Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the rough window count, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across North Carolina, most of our customers book this in spring and fall, when the pollen and leaves are heaviest.
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 our washing services by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Window washing booked with the gutters comes out less than two separate trips, and the saving is shown on your estimate. The gutters and downspouts are quoted together with the window cleaning services, so one number covers the whole house. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are the same ones every time: a third story or a roof steep enough that we work from a boom or scissor lift, a large count of oversized 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 plain water will not lift, which takes cleaning solutions and extra time. Condos with a shared roof and several stacked units take longer than a single house, so we quote them by the building. Each one adds time on the ladder, which is why we look at the house before we quote it.
Here is how to get an exact number. Text us a photo of the front of the house, tell us the stories, and give us a rough window count. We will come back with a written estimate that covers the gutters and the glass together, and the crew will flush every downspout until the water runs clear. The job is done when the gutters carry water without sheeting over the edge and the glass is clear of runoff and grime, and the crew works the frames as well as the panes to remove dirt before it sends photos of each run before they leave.
| 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.
Across North Carolina most of our customers book window and gutter cleaning twice a year, and it is one crew and one visit each time, which is why the two jobs belong together. Those cleanings are spaced around the seasons. Across North Carolina the spring visit lands in late April to May, when a film builds on south-facing glass and the seed and paste mix packs the downspout elbows. On our Wilson jobs the fall visit runs from November to early December, after the leaves drop and before the first hard freeze.
What we find at each visit follows the calendar. In spring the glass carries a yellow pollen film and the gutters hold seeds and paste that slow the flow. In fall the gutters hold a wet leaf mat, and runs that skipped the fall visit tend to show sag by the next winter. Storm and wind seasons move the dates a little. Across North Carolina, hurricanes and tropical storms hit the coast, so we watch the forecast and shift the visit if the crew needs to be out before a blow.
Some houses need a third visit. 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. A house close to a busy road or a construction site collects grime faster than the glass can handle. If any of those describe your house, ask us for a third date on the estimate. Regular cleanings matter more on those houses than any single visit, because a window cleaned once a year will not hold there, and we would rather tell you that up front.
You will know the windows need attention when you see a haze that only shows up when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running through the downspout.
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.
Our crew works across the city of Wilson with the same two-person setup on every job, and we book by phone or text. Our cleaning services run the same way on each house. To schedule service, send us the stories, a rough window count and a photo of the house front, and we tell you the next open date, which is the typical lead time for the season. Our calendar fills fastest in the two busy windows of the year, when the spring and fall loads are heaviest, so an early call in those months gets the earlier slot.
We call before we come, and the crew confirms the arrival window the day before. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. For professional window cleaning on a house with a lot of glass, the crew sets up once for the gutters and then works every window on that side from the same position, so the visit is one trip instead of two. The visit covers the outside glass only, not the windows inside the house, and we take the same care on residential and commercial multi-story buildings, using the boom or scissor lift where the height calls for it.
Getting the gutters and glass done on schedule also protects the house. Clogged gutters that overflow in the wettest months, July through September, can run water down the siding and into the wall, and that kind of water damage costs far more than the cleaning. Keeping the gutters clear also protects curb appeal, which is the first thing anyone sees from the street. Window cleaners who only do the glass leave the gutter water to splash the clean panes below, which is why we do the gutters first.
Our crew does both, and it is the same two people on the same visit, gutters first and glass last.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text, with the number we quote being the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house to ask for a written estimate.
Yes, because the outside carries the dust film, the rain spatter and any sprinkler spots, and cleaning the inside does nothing about those. Our Wilson customers who skip the outside see the haze return within a season.
Across North Carolina the spring window falls in late April to May, and the fall window on our Wilson jobs runs from November to early December, so ask for the next open slot in those months.
No, because the crew works gutters first and glass last, and the water from the runs is flushed before anyone touches the clean windows. Someone else doing the glass first is the reason for the order, not a problem on our side.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned on every residential window we do, so you do not pay for them as add-ons.
We clean exterior glass only on residential properties in this visit, so interior and exterior glass are two separate bookings, and we do not do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. Call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
