Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the runoff from the roofline never lands on clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them separately. Across Minnesota our crews clear and wash this work every spring and fall, and St. Michael homeowners are among those who book both on the same day.
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 gutter and window cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than two separate trips. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, so tell us the stories and the window count, or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will confirm the figure before anyone climbs a ladder.
On the day, the crew finds what moves the quote. Stories and steep roofs take more time, and multi-story buildings sometimes need a boom or scissor lift. Oversized picture windows and a high number of panes add to the glass. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or that are packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear and flush. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated are priced separately before the visit. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line is a separate treatment, because no cleaning removes it.
Gutters and downspouts are cleared in one pass, and downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Spring film on the glass and paste in the gutters is normal on these houses, and both are included in the visit. Our regular cleanings on a schedule are priced the same as a first cleaning, so the quote you get once holds for the next visit too. The cleaning solutions and purified water come with the crew, so there is nothing for you to buy or set out.
On our St. Michael jobs, a two-story house with a clear roofline and a standard window count usually gets the bundle in one afternoon. A house with heavy tree cover over the roof and a lot of oversized glass takes longer and costs more. This page covers houses, so the figures here are for residential homes, and residential and commercial jobs get a phone quote. The fastest way to get the exact number is a text with the stories, the window count and a photo of the front of the house.
| 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.
Our cleaning services follow the same rhythm across Minnesota: most customers book gutters and exterior windows twice a year, in spring and again in fall, so one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. The spring visit falls in mid to late June across Minnesota, and the fall visit in October to November.
At the spring visit we find pollen film on the south-facing glass, and a paste packed into the gutter elbows. At the fall visit clogged gutters are the main job: a wet mat of leaves sits in the runs and backs water over the edge when the first rains come. Across Minnesota, severe storms and straight-line winds can move either date by a few weeks, so we call before we come.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters loaded 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 collects grime faster than the typical house. A run that backs water over the edge can lead to water damage on the fascia, so it is worth a look. For those, a third cleaning in mid-summer keeps the glass and the runs in shape.
The sign the windows need cleaning is haze you only notice when the sun is low in the afternoon. Professional window cleaning catches that haze before it builds up. The sign the gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge in a rain, not running into the downspout. Either one is reason enough to book a visit, and you do not have to wait for the calendar. Clean glass and clear runs do more for curb appeal than most people expect.
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 work on residential properties across St. Michael, and the homes we have cleaned here are a mix of older and newer houses with gutters and exterior glass of every kind. Booking starts with a phone call or a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you a firm number from those details. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 and we give you the next open date on the spot. Lead time depends on the season.
The two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when pollen, seeds and leaves all arrive at once. Our calendar fills in those weeks, so the sooner you call, the better your chance at the date you want. Outside those windows slots open up more quickly, and we can often fit a visit with a few days' notice.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come and send photos of every run and the finished glass before the crew leaves. Our window and gutter cleaning service covers every window on the outside of the house, including the sill, and is priced by the job rather than by the pane, so one visit covers the whole house. If the place is a condo, tell us when you book so we can check the stories and the window count first.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people doing both in one visit. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing from the roofline lands on clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we give you the figure before we book.
On St. Michael houses the outside takes on sprinkler spots, rain dust and grime between cleanings. Cleaning the outside is enough to remove dirt the weather lays down, and the windows inside can stay as they are. Window cleaning services for the outside alone do that job.
Across Minnesota, most of our customers book for mid to late June and again in October to November. Booking in those windows keeps the crew ahead of the spring growth and the leaf load.
No, because we clean the gutters first and the glass last. When the glass is washed first, someone has to wash it again once the runoff from the roofline lands on it.
Our washing services include rinsing screens and wiping sills as part of the visit. Tracks on each residential window are included too, and we do not bill them as a separate item.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit, and we do not clean the inside glass or do pressure washing. Both interior and exterior glass are different jobs, so tell us when you book if you need the inside done and we will plan it separately.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside and leave the side gate unlocked. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
