Yes, 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 the runoff never lands on clean panes. We price by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and doing both jobs in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. On our Red Wing jobs, most customers book the work in spring and fall, once the spring dust has settled and once the leaves are down.
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 condos get the same count. The bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes longer on the ladder. Oversized panes and a high window count add time at the glass. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or packed with needles and leaves, need more passes, and a sill caked with dust takes longer because the crew has to remove dirt from every groove. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate issue that no cleaning will remove. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not billed as extras.
On our Red Wing jobs, the quotes that climb fastest are the ones where the homeowner has not seen the back of the house in a while, so we ask for the number of stories, the window count, and a photo of the front of the house by text before we give a number. One Red Wing customer had us clean gutters and windows on a two-story house with a set of picture windows facing the road, and the quote moved because the gutters on the back run were full of grit that had washed down from the roof. We cleaned the gutters first and the glass after, and the photos of every run went to the customer before we packed up. That is the order we follow on every job, and the number on the phone is what shows up on the invoice.
Window washing on a typical house is one part of the job, and our washing services cover the rest of the exterior. The cleaning solutions we use are purified water and a light soap that dries clean, and the crew works from a pole rather than a ladder on the upper floors. Runoff from the roof and the gutters can carry grime onto the glass if the order is wrong, so gutters come first. The glass goes last, after the roof has been blown clear and the gutters and downspouts have been flushed.
| 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 residential and commercial customers book both jobs twice a year, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar.
On our Red Wing jobs, the spring visit lands after the trees have finished shedding. Pollen settles as a film on south-facing glass and turns to a paste in the gutters, and the downspout elbows pack with seeds. In the fall, the leaf load on the roof and the wet mat in the gutters are what we find first, and that is the visit that keeps the runs from sagging under ice.
Some houses need a third visit. If there is heavy tree cover over the roof, needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those need a schedule that catches the sprinkler season. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more dust on the glass, so the window cleaning picks up quicker there. We see this on the houses we clean, and we tell you what we find on the first visit.
Once a year is enough for a yard with few or no trees, and regular cleanings twice a year suit most houses. The sign that windows need a cleaning is the haze you only see when the sun is low. The sign that gutters need one is water sheeting over the edge in rain, because it means the runs are blocked.
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 houses across Red Wing, and you can book an estimate by phone or text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time depends on the season and the calendar. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you the first date we have open.
We run two busy windows, one in the spring once the trees are done shedding and one in the fall after the leaves are down. In those weeks our calendar fills, so booking early keeps the date. Our window cleaning services cover residential properties, and the crew works the same way on every house, gutters first and glass last. Professional window cleaning is what we do all day, and our window cleaners follow the same order on every visit so the work reads the same from house to house. The same order holds on multi-story buildings, with the glass last.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and we will photograph every run and every pane before we leave. Curb appeal is a reason many customers book, and a clean front of the house shows it. We clean the exterior only, and we do not work on the windows inside. We will tell you if we find clogged gutters that could lead to water damage, and what we see on the roof is photographed and reported.
Yes, the same two people do both on one visit. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, so the runoff does not land on clean windows.
The number comes from the number of stories and the size of the house. Text a photo of the front of the house or call (866) 435-6328 and we will quote it before the crew comes out.
On a residential window in Red Wing, the outside carries the pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots, so the glass looks worse from outside than inside. Cleaning the outside is the part most customers notice first.
Across Minnesota, most customers book in spring and fall. On our Red Wing jobs that means after the trees finish shedding in spring and after the leaves are down in fall.
No, because we clean the gutters first and the glass last. If the glass were washed first, someone would have to wash it again after the gutters were done.
Screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not billed as extras. We clean every window on the same visit, and tracks are included unless they are heavily caked, which we say before we start.
Interior and exterior glass are separate jobs for us. This visit covers exterior glass and gutters only, with no 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.
