The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, and the order never changes: gutters first, glass last. Call (866) 435-6328 and you get the number by stories, not by guesswork, and both jobs on one visit cost less than booking two separate trips. Across Minnesota, most of our customers book this bundle in the spring and fall, the two seasons when grime and leaves are heaviest on the house.
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 downspouts with exterior windows in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are stories and steep roofs that need the boom or scissor lift, window count and oversized panes, gutters that have not been cleaned in years or are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across Minnesota, the question we hear most is how to get an exact number before the crew shows up. Send a photo of the front of the house by text, tell us the stories, and give a rough count of windows. Most of the time that is enough to quote the job on the phone. If a gutter run sits behind a tree limb or a sunroom roof, we say so and photograph it rather than guessing at the price. Heavy grime on the glass usually comes off in the first pass, but runoff from a steep roof can leave the same marks twice, and we account for that in the quote. Our crew also works to remove dirt from the sills and frames as part of the visit, so the windows do not look better on one side only. Condos and multi-unit buildings are quoted per building, with each run and each window group counted separately.
Window washing and washing services are priced the same way for exterior glass: one visit, one crew, one number. If you want the window cleaning services only, the price is lower, but on most houses it is not much lower than doing both together.
| 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 both jobs twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. The spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the seed drop, and the fall visit lands in late October to November, after the last leaves come down. The same calendar works for residential and commercial buildings, since the grime and leaf cycle hits both.
In spring we find the pollen film on south-facing glass and a pollen paste in the gutter elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged under the first ice. Storm and wind seasons can move both dates by a few weeks, so we call before we come.
Some houses need a third visit. 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 picks up a film that does not wash off in one pass. Large picture windows show that haze first, because the sun hits them longest. For these, a window and gutter cleaning on a three-visit schedule is the honest answer, and we tell you that on the first visit rather than after. On the frames and sills we use cleaning solutions, and the glass is rinsed with water alone.
You know the window needs it when haze shows only when the sun is low. You know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a steady rain instead of running down the downspout. Those are the two signs we look for on regular cleanings, and they are the cue to book even if the calendar says otherwise. Regular cleanings are exterior only, so if you want the interior and exterior glass both done, that is a separate quote.
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 the exterior of the houses in Mounds View and the surrounding area, and we work with residential properties and small commercial buildings alike. Our window cleaners work on the outside only, so the windows inside stay with the owner. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text: call (866) 435-6328 or send a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we confirm a date.
Lead time depends on the season. In the two busy windows of the year, spring pollen and fall leaves, our calendar fills, so the sooner you call the sooner we can fit the job. Outside those windows there is usually an opening within the week. We do not promise same-day or next-day service, because the schedule is set by how many crews are out and how many stories each job takes.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and our crew does not come inside. We call before we come so the gate and driveway are clear. For most multi-story buildings we send a second person up the ladder so the glass and the gutters are done in one pass. Customers who have had a window cleaner or gutter cleaner before often tell us the difference is how the two jobs are sequenced, and that is why we book them together.
Gutters left unclean become a problem fast, with clogged gutters overflowing onto the siding and the foundation. On houses where that has already happened we check for water damage around the fascia and report what we find. Clean glass and clear gutters do more for curb appeal than most owners expect. Professional window cleaning is the same job whether the house is old or new; what changes is the access and the number of panes, and we price those.
Yes. The same crew does both, in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the dirty runoff from the roof does not land on the clean glass.
The number comes from the stories and the count of every window on the front, back and sides, and we give it over the phone or by text. It is the same number on the invoice.
On a residential window, the outside takes the rain dust, sprinkler spots and grime first, so that is where the haze builds up. Even with clean windows inside, dirty glass outside still looks dirty in the sun.
Across Minnesota, most customers book in mid to late June and again in late October or November. To schedule service, call or text and we give you the first open date.
Not with our order of work. The roof is cleared, the gutters are cleared, the downspouts are flushed, and only then do we touch the glass, so there is nothing left to run down the wall.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the exterior visit. They are not billed as separate items.
No. On this visit we clean the exterior glass only, and we do not do interior glass or pressure washing.
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.
