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 doing both jobs in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across North Carolina, most of our customers book the bundle in spring and again in fall, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
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 done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are stories and steep roofs, window count and oversized panes, clogged gutters that have not been cleaned in years or are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted before we can reach the run, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Multi-story buildings take longer on the ladder work, so we quote them after we see the roofline. A run that overflows at the wall can send water into the siding and cause water damage, so clearing it before the rain matters. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Windows inside are a separate job and not in this price. Clean glass and clear gutters also do a lot for curb appeal, and the outside price covers both.
On a recent job, a homeowner had a window cleaning and a gutter cleaning booked separately before calling us. The quote changed once the crew saw the packed downspout elbows and the sprinkler line hitting the glass on the south side, and the bundle in one visit covered both. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote, or text the same number, and send a photo of the front of the house so we can see the stories and roofline before we give you a number. The window cleaning services, the professional window cleaning and the window cleaners on your street are all done by the same crew, and the window washing is done from a pole, not a ladder against the siding.
| 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.
On our Smithfield jobs, most residential properties book both cleaning services twice a year, in late spring and in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across North Carolina, the spring visit runs late April to May and the fall visit runs November to early December.
At the spring visit we check every window on the south-facing side and find pollen film on the glass, plus pollen paste packed in the gutters. Picture windows on that side show it first, and a residential window there gets the worst of it. We wipe every sill as we go, since that is where the pollen collects. At the fall visit we find the leaf load, and on houses that skipped that visit we see runs that have sagged under the weight of wet leaves. Smithfield gets about 49.4 inches of rain a year, and July, August and September are the wettest months, so the gutters work hardest in late summer. Across North Carolina, storm and wind seasons, including hurricanes and tropical storms on the coast, can move the dates, and we call to confirm the day before.
Three situations on our jobs need a third visit: heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass (the spots that come back a day later), and a house near a busy road or construction, where the glass picks up grime faster. Houses on regular cleanings twice a year rarely need that third visit. Each of these gets a schedule we set after the first look, and we price the cleanings on that schedule once we see the house, so you can schedule service with a firm number.
Clean windows show a haze mostly when the sun is low, and that is the sign the glass is due. The gutters tell you when water sheets over the edge during rain. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a spring or fall visit, or text a photo of the house front for a quote by stories and window count.
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, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Most slots fill in the two busy windows of the year, the spring pollen season and the fall leaf season, so ask early if you want a particular week. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
The crew handles washing services for residential and commercial properties, including homes and small businesses, and the window cleaning services we provide cover every residential window on every floor. The gutters and downspouts are cleared and flushed in the same visit, so the runoff from the roof does not leave grime on the new glass. We also remove dirt from the sills and frames as part of the job, and we use purified water rather than cleaning solutions on the glass. Our crew works at homes and at small condos, and we set the schedule for each property after the first look.
We do both jobs, and it is the same crew. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We do not split the job into interior and exterior trips.
We give the price by phone or text, from the number of stories and the size of the house. We do not quote a figure in this FAQ because the number depends on those details.
Yes, if the outside stays dirty. The outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and those are what the inside glass does not catch.
Our customers here book in late spring and in fall. At the spring visit we clear the pollen; at the fall visit we clear the leaf load.
No. Gutters first, glass last, so the dirty water from the runs does not reach clean glass.
Yes, screens, sills and tracks are part of the job on the outside. We rinse the screens and wipe the sills as standard, not as an extra.
We clean the outside of the windows only on this visit, so the price does not include windows inside. We do not do pressure washing either.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Call (866) 435-6328 to book.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
