Yes, the same two window cleaners clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing dirty runs back onto the panes we just finished. We price the job by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and booking both together in one visit costs less than two separate trips. Across Minnesota, most of the homes we service book both in the spring and in the fall, when pollen and leaves have built up on the glass and in the troughs.
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.
The number we give you on the phone is the number we charge. We get there from the number of stories, the approximate window count and what is sitting in the gutters when we arrive. We keep the interior and exterior separate: this quote covers only the outside. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our jobs the quote moves for a handful of reasons. A third story or a roof too steep to walk means the crew works from a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. Oversized picture windows and tall panes take more time per glass. A residential window on a single floor goes quickly, while a tall one on a third story does not. Houses with clogged gutters that have not been cleared in years come out packed with seeds and leaf mat, and that takes longer than a light run. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the trough can be reached. Hard-water spotting from sprinkler lines does not come off with cleaning, so we note it on the visit rather than promise it away. A crew can remove dirt from the glass and troughs in one visit; the spotting is a different problem.
Across Minnesota the first step is the same: call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo of the front of the house by text, tell us the number of stories, and give a rough window count. From that we can usually tell you the figure before a crew is booked. We do not ask you to pay for a site visit to get it. We count every window on the house, not just the ones on the front. Where we have cleaned on a similar street we say so, and we will talk through what the next job on your block is likely to need, the way we talk through it with the window washing and washing services we run on other jobs, grime on the glass, gutters and downspouts with runoff from the roof, and the dirt that builds up on condos and multi-story buildings all year.
| 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 customers here book both twice a year, once in late spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the outside of the house. Our cleaning services are timed to the seasons, and across Minnesota the same rhythm holds for residential and commercial buildings: the spring visit comes once the early-season buildup settles, and the fall visit comes after the last leaves drop.
What we find at each visit follows the calendar. In spring there is a pollen film on the south and west glass and a paste of seeds and grit in the gutter elbows. In fall it is the leaf load, wet and packed, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sagged under the weight of ice by the next winter, and the water damage that follows at the fascia. Storm and wind seasons move the dates a little either way, and we would rather come a week late than come into a wet, dripping roof.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the troughs full through the summer. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves round spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects grime faster than a quiet street does. For those houses we suggest regular cleanings at the frequency the site shows us, not a fixed calendar.
You will usually see the windows need it before the gutters do: a haze you only notice when the sun is low in the afternoon. The gutters tell you by water sheeting over the edge in a rain instead of running down the downspout. Keeping clean windows and clear troughs is what gives the house its curb appeal, and both come from the same visit. Either sign means it is time to book.
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 the Rosemount neighborhoods where we have already cleaned, and we fill those routes first. To schedule service, start with an 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 give you the figure and the next open date. Lead times vary with the season, and in the two busy windows of the year, when leaf and grime loads peak, our calendar fills faster, so it is worth asking early.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We do not clean windows inside the house on this visit, we call before we come, and we send photos before the crew leaves. For commercial buildings and residential properties alike, the work is the same: gutters cleared and flushed, then the glass. We also run professional window cleaning services on houses where the owner wants only the windows done, and we will say plainly when a job is better left to a different trade. Where a pane needs more than water, the crew brings its own cleaning solutions for it and the invoice says so.
Yes. The same two people do both on your house, gutters first and glass last, so the job is one visit and one invoice.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. Send us the photo and the story count and we will tell you the figure.
Usually yes, because the outside carries the rain dust and the sprinkler spots. Interior glass is a separate question, and we do not clean it on this visit.
Most of our customers here book in spring, after the spring buildup, and again in fall, after the leaves come down. Across Minnesota the schedule is the same.
Not with our order of work. The roof is cleared, the gutters are flushed, the wall dries for a few minutes, and only then do we touch the glass. Doing it the other way round means washing the same panes twice.
Screens are rinsed and sills wiped as part of the job. Tracks are handled on the visit and noted on the invoice if they need more time.
We clean exterior glass only on this visit. Interior glass and pressure washing are not part of this job, and we will tell you so on the phone.
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 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.
