The same two people who clean your gutters clean the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both together costs less than booking two separate trips. Clean glass and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal, and that is the point of a professional window cleaning visit done with the gutters. Most of our Preakness customers book both in the spring and fall, and we have been running that calendar for this neighborhood's houses since we started here. Call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service.
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.
Our price for window washing follows the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing gutters and exterior glass in one visit costs less than booking the two separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and we do not hold it back for the invoice. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Purified water does most of the work, and cleaning solutions only come out for stubborn film.
On the day, the crew sees what drives the quote. Stories and steep roofs take longer to reach safely. Window count and picture windows change the time on the glass. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or packed with needles and leaves, take another pass before they flow. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before anything underneath can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate treatment that no cleaning removes, and we flag it on the visit rather than guess at it.
To get your exact number, send us a text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house. Our crew tells you the figure before anyone is scheduled. On our Preakness jobs, we have seen that a house with clogged gutters and a lot of window area can move up from the starting figure, because the gutters need the extra pass and the glass takes longer. Water damage on a fascia or soffit we see from the ladder gets photographed and reported, not added to the bill as a repair.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $170 | from $275 |
| Two stories | from $225 | from $240 | from $375 |
| Three stories | from $295 | from $330 | from $495 |
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 Preakness customers book gutters and windows twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, and that is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. Customers who want regular cleanings follow that same rhythm, and each residential window gets the same order of work. In the spring we are working through the seed and pollen that settled over the winter. On the glass in late May you see a yellow film on the south-facing panes, and the sticky paste sits in the gutters and downspout elbows until it is cleared. In the fall the leaf load comes down in a wet mat that sags the runs under the weight of the first freeze. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates by a few weeks, so we call ahead before the truck heads out. To schedule service for the spring visit, book in late May or June, and for the fall visit, late October or November.
Some houses need extra cleanings between visits, and we say so after the first one. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves round spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house close to a busy road or a construction site picks up a film that cleaning cannot keep off for long. Our customers with those conditions run on a tighter schedule than the twice-a-year houses.
You will know windows need attention when you see a haze that only shows up when the sun is low. You will know gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge during a rain instead of running down the downspout.
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 has worked across Preakness, and we book a slot when you call or text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 and tell us the stories. Lead time depends on the season, and during the two busy windows of the year, the late spring visit and the fall leaf drop, our calendar fills faster, so it helps to reach out early. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside.
We clean the exterior glass and the gutters and downspouts of residential properties, and our window cleaning services cover every window on the outside of the house. Our washing services take in the frames and sills too. Grime from the road settles on the lower panes first, and the crew works it off with the same pass. Condos and multi-level homes get the same visit, multi-story buildings included, with the upper-story glass done from a pole rather than a ladder leaned on the siding. Our crew also clears the runoff that sits behind a clogged run, and rinses and wipes to remove dirt from the frames so the water has a clear path. Mixed-use buildings are the exception: if a property is part residential and commercial, tell us when you call so the quote covers the whole building. We do not do interior glass on this visit, and we say that up front so you can plan the rest of the house on your own schedule.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the exterior glass in one visit, which is why we bundle them. Gutters go first so the debris does not wash across clean windows below.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it over the phone or by text. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you the figure before anything is scheduled.
On Preakness houses the outside carries the pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots, and those are what you see through the glass even when the inside is clean. Cleaning the outside separately from the inside is a normal choice.
Most of our Preakness customers book in late May or June and again in late October or November. The spring visit comes after the winter film settles, and the fall visit comes after the leaves.
Not with our order of work. We clear the gutters and flush the downspouts first, let the wall stop dripping, and only then clean the glass.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit. Tracks and any hard-water staining are noted on the first visit and handled separately if they need more than the standard pass.
No. This visit covers exterior glass only, so we do not clean the windows inside the house, and we do not do pressure washing on this visit. If you want interior and exterior glass done, book that as its own visit.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside while ladders are up, and unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
