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 the approximate window count, so both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them separately. On our Wilmington jobs, most customers book it in spring and fall, and that is the calendar we work from.
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. Both jobs done in one visit cost less than booking the gutters and the glass separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will work it out from there.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are the same every time: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a large number of oversized or picture windows, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Cleaning solutions for frames and sills are included too.
Here is how the quote usually breaks down on a Wilmington house. The window and gutter bundle is one crew, one set of ladders and one visit, so the second job costs us less to do and we pass that along. Residential and commercial buildings are priced on the same basis, but this page is about houses. On our Wilmington jobs, a home that books regular cleanings settles into a steady number, and the first visit is the one that sets it. We do not price interior and exterior glass together on this visit, so the quote covers the exterior only. Text a photo of the house front and ask for a written estimate before you book 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 Wilmington customers book both jobs twice a year, once in late April or May and once in late November or December, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. Across the calendar, these cleaning services follow the same pattern: pollen film on the south-facing glass, paste in the gutters in the spring, and the leaf load in the fall.
In spring we find tree dust on the glass and paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat that has to come out before the first hard rain. Across North Carolina, hurricanes and tropical storms on the coast can move those dates, so we book by the condition of the roof, not by the calendar alone.
Some houses need a third visit, and so do multi-story buildings that sit under heavy tree cover. Under that cover the gutters clog between visits, with needles and grit packed into the downspouts. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road picks up more dust. For those, we set the schedule after the first visit, when we can see what the roofline is actually carrying.
You can tell the windows need it when you see haze that only shows up when the sun is low. You can tell the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a hard rain instead of running down the downspout, because the runoff has nowhere to go. Left alone, clogged gutters can lead to water damage. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will tell you which one applies to your house.
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 on residential properties across Wilmington and the surrounding area, and a booking takes one phone call or a text. Professional window cleaning starts with a number: tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we give you a number before a crew is scheduled. Lead times vary with the season, and the busy windows in spring and fall are when our calendar fills first, so the sooner you call, the sooner we can set a date.
On a window and gutter cleaning visit, the crew walks the perimeter first, checks each run of gutters and downspouts, and photographs the roofline before anyone cleans. Every residential window that is reachable from the ground or a pole gets done, including the upper floors, and each sill gets wiped down as part of the same pass. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and we send photos of the finished runs before we leave.
If your house has picture windows, a large sill line, or glass on more than one level, tell us when you call so we bring the right setup. Clean windows and clear gutters do more for curb appeal than most people expect, and we would rather schedule service correctly the first time than come back for a second visit. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will confirm the date in writing.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people, and the window cleaning services and gutter work are booked as one visit. We clean the gutters first, then the glass, so the water and grit from the roof never lands on a clean pane. One visit covers both.
We give the number from the stories and the size of the house, by phone or by text. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you the figure before a crew is booked. For condos, the number comes from your own floor and window count, not the whole building.
Usually the outside is where the grime is. On Wilmington houses the outside carries pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots, and none of that shows up inside. Cleaning the inside alone does not remove dirt from the outside of the glass, so the haze stays.
Most of our Wilmington customers book in spring and fall, which is when the spring tree dust and the leaf load are heaviest. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will set a date that matches your roofline.
Not if the order is right. We clear the gutters, flush the downspouts and let the wall stop dripping before anyone touches the glass. Doing the windows first is what puts grit back on them.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit. Tracks are included on the exterior side. These washing services are not billed as extras.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean windows inside the house or do pressure washing on a window and gutter visit.
No, 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. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
