Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of your 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 booking both jobs together in one visit costs less than two separate trips. Our crew works this part of Minnesota every spring and fall, and most of our South St. Paul customers book both the same way. Call (866) 435-6328 to book.
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 quote from the number of stories and an approximate window count, and booking the gutters and the windows together in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Windows inside the house are not part of this visit, so they are not on the quote.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes more time on the ladder. Picture windows and other oversized panes add time at the glass. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear and haul away. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are quoted before the visit. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate issue, because no cleaning removes it, and we will tell you what we see on the glass.
On our South St. Paul jobs, the clearest way to get an exact number is a text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house. One recent customer had a two-story home with a sprinkler line hitting the front windows and a run of gutters packed under mature trees; the crew flagged the spotting before work started, and the quote reflected the extra time on the glass and in the gutters, in the words the crew wrote down on the visit, with the job linked here. Window washing and window cleaners are the same crew doing the same work, and professional window cleaning means we photograph the curb appeal before and after, so you can see what changed. Clogged gutters can cause water damage behind the fascia, which is why we clear them first. Multi-story buildings take a boom or scissor lift and a second setup, and we say so before we start.
| 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 book both gutters and exterior windows twice a year, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across Minnesota, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, when a film settles on the south-facing glass and paste builds up in the gutters. The fall visit, late October to November, catches the leaf load. Those two visits cover the seasons that move the glass and the gutters the most.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up a film that builds faster than the seasons alone would explain. Cleaning services scheduled around these conditions, with regular cleanings between the main visits, keep clean windows and open gutters without a backlog.
Every window on the house gets the same attention, including the sill, the frame and the screen. A residential window that has been left a year collects grime faster than most people expect, and the sill holds the water that runs down the glass. Residential properties with mature trees often need the third visit, while homes with open sky usually need the spring and fall pair alone. Schedule service once you know your season, and we will set the dates from there.
The sign that windows need cleaning is a haze you only see when the sun is low. The sign that gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge in a hard rain.
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.
We have worked across South St. Paul. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will book a slot. Lead time is set by our calendar at the time of your call. The two busy windows of the year are the spring season and the fall leaf season, when our calendar fills and the washing services and window cleaning services are booked in order. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew does not come inside.
Grime and runoff leave a visible line on the sill and at the bottom of the gutters, and our crew works to remove dirt from both before the truck leaves. Gutters and downspouts are cleared to the outlet, and the runoff path is checked on every run. Doing the gutters before the glass is how the clean windows stay clean. Condos, townhomes and single-family homes all get the same visit structure, so you know what to expect from the first call.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We do not split the work between two trucks.
The number comes from the number of stories and the size of the house. Residential and commercial jobs are quoted the same way, by phone or text, and that number is the number on the invoice.
On our South St. Paul jobs the outside carries the pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots, and none of that comes off with an inside cleaning. The glass is done with purified water rather than cleaning solutions. Outside glass is where the dirt builds up first.
Across Minnesota, the spring visit falls in mid to late June, and the fall visit in late October to November. Pollen and leaves are heaviest on the outside of the house during those two visits.
No. Gutters first, glass last, because the leaves, grit and black water coming off a cleared run would otherwise run down the wall and across any window below it.
Screens, sills and tracks are part of the job. We rinse the screens and wipe the sills and tracks as the crew goes, and picture windows get the same treatment. None of it is billed as an extra.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit. Interior and exterior glass are separate jobs, so we do not clean the windows inside the house. We do not do pressure washing either, and we will tell you if a job needs a different crew.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn 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.
