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 dirty runoff never lands on clean panes. We price by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking two separate trips. Across North Carolina, most of our customers book this combination in spring and fall.
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. Our window cleaning services and gutter work, done in one visit, cost less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate before anyone climbs a ladder.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are the same every time. A third story or a steep roof means a boom or scissor lift and more time on the ladder. A high window count, or oversized picture windows, takes longer on the glass. Clogged gutters and downspouts that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear and flush. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem that cleaning solutions will not remove. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not billed as extras.
Here is how a typical quote gets built. Our crew asks how many stories the house has, how many exterior windows face the street and the back, and whether the gutters have been cleaned recently. A photo of the front of the house, sent by text, usually settles the rest. Residential and commercial jobs are quoted the same way from those details, and we tell you up front what is included. When we arrive, we check the actual conditions against what you described, and the number does not change unless the house is different from what was described.
| 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.
On our Chapel Hill jobs, most customers book regular cleanings twice a year, in the spring and again in the fall, which is why one crew doing both jobs in one visit makes sense. Across North Carolina, the spring visit comes late April to May and the fall visit runs November to early December.
What we find at each visit depends on the season, and professional window cleaning is timed around it. In spring, the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and packs into the gutter elbows. In fall, the leaf load is heavy and wet, and it sits on top of the glass in the low corners. Across North Carolina, storm and wind seasons move the dates, and hurricanes and tropical storms on the coast can shift a visit by a few weeks.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. Clogged gutters that overflow in a storm can cause water damage at the foundation. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day later. A house near a busy road or a construction site gets a film that builds up faster than the calendar. Ask us about these on the first call.
You will know windows need cleaning when you see a haze that only shows when the sun is low. You will know gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge in 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.
We do window and gutter cleaning across Chapel Hill and the surrounding area, and the crew can usually schedule service within a few weeks outside the busy windows. Our window cleaning services follow the same calendar, so one call books both. Booking starts with a call or a text to (866) 435-6328 with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come.
We clean residential window and gutter jobs, and our window cleaning services also reach condos and multi-story buildings on a per-building schedule. Residential properties and commercial buildings both get the same visit order: gutters first, glass last, with photos of every run sent before the crew leaves. Every window on the exterior gets reached from the ground or a lift, and each sill gets wiped to remove dirt.
The two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, are when our calendar fills, so book early if you want a particular week. Outside those windows, we can usually fit a visit in on short notice. If you want to clean windows and gutters before a holiday, or after a storm has left grit behind, tell us the date you want and we will tell you what we can do.
Ours does. The same two people clean the gutters and the exterior glass in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing runs down the wall onto clean panes.
The number comes from the stories and the window count, and we give it by phone or text. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what the bundle comes to.
Yes, because the outside carries the pollen, the rain dust, the grime and the sprinkler spots, and none of those come off with an inside cleaning. Exterior cleaning also does the most for curb appeal, since it is the glass people see from the street.
On our Chapel Hill jobs most customers book in spring and again in fall, after the pollen and before the leaves are down. Across North Carolina, the spring visit comes late April to May and the fall visit November to early December.
Not if the order is right. Gutters first, glass last: when we clear a run, the grit and black water come down the wall, so the glass waits until the gutters are done and the wall has stopped dripping.
Screens get rinsed, sills get wiped and tracks get cleaned as part of our washing services on the exterior visit, and none of them are billed as extras.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean windows inside the house, and interior and exterior glass are different jobs, so this visit covers the outside only. We also do not pressure wash siding or decks on this job.
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 ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
