Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of your windows in a single visit, and they do the gutters first so the glass is the last thing they touch. We price the job by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Our crew works through the spring and fall seasons across North Carolina, and we keep the quote you hear on the phone as the number on the invoice.
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 stories and approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than two separate jobs; the figure we give on the phone is the figure we charge. What moves it on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a steep roof that takes longer to set up, a large number of oversized panes, clogged gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Multi-story buildings get the same treatment, with the stories count setting the quote. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Window washing on the outside of the glass is the bulk of what we do here, because the pollen film and road dust build up on the exterior faster than most owners expect. The crew works with water-fed poles and purified water and no harsh cleaning solutions on the glass, so the glass dries without the streak that comes from towel work. Professional window cleaning like this is also the only practical way to reach the upper stories without a ladder against the siding. Clean outside glass does a lot for curb appeal, and it is the first thing a visitor sees. Homeowners who ask about interior glass are told plainly that we do not do it on this visit.
On a recent Apex job, the quote came in higher than the owner expected because of the number of stories and a long run of gutters that had gone several seasons without a clean, with leaf mat packed into the back runs. Once those were cleared and the downspouts flushed, the crew could see the water damage starting at the fascia, which the owner was glad to know about before it got worse. For the exact number on your house, the fastest route is to text us the front of the house with the number of stories, and we give you a figure from that photo.
| 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.
Across North Carolina most of our customers book gutters and exterior glass twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, and one crew in one visit is the simplest way to cover both. Spring work reaches every window on the house, not only the ones facing the street, and it is when the yellow film settles on south-facing glass while the pollen paste packs the gutter elbows. Fall work is the leaf load from the trees that drop before the first hard frost. Storm and wind seasons can move both dates, so we book around them rather than on a fixed calendar.
What we find at each visit is consistent. On the glass, a yellow haze shows up on the exterior panes, and the rain that follows smears it into the frames. The picture windows at the front of the house show it first, because they catch the most sun. In the gutters, the debris turns to paste and the leaf mat sits on top of it. Houses under heavy tree cover, big trees hanging over the roof, need a third visit because needles and grit pack the downspouts between regular cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits any residential window leaves the round spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those need a schedule adjustment as well as a visit. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects grime faster than one on a quiet street, and we plan the frequency around that.
The easiest way to tell the clean windows need attention again is a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and the easiest way to tell the gutters need attention is water sheeting over the edge in rain. Both mean it is time to schedule service. We keep the spring and fall visits on the calendar so that neither one is missed.
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.
Booking starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text estimate that asks for the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Once we have those, we give you a time window, and we call before we come, so nobody is standing in the driveway waiting. Our calendar fills fastest in the busy windows of the year, the spring season and the fall leaf season, so it is worth booking early in those months. Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work, because the crew does not come inside, and you get photos of every gutter run and downspout before the truck leaves.
Our crews handle the washing services and window cleaning services that residential properties need, for residential and commercial work alike, and the same crew handles the gutters and downspouts in one trip. The job is built to remove dirt and grime from the glass and the gutters together, and runoff from the roof is checked at the outlet so nothing sits on the walkway. We also do the occasional condos job where several units share a roofline, and we schedule those as a single visit.
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 dirty from the roof lands on clean panes.
We give you the number from the stories and the size of the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and you will get a written estimate before we book a date.
On our Apex jobs the outside carries most of the grime: road film, dust and sprinkler spots. Cleaning the inside alone leaves the haze that blocks the light on the outside, so the exterior is the part that matters here.
Our Apex customers usually book the spring visit once the trees have leafed out and the fall visit after the leaves come down. Across North Carolina the spring and fall windows are the busiest, so book early to get a date you want.
No. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, because the leaves, grit and black water from a run come down the wall and across any window below it. Doing the glass first means washing it a second time.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and the frames are done as part of the exterior job. We do not bill them as add-ons, and we tell you what we cleaned on the photo report.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit, so the windows inside stay as they are. We do not do pressure washing, and if you want interior and exterior glass done together, we will tell you that when you call.
No, 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 the 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.
