Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. Gutters go first and glass goes last, so nothing that falls out of the gutters lands on clean panes. We price by the number of stories, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. Across North Carolina, most of our customers book this in spring and fall, and we are glad to give you a number before we come out.
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.
Window washing and gutter cleaning are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give 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 changes the quote is what the crew finds on the day. On multi-story buildings, a third story or a steep roof takes more time on the ladder. Oversized panes, picture windows included, and a high window count add hours. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years come down packed with needles and leaves, and gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a different problem, and no cleaning removes it, so we say so when we see it.
On our jobs, we ask for the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house by text, and that is usually enough to quote over the phone. Professional window cleaning, done by the same window cleaners who clear the gutters, means nothing is handed off between crews. If a house has grime built up on the glass, the curb appeal of the whole front can change, and we would rather show you the before and after than promise it. Where a house has clogged gutters that have sat for a season, water damage on the fascia is the first thing we check, and we photograph what we find before it goes in the report. The count covers the outside glass only, since interior and exterior work is priced as separate jobs, and the windows inside are not part of this quote.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will book a date and give you the number.
| 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 customers in Durham book our cleaning services twice a year, and those regular cleanings are why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across North Carolina, the spring visit usually lands in late April to May and the fall visit in November to early December, and we set each house's date from the season in front of us.
In spring, the pollen film builds on the south-facing glass of each residential window, and the pollen paste packs the gutters. In fall, it is the leaf load that fills the runs and the wet mat that sits in the downspouts. Storms and wind seasons can move both dates, so we check each house before we schedule service and do not work from a calendar alone.
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 spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more dust on the sill and the frame. On those houses we suggest a third visit on top of the usual two cleanings, and we say why in the report.
You will know the windows need attention when a haze shows on every window in low sun, even when the clean windows were done only weeks before. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in 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.
Booking starts with a quote by phone or text. Give us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we will tell you when a crew can come. Lead time depends on the season, and we confirm the date before anything goes on the calendar. The two busy windows of the year are the spring and fall visits, when our calendar fills with residential properties and small commercial jobs, so booking early helps.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew does not come inside. Our crews handle washing services and window cleaning services for residential and commercial properties, from condos to single-family homes, and we clean each sill and each frame, not just the glass.
Gutters and downspouts get cleared and flushed, and the runoff is hauled away rather than blown onto the lawn, so you are not left to remove dirt from the beds. We take the grime off the glass the same visit, with purified water and no cleaning solutions to leave streaks.
Yes, and it is the same crew. Our two people do the gutters first and the glass last, so the work runs in one visit.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a number.
Yes, because the outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and cleaning the inside does nothing about those. Interior glass is a separate job, so the outside visit stands on its own.
Most of our customers book in spring and fall. Which one suits your house depends on the trees and the sprinklers around it, so we suggest the timing after we look.
No. Gutters go first and glass goes last, so the runs are clear before anyone touches a window. The glass is rinsed with purified water and dries without streaks.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and tracks are part of the job. Bay and bow windows get the same frame and sill work as any other pane. None of it shows up as a separate line.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit. We do not do interior glass or pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside, 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.
