Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing dirty runs onto clean glass. 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. Across North Carolina, most of our bookings are for the spring and fall visits, and the crew that does the work is the one that shows up.
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.
Price is set by stories and approximate window count, and the bundle of gutters and downspouts plus exterior windows in one visit is less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give you 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. We clean with purified water rather than cleaning solutions, so the glass dries clear.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a roof steep enough that we need a boom or scissor lift, a high number of oversized picture windows, gutters that have not been cleaned in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated before we can clear the run, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. We tell you about each of these before the work starts, so the price does not change under you.
Across North Carolina, the houses we see on the regular cleanings schedule tend to have more grime on the lower glass than the upper, so a sheet of exterior glass may need a second pass. Every residential window gets the same first pass, including the ones on the back, and we do not skip the frames. Our window cleaning services cover the exterior glass only, and the window washing stops at the outside of the house. Our washing services for interior and exterior work are a different visit, and we do not do interior or pressure washing on this one.
To get your exact number, text (866) 435-6328 a photo of the front of the house and tell us the number of stories. We will come back with a quote before anyone books a date.
| 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 Elon customers book both twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for a window and gutter job. The timing comes from what we find on the glass and in the gutters at each visit, so we describe it from our own jobs rather than from general advice.
In the spring, pollen lays a film on south-facing glass and packs into the gutters as a paste. In the fall, the leaf load comes down wet and matted in the runs. Elon gets about 43.3 inches of rain a year, with June, July and September the wettest months, and that rain carries runoff from the roof down across the glass below. Storm and wind seasons can move either date, and we book around them when we see the forecast turn.
Some houses need a third visit, and multi-story buildings are the ones where the upper runs are hardest to reach. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the downspouts between visits, a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and a house near a busy road or construction picks up a dust film faster than the average. Those are the houses where we see clogged gutters and water damage start from a single missed run.
You will know the window needs attention when you see a haze only when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge during rain. We plan each visit to remove dirt before it dries onto the glass.
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 clean residential properties across Elon and book by phone or text. The estimate starts with your number of stories and a photo of the house front, and that is usually enough to set a date. Our cleaning services schedule around the two busy windows of the year, the spring pollen season and the fall leaf drop, and when those windows fill our calendar can take longer to open a slot. We call before we come, so you are not waiting on a truck that has no word of arrival.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our window cleaners work from outside the house, and the crew does not come inside. A professional window cleaning visit covers every window on the exterior and the sill under each one, so the job reads the same on the front of the house as on the back. Good curb appeal starts with clean glass and clear gutters, so we clear the gutters and downspouts before we touch the glass, and we aim to leave both done.
To schedule service, text (866) 435-6328 a photo of the roofline and the number of stories, and we will confirm a window that fits your schedule.
Yes. The same two people do the gutters and the exterior glass in one visit, and the gutters go first so the glass is not dirtied again.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We price condos the same way, by stories and window count. We do not quote from a general rate.
Yes, because the outside carries the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spotting that build up in Elon between visits. Inside glass is a separate question, and for residential and commercial work we quote from the building type, so text us what you have.
Our customers here book in the spring and the fall, and we will look at your house and tell you which visit fits your roof and trees.
No, because we clean the gutters first and the glass last. Once the runs are clear and the wall has stopped dripping, the windows get done without a second pass from runoff.
The screens are rinsed, the sills are wiped, and the tracks are part of the job on our exterior visit. None of it is billed as an extra.
No. On this visit we do exterior glass only, and we do not do interior 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. Text (866) 435-6328 if you have a question before the visit.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
