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 nothing runs back onto clean panes. Pricing follows the number of stories, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. Most of our Elizabeth City customers book this bundle for the spring and fall visits, when the pollen and the leaves do the most damage.
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 window and gutter bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We do not add surprise line items after the crew arrives, and downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job rather than billed extras. The cleaning solutions needed to remove dirt and film from the glass are part of the quote as well. If you ask about interior and exterior glass, we will tell you on the phone that the crew works the outside only, so windows inside are not part of this price.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes more time on the ladder. Oversized panes and a high window count add hours. Gutters and downspouts that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is not something cleaning removes, so we flag it before we start. Booking regular cleanings on the same schedule each year keeps the count steady from one visit to the next.
The quotes that move most are the ones where the stories and the window count are unknown until the crew arrives. The fastest way to get an exact number is to text us a photo of the front of the house along with the stories and a rough count of the windows. Picture windows take the most time on the glass, and a back run full of grit can need two passes, which is why the window count matters more than the square footage. The same method works for residential and commercial jobs, and for condos. Ask us for a written estimate once we have the count, and we will send one the same day.
| 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 Elizabeth City customers book both jobs twice a year, in the spring and in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense, instead of hiring window cleaners for the glass and someone else for the gutters. Across North Carolina, the spring visit usually falls in late April to May. The fall visit usually lands in late November to December, and it is the bigger of the two. A professional window cleaning visit on this calendar keeps the glass ahead of the season instead of behind it, and it helps curb appeal from the street.
On our jobs, the spring visit is when the pollen film shows up on south-facing glass and the pollen paste builds in the gutters. The fall visit catches the leaf load and the wet leaf mat that sits in the runs through the winter, along with the runoff that stains the wall beneath them. Elizabeth City gets about 51.3 inches of rain a year, with July, August and September the wettest months, so clogged gutters in those months can lead to water damage at the fascia. Storm and wind seasons can move both dates, and when a storm rolls through early we adjust the schedule rather than leave the gutters full.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the downspouts packed between visits. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects grime faster than the average, and multi-story buildings with long gutter runs need the upper runs checked more often. These are the cases where our customers end up on a three-visit or four-visit schedule. Few or no trees and no sprinkler problem usually means twice a year is enough.
You will know windows need cleaning when you see haze that only shows up when the sun is low. You will know gutters need it when water sheets over the edge during 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 does window and gutter cleaning across the city, and every residential window job gets the same crew as the gutter run, with the washing services the same on every floor. We take on residential properties and commercial buildings alike, and the goal is clean windows on every floor, not just the front. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and tell us the number of stories. We will come back with an estimate and a date. Lead time depends on the season, and during the two busy windows of the year, when the pollen and the leaves arrive, our calendar fills faster, so booking early helps.
We call before we come, so you are never surprised by a truck in the driveway. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew does not come inside, and the fixed schedule means we can plan around your week. If you need a specific day, tell us when you book and we will schedule service around it. We make sure every window and every sill on the outside gets the same attention, and the gutters are cleared and flushed before the glass is touched.
Yes, and yes. Our crew does both in one visit, so you are not coordinating two companies and paying two trip fees. Plenty of people book window cleaners for the glass alone and call someone else for the gutters, and that is the two-trip cost we avoid. Gutters go first and glass goes last, which is the order that keeps our washing services from undoing the clean.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house and the window count, and you will have a number before the crew is on the schedule.
On the outside, the glass carries pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up between visits. The outside is also what people see from the street, so it matters for curb appeal. The windows inside can look fine while the outside is hazed, and that outside film is what the sun shows you in the afternoon. Exterior cleaning removes it, and the inside is a separate question.
Our professional window cleaning visits here are booked in the spring and the fall, after the pollen and the leaves have done their damage. Across North Carolina, most homes are on the same two visits, so the calendar fills fast in those windows.
No, that is why we do gutters first and glass last. When gutters and downspouts are cleared, the leaves, the grit and the black runoff come down the wall, and if the glass was already clean, it gets dirty again. We clear the roof, the gutters and the downspouts first, let the wall stop dripping, and only then touch the windows.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and that is how we remove dirt from the frames too. Tracks are included on the standard visit. All of it is part of our washing services, and none of it is billed as an extra line item.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean the inside of the glass, and we do not do pressure washing as part of this booking. If the home is one of the condos in a shared building, check with the association first, since some association rules limit exterior work.
You do not need to be home. Turn off the sprinklers the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
