The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing runs back onto clean panes. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Clean glass and clear gutters also do a lot for curb appeal. Across North Carolina, most of our customers book the spring and fall visits, and the number we give you on the phone is 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.
The price comes from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking gutter cleaning and window washing separately. We give you the number on the phone, and it is the number you pay. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing, sill wiping and the cleaning solutions for ordinary grime are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are a third story or a steep roof we cannot walk, window count, picture windows and oversized panes, gutters that have gone years without cleaning 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. Each of these changes how long the crew stays on the house, and we tell you which one applies before we start.
To get your exact number, text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us how many stories it is and roughly how many windows you have. Professional window cleaning is quoted from those two facts, and the gutter work is quoted the same way. Most of our customers do this by text in a few minutes. We do not quote from the street alone, because the back of the house often holds the clogged gutters and the damage that drives the price. That is how we arrive at a figure we can stand behind, and it is the same number we charge.
On a recent job we would describe, the quote went up because the gutters had not been opened in several years and water had started running behind the fascia, which the crew flagged in the photos before any work began. The cleaning itself was the same as any other run, but the water damage meant the crew spent longer checking the back of the house. Keep that in mind when you compare: a quote that comes in low by phone can miss the back run entirely.
| 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 our cleaning services twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Each of these cleanings catches a different load, and the timing shifts a little with weather and storm seasons.
In spring, the pollen film on south-facing glass and the seed paste in the gutters are the main things we find. The glass looks hazy even after a rinse when the film has dried into it, and the downspout elbows are often plugged with seed and dust. In fall, the leaf load is the job: a wet leaf mat that sits in the gutter through winter and sags under ice where freezing weather comes. Storms and strong wind can move the dates, so we call before the visit rather than working from a fixed calendar.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the round white spots that come back a day after cleaning, which means mineral deposits and not dirt. A residential window on a house near a busy road or construction also picks up grime faster than one set back from traffic.
Two residential properties on our Cornelius schedule show the difference. One has no trees and does fine on twice a year. The other sits under heavy trees with a sprinkler line on the front glass, and it is on three or four visits. Ask us which pattern your house matches once we have seen it.
Clean windows show no haze when the sun is low, and that is the test we check before we leave. You will know the glass needs it when a haze shows up only in low light, and you will know gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge in the rain instead of running down the downspouts.
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 works across Cornelius, and the first step is always an estimate by phone or text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time varies with the season, so to schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 and we give you the first open date. In the two busy windows of the year, when the spring and fall leaf months fill the calendar, slots go faster, so the sooner you book the better your chance at the date you want.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We work on residential and commercial properties. The crew does not come inside, and you get photos of every gutter run and every window the crew cleans before the truck leaves. For condos and multi-story buildings, we schedule around the complex and tell the management office which day the crew will be on the property.
Our washing services and window cleaning services cover gutters and downspouts, exterior glass, and the frames and screens that carry the dirt into the next rain. Runoff from clogged gutters is what carries grime onto clean glass, so we treat the two jobs as one. The crew works to remove dirt from the gutter lip, the downspout outlet and the sill below it, because each of those feeds the next one.
Yes, it is the same two people on the same visit. Gutters are cleared first and the glass is washed last, so the dirty water from the gutters never runs onto windows we have already cleaned.
We do not quote a figure without the details. The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it to you by phone or text. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you the exact number.
Yes, because the outside carries most of the load here: tree dust in spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spots that build up over time. The inside stays clean longer than the outside, so the outside is what most homes actually need.
Across North Carolina, our customers book in spring and fall, and most homes need regular cleanings on that schedule. The spring visit catches the pollen and seed load, and the fall visit catches the leaves before the first freeze. Call (866) 435-6328 to get the next open date.
No, because we clean gutters first and glass last. Gutter debris runs down the wall and onto the windows below if the glass is washed first, so our order prevents that from happening.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and they are not billed as extras. Tracks are included when they are reachable from the outside of the house.
We clean exterior glass only on this visit, not interior and exterior together. The windows inside the house and pressure washing are not part of this service, so we do not quote them here.
You do not need to be home, because the crew works outside and sends photos of each run before leaving. Turn off the sprinklers the night before, move cars off the driveway, 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.
