The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs done together cost less than booking two separate trips. Across Minnesota, most of our customers book this bundle in the spring and the fall, when the seed, pollen and leaf loads 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 window and gutter cleaning 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. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front with the stories, and we will send the number before any crew is scheduled. We clean residential and commercial buildings on the same basis, and the quote comes from those same two facts.
On the day, the things that move the quote are the ones we see from the ladder: a third story or a steep roof, oversized picture windows and tall panes, gutters that have not been opened in years, 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. Plain purified water handles most glass, and the crew adds cleaning solutions only where a film needs more than water. This quote covers the exterior glass only, since interior and exterior work are separate jobs.
On our Robbinsdale jobs, the quotes that run highest are usually the houses with heavy leaf and needle packing in the runs, because the crew has to haul more out before the glass can even start. Ask for a text of the front of the house and the stories, and we will tell you which of those your lot is likely to carry before anyone climbs up. If you book regular cleanings, the number from the first visit is the base for the next one, as long as the stories and window count stay the same.
| 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, the spring visit falls in mid to late June and the fall visit runs from October to early November, so most of our Robbinsdale customers book both twice a year. At each visit we find the pollen film on south-facing glass and the paste packed in the gutters, plus the leaf load that builds in the fall and the severe storms and straight-line winds across Minnesota that move our dates a little from year to year. Freeze risk is real here, and a run of clogged gutters left through winter holds ice and water, which is where water damage starts.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the downspouts packed between visits, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the spots that come back a day after cleaning. Window cleaners see this pattern on tree-heavy lots, so we ask about trees on the phone. Multi-story buildings and houses near a busy road or a construction site collect more grime on the glass, and those we see more often.
A window needs it when the haze shows up most from the windows inside, mostly when the sun is low, and gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in the rain. Curb appeal suffers first, so if you see either one, call or text a photo and we will tell you whether professional window cleaning makes sense now.
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 window and gutter jobs across Robbinsdale, and we book them as a single visit whenever the house has both. We clean residential window glass and the gutters on residential properties, and every window on the outside of the house gets done, not a sample. To schedule service, send the number of stories and a photo of the house front by text, or call (866) 435-6328, and we will confirm a date and a window before the job goes on the calendar.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring and fall leaf seasons, and that is when our calendar fills first. Book early in those months and you will get a slot sooner, since clean windows and cleared gutters are both on the crew's list then. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people doing both in one visit. Gutters and downspouts get cleared first, then the glass, so the runoff from the gutters never lands on clean panes.
We give the number from the stories and the size of the house, by phone or text. Our washing services are quoted that way, and we do not give a range without those details, so the number we give is the number we charge.
Usually yes, because outside glass collects rain dust, sprinkler spots and grime between cleanings, and a visit is how you remove dirt from the frames. Interior glass is a different job, and we do not do it on this visit.
Most of our customers here book in spring and fall, which are the heavy leaf seasons. Book early in those months and you will get a slot sooner.
No, because we do gutters first and glass last. Anything that runs off the gutters gets rinsed before we start on the windows.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included on the exterior side when they are reachable from outside.
We do exterior glass only on this visit. We do not do interior windows or pressure washing, so ask us about those separately. If you live in one of the condos, ask whether the exterior glass can be reached from outside before you book.
No, 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, 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.
