that stop water from draining. Across Minnesota, severe storms and straight-line winds can move the dates, so we book the visit once the gutters are clear enough to measure.
Some houses, and multi-story buildings with a lot of glass, need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps clogged gutters filling with needles and grit between visits, and a sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves spots that come back a day later. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on the glass. Those cases stay on a shorter schedule, and we tell you which group your house falls into after the first visit.
Professional window cleaning on a regular schedule keeps the glass from building up a film you only notice when the sun is low. The sign that windows need it is haze that shows up in low-angle light. Clean glass and gutters also keep curb appeal up, since a stained gutter line and hazy windows show from the street. The sign that gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in rain, which is a sign of runoff that is not draining, and often leads to water damage at the fascia if left alone.
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 window and gutter cleaning across Elk River, from one residential window to the residential properties that need the glass and gutters done together. Our window cleaning services run in the same order on every house, with the gutters cleared before the glass. Booking is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house with the number of stories, and we give you an estimate. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring pollen season and the fall leaf drop, when our calendar fills. Book early in those months and you will get the slot you want. We clean every window on the outside of the house, including the sill, with a purified water rinse that helps remove dirt, so you get clean windows in one pass and do not have to schedule a second trip. To schedule service, call or text us with the stories and the window count.
Yes. Our two-person crew does both jobs in one visit, for houses and condos alike, gutters first and glass last, so the dirty water from the gutters does not end up on the clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house. We give you the price for the window cleaning services and the gutters by phone or text before any work starts.
Yes, on the houses we clean here the outside carries pollen, rain dust, grime and sprinkler spots that the inside never sees, so the glass looks cloudy from outside even when the inside is clean.
Most of our local customers book in late spring and in fall, when the pollen and leaves are heaviest on the house.
No. We clear the gutters and downspouts first, so the water and grit come off before we touch the windows, and runoff from the gutters does not run back down onto the glass.
Screens are rinsed to remove dirt and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included when they are reachable from outside.
No. On this visit our washing services cover the exterior of the windows only. We do not clean inside the windows or do pressure washing, so the interior and exterior work is a separate job.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
