Yes, 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 the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. On our Rochester jobs, most customers book this every spring and fall, so you get the same crew on the ladder each time.
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 bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Our window washing and gutter work go on one quote, so the number covers both. If you came here from a search for washing services, know that our quote includes the gutters, not just the glass. 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. Window count matters, and so do oversized picture windows that need a different setup. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or that are packed with needles and leaves, take more time to clear, and caked-on grime from pollen and rain dust takes longer to lift off the glass than a light film. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are part of the quote. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers does not come off with regular cleanings, so we flag it before we start. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our Rochester jobs the quote changes most with the window count and the tree cover over the roof. We quote residential properties by stories and window count, and window cleaning services follow the same logic on every house. Before we give a number, send us a photo of the front of the house by text and tell us the number of stories. That gets you the exact figure without a visit, and it is the same figure on the invoice. If you ask about interior and exterior pricing, the quote covers the outside only, since interior glass is not part of this visit.
| 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.
Most of our Rochester customers book both twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, so one crew in one visit covers the window and gutter work on the outside of the house each time. Across Minnesota, spring visits run mid to late June, and the fall visit in Rochester runs October to early November. Pollen film settles on south-facing glass through the spring, and the pollen paste packs into the gutters. In the fall we are clearing the wet leaf load before it freezes into the runs.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters loaded between visits, and clogged gutters are the first thing to look at after a storm. Across Minnesota, severe storms and straight-line winds push debris into the runs. June through August is the wettest stretch in Rochester, so clogged gutters in those months can send water damage toward the foundation. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after we clean them, and cleaning solutions alone will not lift them. A house close to a busy road or active construction picks up a film faster than most. Multi-story buildings take a different ladder setup than a single-story house, so they are quoted by the story.
You will know the windows need attention when you see a haze that only shows up when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in the rain instead of running down the downspout. If the haze sits on the windows inside, the outside visit will not touch it. The same crew handles residential and commercial glass, but this page is about houses.
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 Rochester, and we are glad to quote any house in the city. Our cleaning services cover the gutters and the outside glass in one visit, and our professional window cleaning crew checks each side of the house before it leaves. Booking starts with a call or a text to (866) 435-6328 with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. To schedule service, tell us if the front of the house is the priority, since a clean front adds to curb appeal. Lead times depend on the season, and during the two busy windows of the year our calendar fills, so the sooner you call the better. We call before we come.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew does not come inside, and it sends photos of every gutter run and the finished glass before it leaves. The crew rinses every window on the outside, and the sill under it is wiped too. We are one of several professional window cleaners working in the area, but we do both jobs in one visit, which is the reason most people call us.
Yes. Our crew does both the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, so you do not need a second company on the ladder. The gutters and downspouts are cleared first, and the glass comes last.
For a residential window job, the number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and condos are quoted the same way. Send us those by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text and we give you the exact figure before we schedule anything.
On our Rochester jobs the outside carries most of the grime: pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots. Rain runoff drags that film down the glass, and cleaning only the inside does not remove dirt from the street side.
Most of our Rochester customers book in the spring and again in the fall. Those are the two visits that match what we find in the gutters and on the glass.
Not if the order is right. When the gutters are cleared first, the leaves and grit come down the wall before anyone touches the glass, so nothing lands on panes we have already done.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the exterior job. They are not billed as extras.
Not on this visit. We clean the exterior glass only, and we do not do pressure washing as part of this service.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
