Yes, 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 the runoff from the roof never lands on clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you the number from your stories and window count. Across Minnesota, most of our customers book the spring visit in mid to late June and the fall visit in late October to November, once the seed and leaf loads are down, and the crew that cleans the gutters is the same crew that washes the glass.
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 number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Our washing services for the glass and the gutters come as one number, not two. Give us those two things, plus a photo of the front of the house sent by text, and we can tell you the figure before the crew is on the way. The bundle of gutters and exterior windows in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and we will show you that difference on the estimate itself. The crew clears gutters and downspouts in the same visit, and both sit inside that one number.
On our jobs, the quote moves for a handful of reasons the crew sees from the ground and the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. Oversized panes and a high window count add time to the window washing. Gutters nobody has opened in years, or packed with needles and leaves, need more passes before the water runs clear. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before anything underneath can be cleared, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate treatment that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Our crew has cleaned a lot of picture windows and condos where the outside glass carries the same film as the rest of the house, and the grime that builds up along the sill and the frame runs straight into the gutter line. When we clear the gutters first, the runoff that comes down the wall is the same stuff that was sitting on the glass, which is why we flush it out and remove dirt from the wall before anyone touches a pane. To get your exact number, text us the front of the house and tell us how many stories it has and how many windows you have, so we can count every window on the front and back.
| 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 the window and gutter visit twice a year, once in mid to late June and once in late October to November, because one crew in one visit is the simplest way to keep both on the same calendar. On residential window glass we find a pollen film on south-facing panes and a paste of seed husks and grit in the elbows of the downspouts. Film that has dried on the glass does not always lift with plain water, so the crew keeps cleaning solutions on the truck for the stubborn spots. Heavy tree cover changes that, and the timing shifts with storm and wind seasons, so we set the date from what we see on the roof and treat the state timing as a starting point.
What we see at each visit is specific. At the late June visit the pollen paste is the first thing we clear from the gutters, and the film it leaves on the glass dries to a haze that only shows once the sun is low. In fall the leaf load is the job, and the wet leaf mat that sits in a run holds water against the fascia until it finds a way in. Snow and freeze cycles make the fall visit more important on our jobs, because a run that is still full in November can sag before spring.
Some residential properties need a third visit, and we tell you that after the first one. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings, so those customers are on a schedule closer to every three or four months. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves round white spots that come back a day after cleaning, and a house near a busy road or a construction site collects dust faster than the rest of the block. For many of our customers, regular cleanings twice a year are enough, and the crew will say so when the gutters and glass come out clean.
Two signs tell you it is time without waiting for the calendar. On the windows, a haze you only notice when the sun drops low across the glass means a film has built up. On the gutters, water sheeting over the edge in a light rain means the run is full or the slope is off, and either one needs a visit. Clean glass and clear gutters also do more for curb appeal than most owners expect.
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 works across Richfield, and we book the window and gutter visit the same way for every neighborhood in the city. To schedule service, start with a quick estimate by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text: tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we will tell you when a slot opens. The window cleaners on the crew are the same people who clear the gutters, so one appointment covers the window cleaning services and the gutter work. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we arrive so you know the truck is on the way.
Booking is busiest in the two windows of the year when seed and leaves are heaviest, and our calendar fills up in those weeks. If you want a late June slot, ask early in the season rather than waiting for the first warm week. Our professional window cleaning and gutter cleaning services run on a schedule set by the house, so the faster we get the number of stories and the window count, the faster we can give you a date. The crew treats each house as its own job, not a line on a route.
Homes with heavy tree cover, multi-story buildings and gutters that have gone long without cleaning are the ones where clogged gutters become water damage on the fascia and siding, so those are the calls we try to get to first in a busy season. If you are on the fence about timing, call us and tell us what you see from the street. We will tell you honestly whether the house can wait for the next visit. We take residential and commercial calls, and the same order of work applies to both.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, and they do the gutters first and the glass last. That order keeps the runoff from the roof off the panes you just paid to have cleaned.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and the window count, and we give it by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. We do not give a flat figure, because the house decides it. Send a photo of the front and tell us the stories, and we will give you the number before the crew is booked.
On most of the houses we work, yes. The outside carries the pollen film, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and none of that is touched by cleaning the inside. Clean windows inside with a dirty outside still look hazy once the sun is low, and the interior and exterior are two separate jobs for us.
Most of our Richfield customers book the spring visit in mid to late June and the fall visit in late October to November, once the seed and leaf loads are down. Across Minnesota the pattern is the same, and the calendar fills in those two windows, so call early in the season.
Not if we do it in the right order. Gutters first, glass last, so the leaves and grit that come down the wall are flushed out before anyone touches a pane. The glass is done after the wall has stopped dripping.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and downspouts are flushed too. Tracks are a separate item we quote on the estimate if they need it, so you know what you are paying for before the crew arrives.
On this visit we clean the exterior of the windows only, and we do not do pressure washing. The windows inside are not part of this visit. If you want them done, tell us when you book and we will schedule it separately.
You do not need to be home for exterior work. 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. That is the whole list, and the crew sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
