The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them separately. On our Independence jobs, most customers book it for the spring and fall cleanings, when leaves and grit build up. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house for a quote.
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 price for window washing depends on how many stories the house has and roughly how many windows it carries. Give us those two numbers by phone or text and we quote the job on the spot; the number we quote is the number on the invoice. Both jobs in one visit come in less than two separate trips, and we will tell you exactly how our washing services add up on your house when you call.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. Oversized panes and picture windows take more care per pane. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or are packed with needles, leaves and grime, need more hauling. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers will not come off with cleaning alone, and we say so before we start. Houses on regular cleanings usually take less time, since there is less built-up residue to work through. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of our window cleaning services and are not billed as extras.
On one Independence job, the quote went up because the house had two stories plus a finished walk-out basement, put the back gutter run far up the wall, and had tree cover that packed the downspouts between visits. Once we had the photos of the front and back of the house, the number was settled before the truck left. For your own house, the quickest way to an exact figure is a text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and whether you have any trees over the roof. Anything else we need, we ask for before we arrive. Our crew also handles interior and exterior glass at other visits, but this visit is exterior only, so the outside of the windows and the gutters are what we quote.
| 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 Independence customers book both twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Residential and commercial buildings collect the same leaf mat, but in spring the pollen film builds on south-facing glass and the wet leaf paste packs the gutters in the weeks before the first warm rain. In fall the leaves drop and the wet mat builds up in the runs before the first hard freeze.
Some houses, and multi-story buildings especially, need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means clogged gutters within weeks, and a run that overflows for a season can lead to water damage at the fascia. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those need a mineral treatment rather than another cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more dust on the glass, and we see that in the fall as well as the spring. After the first visit we tell you which of these your house needs.
You will know windows need cleaning when you see a haze only in low sun, and gutters need it when water sheets over the edge during rain. Either one is a good reason to call before the next visit is due, and the crew brings its own cleaning solutions and purified water.
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 provides cleaning services for gutters and exterior windows across Independence. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or send a text, and we confirm a slot and a quote. To start, send the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time depends on the season, so to schedule service call early in the two busy windows of the year, when the pollen and leaf months put the most houses on the calendar. Our crew works from a boom or scissor lift on the taller houses, and we call before we come.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every gutter run and the finished glass before the truck leaves. Professional window cleaning on a house with a lot of glass takes the time it takes, and we would rather give you the full schedule than promise a rushed job. Every window gets the same wipe and rinse, the sill gets wiped, and nothing is skipped to save time. Good curb appeal starts with clean glass and clear gutters, so we plan the visit around both.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and downspouts first, then do the glass last, all in one visit. That order keeps dirty gutter water off the clean windows.
For residential properties the number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it by phone or text. Each residential window is counted once in that number, so the quote is the invoice.
On our Independence jobs, the outside carries the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and runoff from the roof leaves streaks on the glass below it. Most of the haze comes from that, and the outside cleaning is what helps remove dirt from the panes. The inside can stay as it is while the outside gets done.
Most of our customers here book in spring and in fall, when the leaves and the grit build up. A third visit makes sense for houses under heavy tree cover and for condos with a lot of glass.
No, because we clear the gutters and flush the downspouts first, then let the wall drip for a few minutes, and only then start on the glass. Doing it the other way round means cleaning the glass twice.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit. Tracks are included when they are reachable from the outside. Nothing on that list is billed separately.
This visit is exterior only, so we do not clean windows inside the house and we do not do pressure washing. We can tell you what else the outside needs when we are on the ladder.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside, and unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
