The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit here, gutters first, glass last. We price it by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Minnesota, most of the houses we clean are booked for the spring and fall rounds, and we know what those visits look like from the ladder.
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, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Call (866) 435-6328 and the number you hear on the phone is the number we charge, with downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping already part of the job.
What changes the quote is what the crew finds on the day. Work on multi-story buildings and on a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. A high count of windows, or oversized panes, adds passes. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or clogged gutters packed with needles and leaves, need more clearing before any water runs through. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line needs cleaning solutions made for mineral deposits, and it is a separate treatment that no regular rinse removes.
Across Minnesota the houses we clean vary from a single-story ranch to a two-story with a deck and a sprinkler line running under the windows. The quote on any of them starts from the number of stories and an estimate of window count, sent by text if you send us a photo of the front of the house. Some customers ask for the interior and exterior of the same window in one quote; ours covers the outside only. If you are comparing window cleaners, ask whether the gutters get cleared before the glass, because that order decides whether the glass stays clean. We have seen the same house come out at a different number once the crew saw the back run, so we ask for both sides before we quote.
The residential and commercial work we do uses the same method: the gutters are the first thing to clear, and the glass comes after. A commercial building, or a row of condos with a lot of picture windows, is quoted per building, not per pane, and the number is set before a crew is booked.
| 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 customers book both twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, and one crew in one visit is the way to do it. Across Minnesota, the spring visit lands in mid to late June. On our Lino Lakes jobs, the fall visit falls in late October to November. Two cleanings a year is the usual pattern, and professional window cleaning is timed to those rounds rather than to the calendar.
At each visit the first thing we find is the pollen. On south-facing glass it lays down a film, and in the gutters it dries into a paste that holds the seeds. The leaf load is heavier at the fall visit, and it comes down the wall once the gutters are cleared. Storm and wind seasons move the dates, so the calendar follows the weather rather than the other way round. Gutters that overflow in a heavy storm push water down the wall, and that is how water damage can start at the sill and the trim.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof brings clogged gutters back between rounds, which is why our cleaning services on those houses run closer together. Regular cleanings keep that from building up, but they do not undo a sprinkler line hitting the glass, which leaves the spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or construction picks up a grime layer faster than one on a quiet street.
Good curb appeal starts with the glass you can see from the street. Haze from pollen and rain dust shows first when the sun is low, and gutters that run over leave streaks on the siding. Clean outside glass also makes the windows inside look brighter, since the view is no longer filtered through a film.
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.
To schedule service on the window and gutter cleaning, call (866) 435-6328 or text us: send the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we come back with a quote and an approximate slot. Lead time is set by the calendar, and the two busy windows of the year, late spring and fall, are when it fills first. Book early for those, and expect a call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work.
Our washing services cover every window that is reachable from the outside, on residential properties and on commercial ones. Getting clean windows starts at the sill, so the sill is wiped with each window before we move on. We do the same job on a residential window as on a commercial frame, scheduled around the building's occupants, with a photo of each run and each pane sent before we leave.
Yes. Our window cleaning services and the gutter work are one visit, done by the same two people, gutters first and glass last.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, including the gutters and downspouts that need flushing, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a figure before we know those.
On the houses we see here, the outside carries the pollen, the grime and the runoff from the roof, so the glass gets dirty from outside before the inside matters. A rinse will not remove dirt that has dried onto the frame, so the outside needs the full job.
Across Minnesota the usual rounds are spring and fall, and the spring visit lands in mid to late June. On our Lino Lakes jobs the fall visit falls in late October to November.
No, that is why we do gutters first, glass last. The runoff from a gutter run carries water and grit down the wall and across the windows below, so the glass is done once the gutters are finished.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and tracks are part of the window job on our visits, not billed as extras.
On this visit we clean the exterior glass only. We do not do the inside of the windows or pressure washing here.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, 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.
