The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing falls on clean panes. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across North Carolina, most of our customers book this in spring and fall, and the number we give you on the phone is the number you will pay.
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 a bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The same quote method applies to residential and commercial buildings. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof means more time on a ladder or boom or scissor lift. A high window count, or picture windows and oversized panes that are hard to reach, adds time. Gutters that have gone years without cleanings, or that are packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated are part of the quote. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers does not come off with cleaning, so we say so when we see it. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. The crew brings its own cleaning solutions, so there is nothing for you to buy.
We quote only the exterior, since interior and exterior glass are different jobs. Here is how we get to an exact number. Send us a photo of the front of the house by text, along with the number of stories and a rough window count. We check the roofline and the glass, then give you one figure for the whole visit. Customers on regular cleanings get the same quote method every visit, using the same stories and window count. The window and gutter job on a typical house is quoted the same way whether it is one story or three, so you know what you are paying before the crew arrives.
| 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 Spring Lake customers book these cleaning services twice a year, once in late spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them.
Each visit finds something different. In spring we see pollen film on south-facing glass and pollen paste packed into the gutters. In fall it is the leaf load, which turns into a wet mat that leaves clogged gutters if it sits. Storm and wind seasons can move these dates, so a professional window cleaning crew looks at the house before we set a schedule rather than following a calendar.
Some houses need a third visit, and multi-story buildings with a lot of glass often need one more than a single-story house. 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 later. Left alone, a clogged run that overflows can lead to water damage at the fascia. A house near a busy road or construction picks up more dust on the frames.
You will know windows need cleaning when you see haze that only shows when the sun is low, and that haze takes away from curb appeal. You will know gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a rain. Many window cleaners skip the gutters entirely, which is why we pair the two jobs. We do not clean windows inside on this visit, so if the haze is on glass you can see from indoors, that is a separate job.
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 book the estimate by phone or text: call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo of the house front with the number of stories. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we will tell you the first open date when you call. The two busy windows are the spring season and the fall leaf drop, and those are the weeks when our calendar fills, so booking early in those months gets you a slot sooner.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew does not come inside. You get one written estimate, and when the day comes we confirm the arrival window.
Our residential window work is the core of what we do, and residential properties are the bulk of our calendar. Most of it is clean windows and gutters on single-family homes. We also handle the occasional commercial building on a scheduled basis, and residential and commercial jobs follow the same booking steps. Each job is scheduled around the house, so the crew knows what to expect before they arrive. Ask us to schedule service for every window and every gutter run on the property, including a sill or a back run that is easy to miss.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and downspouts and the outside of the windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the dirty water from the gutters does not run down onto clean panes.
Our window cleaning services are quoted from the number of stories and the window count, by phone or text. The number we give you is the number you pay, and it covers both jobs in one visit.
On houses in Spring Lake the outside collects rain dust, grime and sprinkler spots faster than the inside does. Cleaning the outside alone is enough to remove dirt you can see from the street.
Across North Carolina most customers book in spring and fall, when debris and leaves are heaviest. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the schedule before those windows fill.
Not when we do the job. Gutters first, glass last. Once a run is cleared and flushed we let the wall stop dripping before the glass is touched, so the runoff does not reach clean windows.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit. Tracks are included in the window count. None of these is billed as an add-on.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean interior glass and we do not do pressure washing, and that applies to condos as well as single-family homes. If you need the inside done, we will tell you who to call.
You do not need to be home. Turn off the sprinklers the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while 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.
