Yes, 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 doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Minnesota, our crews book this bundle with homeowners every spring and fall, and the number we give you 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.
We price gutters and downspouts together with professional window cleaning, by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and it does not change once the crew is on the ladder.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes longer to reach safely. A high window count, or oversized panes like picture windows, adds time at the glass. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or that are packed with needles and leaves, take more hands and more water. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers does not come off with cleaning, so we tell you about it before we start. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
To get your exact number, text us the front of the house and tell us the stories and roughly how many windows you have. Window washing on a two-story house with clogged gutters is usually a different quote from a single-story house with clean runs, and that is why we ask. If you are on the fence about curb appeal versus cost, the crew can point out where water damage is starting before it reaches the trim, and that is worth knowing either way.
| 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 Forest Lake residential window and gutter customers book both jobs twice a year, which makes those two cleanings the core of their calendar, and that is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across Minnesota, our spring visits run from mid to late June and our fall visits from October to early November.
In the spring visit, pollen film sits on the south-facing glass and pollen paste packs the gutters, and we find it at the elbows of every downspout. The fall visit is about the leaf load, which can mat into wet blankets along the back runs and pull on the hangers over winter. Storm and wind seasons move the dates a little, so schedule service early; we would rather book a week early than wait out a freeze.
Some residential properties need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after we clean, and a house close to a busy road or active construction picks up dust fast. Those cases are on our calendar for a third visit, and on the first walk-around we check every window and every downspout before we decide.
You will know your clean windows need attention when you notice a haze you only see when the sun is low. You will know gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of 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 Forest Lake and the surrounding houses. Our cleaning services cover the gutters, our washing services cover the outside glass, and window cleaning services are booked on the same visit. We book by phone or text: send us the number of stories and a photo of the house front, or call (866) 435-6328, and we give you a slot and a time window. Typical lead time is set by the calendar that season, and it is shorter in the quiet months than in the two busy windows of the year, when the spring and fall loads are heaviest and our calendar fills first.
We call before we come, and 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 or a run behind a tree limb, we photograph it and tell you rather than guessing.
We work on residential and commercial buildings, including multi-story buildings, homes with multiple units and condos, where a single gutter run can serve several units and grime builds up on shared glass. On a condo building, the crew coordinates access with the building manager before the first run is cleaned. Shared glass gets its own pass to remove dirt, which keeps runoff from landing on the lower units and keeps the cleaning schedule predictable.
Yes. The same two people who clean the outside of your windows also clean your gutters, in one visit, gutters first and glass last. That order keeps the dirty runoff from landing on clean glass.
We do not quote a figure here because the number depends on stories and size. Text us the front of the house and the number of stories, or call (866) 435-6328, and we give you the exact number before the crew is booked.
Yes, because the outside carries tree dust, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up between visits. Those are the things the inside of a clean window never sees, and they are what makes the glass look hazy in low sun.
Most of our Forest Lake customers book in late spring, after the spring bloom, and again in fall, after the last leaves come down. Regular cleanings on that schedule run roughly mid to late June and October to early November across Minnesota.
Not on our jobs. We clear the roof, the gutters and the downspouts first, then let the wall dry before we touch the glass. Doing it the other way round means washing the same windows twice.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the exterior job. We do not bill them separately, and the screens go back into the window they came out of.
We do exterior glass only on this visit, using purified water and mild cleaning solutions on frames where water alone will not lift the grime. We do not do interior and exterior glass on the same visit, so the windows inside stay as they are, and we do not do pressure washing on this visit.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the 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.
