The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Minnesota, most of the homeowners who book us do both in spring and fall, and the number we quote on the phone is the number we charge.
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 quote gutter and window cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and a residential window job is priced the same way. Booking both jobs together in one visit comes in below booking the two cleanings separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are steep roofs and a third story, window count and oversized picture windows, clogged gutters packed with needles and leaves, runs that have not been cleared in years, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning will remove. A pollen film on the picture windows in spring adds time too. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. We use purified water on the glass instead of cleaning solutions that have to be rinsed off afterward.
Across Minnesota, the fastest way to get an exact number is to call (866) 435-6328 or text us the front of the house along with the stories and a rough window count. A photo of the front shows us the roofline, the pitch and any picture windows before the crew is scheduled, so the estimate we give you already reflects what we will find on the day.
| 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, most of our customers book gutters and exterior windows twice a year, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense for the calendar. On our Moorhead jobs the pattern holds: a spring visit after the seed and pollen drop, and a fall visit after the last leaves come down.
In spring we find a yellow film on the south-facing glass and seed packed into the gutters. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see clogged gutters and runs that sagged under the weight of ice, which is how water damage starts at the fascia. Storm and wind seasons can move both dates, so we schedule from what the house is holding rather than from the calendar alone.
Some houses need a third visit on top of the regular cleanings. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects dust faster than most.
The glass tells you when it is due: haze you only notice when the sun is low is usually the sign, and clean glass matters for curb appeal. Gutters tell you the same way, with water sheeting over the edge in a rain.
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.
Booking is simple. Call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service, or text a photo of the front of the house with the number of stories and a rough window count, and we send a written estimate you can check against the house. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come.
Our window and gutter cleaning calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, which line up with the spring and fall visits. Booking ahead of those windows gets you a date that suits you. Residential window work is the bulk of what we clean in Moorhead, and we keep a clean record of every window we do so the next visit starts from what we found last time. Residential and commercial glass is a different job in scope and tooling, and the quote on this page is for homes.
Professional window cleaning on taller homes and multi-story buildings means a boom or scissor lift, which keeps the upper panes and gutter runs reachable without leaning ladders on the siding. Clean windows are the goal on every visit: every window is cleaned from the outside, and the sill is wiped at each one so the dust does not run back down the glass.
Yes. It is the same two people in one visit. We clean the gutters first and the outside glass last, so the runoff from the gutters does not end up on clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and a condo is quoted the same way. Send a photo of the front of the house or building and we will tell you the exact figure before we schedule.
On a Moorhead house, the outside carries the spring film, the rain dust, and the sprinkler spots, along with the grime that builds up on the glass. Those sit on the outside, so a clean interior does not remove dirt from the glass.
Across Minnesota most of our customers book in spring and fall. The spring visit comes after the seed drop and the fall visit after the leaves are down, and we schedule from what the house is holding.
Not if the order is right. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the grit and water from the runs has already drained before anyone touches a window.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of our washing services. Tracks are included in the same visit, and none of it is billed as an extra.
We do not clean the windows inside the house on this visit, and we do not do pressure washing. This visit covers exterior glass only, so interior and exterior work on the same pane is a separate booking, and the gutters and downspouts are cleared as described above.
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 lift is up, and unlock the side gate. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
