Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing washed off the roof lands on clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both together in one visit costs less than two separate trips. Our crew books most of its St. Louis Park jobs in the spring and the fall, so the calendar is busiest in those two seasons. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house for a price.
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 of gutters plus exterior window washing in one visit comes in below booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge at the door. Some window cleaners quote by the pane, but we quote the whole house from the stories and the count, so a professional window cleaning visit has one number from the start. Once we have the stories and a rough window count, the figure is settled before anyone climbs a ladder.
What moves a quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof changes the setup and the time on the ladder, the same way multi-story buildings do. A large number of oversized picture windows takes longer than a row of standard sashes. Gutters nobody has opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, need more passes than a run cleaned last fall. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line is a separate problem that cleaning does not remove, and we say so on the visit. Interior glass is not part of this quote, so the crew does not clean windows inside the house. If you want interior and exterior glass both done, say so on the call and the inside is quoted on its own. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On a St. Louis Park house where water damage has already shown up on a fascia board or on a basement wall, the gutters are usually the cause, and clearing them is the first thing we do. The windows are cleaned afterward, once the runoff has stopped. Our crew sees the same pattern on houses with heavy tree cover, where the clogged gutters and the grime on the glass come from the same source. Clear gutters and clean glass also do more for curb appeal than most owners expect. To get the exact number, text a photo of the front of the house along with the stories and a rough window count, and we will reply with a price you can book against.
| 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 St. Louis Park customers settle into two regular cleanings a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. Residential properties in St. Louis Park tend to follow the same pattern. Those are the two windows when the work is most useful, and it is the reason our calendar fills up in those months.
In spring we find the pollen film on south-facing glass and a paste of pollen and seed in the gutters and downspout elbows. The fall visit lands in October to early November, so the leaf load is still in the gutters when we arrive, and it packs the gutters and holds water against the fascia when the first hard rains come. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates on either visit, and when a storm has come through we check the runs first.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between seasons. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on the window sill and in the gutters, and it needs a sooner return. A single visit a year does not keep up with any of those, so the cleaning services we book are set against what the first visit shows.
A residential window tells you when it needs it. The sign is a haze you only notice when the sun is low in the afternoon, and it shows on every window on the same side of the house. Gutters tell you too: water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running down the downspout. When you see either one, it is time to schedule service. The goal is clean windows and a gutter that carries the water away, and a visit once a year rarely gets both. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we will book your spring or fall date.
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 washing services cover the gutters and exterior windows across the city of St. Louis Park, and the window cleaning services follow the same order on each street. Booking starts with a short 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 give you a price and a date. Lead time is shown on the booking page, and that is the honest figure for when a slot opens. Our calendar gets tight in the two busy windows of the year, the spring pollen season and the fall leaf drop, so booking early in those months keeps your date.
Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. The crew calls before it comes, and it does not come inside. Condos with their own gutters and exterior glass get the same estimate, and residential and commercial buildings are quoted the same way. If the back of the house is blocked by a fence or a parked car, the crew calls ahead so the gate can be opened or the car moved.
Gutters and downspouts take the most attention on our side, because the runoff they carry is what damages the siding and the windows below. We remove dirt, grime and debris from the gutters, flush each downspout, and then clean every window so the water does not spatter it again. Purified water leaves the panes dry, so there are no streaks from hard water. Cleaning solutions go only on the frames and sills where grime sits, never on the glass itself. The result is a house that looks right from the street and keeps the water where it belongs.
This page is about houses, but a small commercial building with exterior gutters and glass follows the same estimate: text the stories and the window count.
Purified water handles most of the panes, and cleaning solutions go only on the sills and frames where grime sits.
Most homes do well with two a year, one in spring for pollen and one in fall for leaves, and heavy tree cover can call for a third.
This visit covers the exterior glass, frames, screens and sills. Interior glass is quoted separately, so ask if you want it.
Yes, a large picture window takes a longer setup and more passes, and the estimate reflects that once we count the windows. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front and the stories, and we will reply with a price and a date.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
