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 nothing that falls from the roof lands on clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and both jobs booked together cost less than two separate trips. On our St. Joseph jobs, most customers book in the spring and in the fall, when leaves and seed fall are heaviest. Give us the number of stories and a rough window count, and we will tell you what the visit will cost before anyone climbs a ladder.
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 in a single visit costs less than booking the gutters and the windows separately. Our window washing and washing services use the same counts, so the quote comes as one number. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes longer to work safely. Window count and oversized panes change the time on the glass, and window cleaning services for a house with many panes run longer than a light job. Gutters and downspouts that have not been cleaned in years, packed with needles, seeds and leaf mat, need more hours than a light run. Grime that has baked onto the glass for months, and runoff stains on the wall below a clogged run, take extra time to remove dirt from. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can clear the trough. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line does not come off with a standard clean, and we tell you that before we start.
On one of our St. Joseph jobs, a two-story home with a large number of windows and a heavy leaf load over the back run needed a full day for the gutters and the glass, with the front and back elevations on separate setups. The quote was built from those counts, and the crew photographed the runs before and after. For your own house, the fastest way to an exact number is to tell us the stories and the window count and text one photo of the front of the house. Condos are quoted from the same counts. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will come back with a written estimate for the gutters, the windows, or both in one visit.
| 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. Joseph customers book both gutters and exterior windows twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense on this calendar. In spring the pollen film shows up on south-facing glass and a sticky build-up packs into the gutters, so that visit clears the window and gutter build-up from the season before. Our crew relies on purified water rather than cleaning solutions on the glass, so nothing is left to streak. The fall visit comes after the leaves have come down and before the wet weather sets in, and it clears the leaf mat that holds water against the fascia through winter.
Storm and wind seasons move the dates. A hard spring storm or a fall wind that drops limbs can add a visit, and we would rather come back than leave debris in the troughs. Some houses need a third visit a year, and these are the cases we see most often: heavy tree cover over the roof, where needles and grit pack the downspouts between regular cleanings; a sprinkler line that hits the glass, which leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning; and a house near a busy road or a construction site, where dust settles on the frame faster than on a quiet street.
Gutters and windows both give a clear sign when they are due. Windows show a haze you only notice when the sun sits low in the afternoon, and picture windows on the sunny side show it first. Gutters show it when water sheets over the edge during rain instead of running down the downspout. If either happens between visits, call us and we will look at it and tell you whether it is debris or a slope problem. We book the exterior only, so interior and exterior glass are separate bookings. This calendar is written for residential homes, and residential and commercial jobs run on their own schedules.
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 clean gutters and exterior windows across St. Joseph, and our window cleaners work the same way in every neighborhood we serve. Booking starts with a phone call or a text: call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service, or send a photo of the house front with the number of stories, and we return a written estimate. Typical lead time is shown on our booking line, and we call before we come, so nobody arrives unannounced. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and multi-story buildings take longer, so give us the story count up front.
The busy stretches of the year are the two windows of heavy leaf fall in spring and fall, and that is when our calendar fills first. If you want a slot in those weeks, book early. Outside those windows, we can usually work you in more quickly. Our crews use professional window cleaning methods on every window and clear the gutters by hand, so the work holds up through the next rain and the curb appeal lasts. Clogged gutters left through a heavy rain send water over the edge and into the wall, which is how water damage starts. We handle cleaning services for homes, and windows inside and pressure washing are not part of this visit.
Yes. Our crew cleans the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit on residential properties, and it is the same two people on the ladder. Gutters go first and the glass goes last, so debris from the roof does not land on clean panes.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details. Send the number of stories and a rough window count, and we will give you the exact price when you schedule service.
Usually the outside is where the dirt is. Dust, rain and sprinkler spots all settle on the exterior glass of a residential window here, and they are the things that dull it fastest. Cleaning every window on the outside keeps clean windows that actually look clear from the street.
Most of our St. Joseph customers book in late spring, after the pollen drop, and again in late fall, after the leaves come down. Those are the two visits that clear the worst build-up of the year.
No, because we clean the gutters first and the glass last. When the runs are cleared and the downspouts flushed, the wall has time to stop dripping before anyone touches the windows, so the glass is not dirtied again.
Screens are rinsed, the sill is wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the visit. They are not billed as extras, and they are included in the number we quote you.
Not on this visit, and it is one of the frequently asked questions we hear. We clean the exterior of the windows and the gutters only. If you want the inside of the glass done, we can tell you who to call for that, but our crew does not do it on the same trip.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, 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.
