Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. On our Graham jobs, most customers book the spring and fall visits, which is when the pollen and leaves build up most.
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, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and it covers downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping, so none of those show up as extras.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are the same ones every time. A third story or a roof steep enough that we have to work from a boom or scissor lift. A residential window count and oversized panes, especially picture windows that take more time per pane. Gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, which means more hauling and more flushing. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers, which a cleaning will not remove and which we will tell you about on the visit rather than promise to fix.
What we have seen drive quotes on Graham houses is usually a mix of two or three of those, so the fastest way to get an exact number is to text us a photo of the front of the house along with your story count and a rough window count. Our crew will confirm the figure before anyone books a date, and the number on the invoice matches it. Water damage from clogged gutters is the reason many of our customers move their visit up, because a gutter that backs up in a storm can soak the fascia and the wall beneath it before anyone notices. Multi-story buildings and tall homes need the most setup, and that is reflected in the quote from the start rather than added on the day.
The crew also handles professional window cleaning on the outside of the glass, and that is where most of our window washing work happens on a visit. Customers who want curb appeal from the street often book the bundle because the gutters and the glass get done in the same pass. Our window cleaners work from a pole and purified water on every reachable pane, so the glass dries without streaks and needs no second pass. If you are asking about windows inside, that is not part of this visit. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house for a written estimate.
| 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 Graham customers book both cleaning services twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Across North Carolina the spring visit usually lands in late April to May, after the seed drop, and the fall visit falls in November to early December, after the leaves are down and before the first hard freeze.
What we find at each visit is consistent. In the spring, the pollen film sits heavy on south-facing glass and the damp grit packs the downspout elbows. In the fall, the leaf load is wet and dense, and it sits on the glass beneath the gutters where it has been running off all season. Storm and wind seasons can shift the dates, so for a residential window job we book by the condition of the house rather than the calendar alone.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves round 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 the first visit we look at every window and tell you which panes need a closer look. If any of those apply to yours, we will set up the schedule service to match, so you are not guessing about the next date.
Clean windows should look the same at noon as they do at sunset, so a haze you only see when the sun is low is the sign that your windows need attention sooner. The sign your gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in a rain instead of running into the downspout. Either one is a reason to call (866) 435-6328 rather than wait for the scheduled date.
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 an estimate by phone or text, using the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house. We confirm the window count and the gutter condition before we give a number, and we call before we come. Lead time depends on the season, and during the two busy windows of the year the calendar fills, so the sooner you ask, the more choice you have on the date.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew does not come inside, and they handle the washing services and the window cleaning services without needing access to the house. Our crews work the grime off every window they can reach from the outside and off the frames, flush the gutters and downspouts, and clear runoff from the wall before the next rain. Where the gutters are blocked, the crew will remove dirt and debris from the run and check that water is flowing to the downspout. Our work covers residential and commercial buildings, including condos and small multi-unit buildings where the gutters and the windows are on a shared schedule.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, and they do the gutters first and the glass last. That order keeps the dirty water from running across the clean glass.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or by text. Send a photo of the front, your story count and your window count, and we will confirm the figure before anyone books. We work on residential and commercial buildings, so tell us which one it is when you call.
On our Graham houses the outside carries most of the buildup: a dusty film, rain dust and sprinkler spots. Picture windows get the same pole-and-water pass as the rest of the outside glass, while cleaning solutions used inside do not touch the buildup on the outside, so that is where the visible haze comes from.
Across North Carolina the spring visit usually lands in late April to May, when pollen sits heaviest on the glass, and our Graham customers usually book the fall visit for November to early December. Regular cleanings at those times catch the leaves at their heaviest.
Not if the gutters are done first. The leaves, grit and black water come down the wall when a run is cleared, so we clear the gutters, flush the downspouts, and only then clean the glass.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit. Tracks are included in the bundle when they are reachable from the outside.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean interior glass, so this visit covers the outside of the windows and not the interior and exterior together. We also do not do pressure washing, so the work stays on the glass and the gutters.
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 the 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.
