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 both jobs done together cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across Minnesota, most of our customers book this in the 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 our window cleaning services 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 number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not billed as extras.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a window count that runs high or oversized picture windows, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, and gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated before we can clear the run. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is another one: it is etched into the glass and no cleaning removes it, so we flag it on the first visit. Most of these show up in the photos we ask for before the crew comes out.
To get the exact number, text us a photo of the front of the house, or call (866) 435-6328 with the number of stories and roughly how many windows. Quotes for multi-story buildings are priced per story, so give us the height on the call. If your house has a lot of glass or a long run of gutter, say so, and we will work the window washing and gutter work into a single price before anyone climbs a ladder. Our crew uses the same method for a townhouse as for a single-family home, and the quote covers the washing services and the cleanings together.
The job is not just a line item. Quotes for interior and exterior work are separate, and this visit covers the exterior only. We rinse every screen and wipe every sill as we go, and we do not charge extra for the grime that builds up along the frames of the picture windows. If you want the regular cleanings on a set schedule, we set the dates on the first visit and hold to them.
| 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 falls in mid to late June, and the fall visit in Grand Rapids lands in late September to October, so the two visits line up with the calendar. Doing the window and gutter work in one trip means the pollen film on south-facing glass and the pollen packed in the gutters get cleared together. We clean with purified water rather than cleaning solutions, so there is no residue left to streak, and the same order of work applies to residential and commercial glass alike. Grand Rapids gets about 29.4 inches of precipitation a year, wettest in June, July and August, and about 59.6 inches of snow, which falls January through April and October through December.
Across Minnesota, severe storms and straight-line winds can leave debris in the runs that the spring visit would otherwise have caught, so we ask about storms on the booking call. Water damage at the fascia usually starts with clogged gutters that sit full before a storm, and a run that is clogged is the first one we clear. The houses that need a third visit are the ones with heavy tree cover over the roof, the ones with a sprinkler line hitting the glass (those spots come back a day after cleaning), and the ones near a busy road or a construction site where grit settles on the frames.
The sign that windows need cleaning again is a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and a haze on the windows inside the house is often the outside glass. The sign that gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge in the rain instead of running down the downspout. Neither needs a visit every month; both need one on the calendar.
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 have cleaned gutters and exterior windows across Grand Rapids, and the work does not change much from one part of the city to the next; the stories and the glass do. We work on residential properties, and the crew checks every window on the house before it leaves. Professional window cleaning starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. We give you a slot based on the calendar, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew does not come inside.
Across Minnesota the spring visit falls in mid to late June, and the fall visit in late September to October, and those are the busy windows when most of our cleaning services are booked. If you call in those weeks, expect a wait, and ask about the open dates before you decide. Outside those windows the schedule is looser. Our crew works one visit at a time, so the schedule service stays predictable even when the calendar is full. We are both the window cleaners and the gutter crew, so one call covers both, and clean glass with clear gutters does a lot for curb appeal. The crew wipes the sill as it goes. For a house with many windows or a steep roof, we usually ask for the first call a few weeks ahead of the date you want.
Yes. On residential window jobs the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. That is why we book the two together.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and condos and residential properties are quoted the same way. It is the number on the invoice, with downspout flushing and haul-off already in it. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo to get it.
On a Grand Rapids house the outside carries the pollen film, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and an inside cleaning will not remove dirt from any of them. The glass looks different once the outside is done, so most people start there.
Across Minnesota the spring visit falls in mid to late June, and the fall visit here lands in late September to October. Severe storms and straight-line winds across Minnesota are a good reason to call early for the fall slot.
No, that is the reason for the order. Gutter runoff carries leaves, grit and black water down the wall and across any window below. We clear the roof, the gutters and downspouts first, let the wall drip off, and only then start the glass.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are wiped where we can reach them from the outside, and nothing is billed as an extra.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean the inside glass, and we do not do pressure washing on the siding or the decks.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move the cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. The crew sends photos of every run before it leaves.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
