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 that falls off the roof ends up on clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories, and a bundled visit costs less than two separate trips. Most of our Inver Grove Heights customers book it in the spring and fall, when pollen and leaves are heaviest.
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. Booking gutters and exterior glass together 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. Text a photo of the front of the house and tell us how many stories it has, and we will confirm the figure before anyone is scheduled.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story, or a multi-story building at the same height, takes longer on the ladder. A roof too steep to walk takes longer too. Oversized picture windows and tall panes take more time per pane. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, need more clearing before we can flush them. 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 before we start. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Our crew cleans the exterior of the windows only. Window washing services like this exist to take the grime off the glass, and the regular cleanings most customers book keep it from building up. Interior and exterior glass are different jobs, so the windows inside stay off this visit. Each residential window gets the same outside rinse, and the stories count tells us how much ladder work is involved. When we see a house with a lot of glass, we talk through how many visits a year make sense before we quote the full season.
For a house we have not cleaned before, the most useful thing you can send us is a photo of the front and one of the back, plus the stories count. That lets us give you the exact number instead of a range, and it lets the crew bring the right ladder and gear on the first visit. The frames get wiped to remove dirt before the glass is rinsed.
| 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.
On our Inver Grove Heights jobs most customers book both twice a year, in spring and in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Spring is when the pollen film shows on south-facing glass and the sticky tree residue packs into the gutter elbows. Fall is when the leaf load comes down and the wet mat sits in the runs. Storm and wind seasons can move those dates, so we book from what the house is doing rather than from a fixed calendar.
What we find at each visit depends on the trees and the sprinklers. Houses with heavy tree cover over the roof need a third visit, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings. Clogged gutters are the usual route to water damage at the foundation, and in a freeze the water trapped in the runs turns to ice. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves round 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 on the glass faster than one set back from traffic.
Most houses with few or no trees are on once a year, and that is enough in the fall. Runoff from a clogged gutter sheets down the wall and across every window below it, which is why the gutters go first on every visit.
You will know windows need cleaning when you see a haze that only shows up when the sun is low, and dirty glass drags down curb appeal before most owners notice it. You will know gutters need clearing when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running down 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 cleans gutters and downspouts and the exterior windows across the city, and the calls come in by phone or text. To schedule service, send the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we will confirm the estimate and the next open date. Lead time depends on the season, and we tell you the date before we put anything on the calendar. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and you can reach us at (866) 435-6328 if the day needs to move.
The two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, are when our calendar fills fastest. Booking early in those months gives you a better choice of day. Outside those windows slots open up more often, and a single visit is usually enough to get the job done for the season. If you are comparing window cleaning services, ask each one for a written estimate that lists what is included, and check whether the windows inside are part of it, since ours are not.
Professional window cleaning on residential properties follows the same order every visit: gutters and downspouts first, then the glass from the outside. The glass is rinsed with purified water, so the crew rarely needs cleaning solutions on it. The first step is always a photo and the stories count, and that holds for any building we are asked to quote.
Yes. On our jobs the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so debris from the roof does not run back down onto clean panes.
The number comes from the stories and the count of each residential window on the house. Text us a photo of the house front and the stories, or call (866) 435-6328, and we will give you the figure before anyone is scheduled. Condos and residential and commercial buildings are quoted the same way, from the stories count and a photo.
Usually yes, because the outside carries the tree dust, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up between visits. The inside stays clean on its own, and the outside is where the grime shows up first on the glass.
Most of our Inver Grove Heights customers book in the spring, after the tree drop finishes, and again in the fall, after the leaves come down. Spring and fall are the two windows when the job matters most for this city.
Not when the order is right. Gutters first, glass last: the roof is cleared, the downspouts are flushed, and the wall gets a few minutes to stop dripping before anyone touches the panes.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and the frames are done as part of the visit. Tracks are included in the exterior work when they are reachable from outside.
We do exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean inside the windows and we do not do pressure washing.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Unlock the side gate and that is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
