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 approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Our crew has been doing this work for homeowners across Ohio, and most of our Monfort Heights customers book it for spring and fall, when the pollen and the leaf drop hit hardest.
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 window cleaning services 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 we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 or text for the figure, and the crew will tell you exactly what it covers.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are stories and steep roofs, the window count and any oversized panes, gutters that have not been cleaned in years or are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Cleaning the gutters and downspouts, rinsing the screens and wiping the sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras. We wipe the sills on every window we clean, rinse the screens we take down, and rinse the glass with purified water instead of cleaning solutions.
At Monfort Heights we see the same pattern across many residential properties. A single-story home with a modest window count is a short visit, while a two-story home with picture windows and a full gutter run takes most of a morning. Multi-level houses and houses with cluttered gutters need more time, and the crew will tell you what to expect before the ladders go up. The simplest way to get an accurate number is to text a photo of the front of the house and tell us how many stories it has, then we can give you the exact figure for your home. Many homeowners who have booked a window washing service, or other washing services, say the interior and exterior glass gets done at the same visit, but we only do the outside glass on this visit, so the number reflects exterior work alone. Some of our crews have also done regular cleanings for the same houses across seasons, which keeps the scope predictable from one visit to the next. We will also tell you if a window needs work we cannot do on this visit, like sealing or glass replacement, and we will not add it to the bill without asking first.
| 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 Monfort Heights jobs, most of our customers book both gutters and windows twice a year, in the spring month when the yard dust settles and the fall month after the leaves drop, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Pollen film builds up on south-facing glass, and the sticky residue it leaves behind gets packed into the gutters in the same window of the year.
On our jobs in spring, the window and gutter work is mostly about seed and catkin debris, and the glass shows a yellow-green haze that is easy to miss until the sun gets low. In fall, the leaf load is the main concern, and the wet mat in the gutters can sag under its own weight when the first freeze comes. Severe thunderstorms and derechos across Ohio can move these dates a few weeks in either direction, so we watch the sky as much as the calendar. A gutter that overflows at the eave can send water damage into the fascia, so a backed-up run gets cleared before the next storm.
Some houses need a third visit as we see them. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps clogged gutters packed between visits, so those houses are often on every three or four months. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those need a schedule of their own. A house close to a busy road or active construction gets more grit on the glass, and the runoff from the roof carries that grit down the wall, so those houses tend to come back sooner.
The sign that the windows need attention is a haze you only notice when the sun is low in the afternoon. The sign that the gutters need attention is water sheeting over the edge in rain, rather than running down 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.
At city scope we name the neighborhoods of Monfort Heights where our crew has cleaned, and the list stays current as we add new streets. Call (866) 435-6328 or text to book: give us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we will tell you when a slot opens. Lead time depends on the season, and during the two busy windows of the year, when seed fall and leaf drop peak, our calendar fills first, so the earlier you call to schedule service, the better the chance of getting the date you want.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew works outside on the gutters and the glass, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. We run a professional window cleaning operation with cleaning services that stay focused on the outside of the house, so you know exactly what you are getting. Any residential and commercial work outside a house is quoted by the crew on request. Many of our window cleaners work the same routes from one visit to the next, which helps keep the schedule steady.
If you have a home with a lot of curb appeal to protect, the schedule matters as much as the scope. We aim to make service predictable so the glass and the gutters look right from the street, and we make sure every window on the list gets the same attention. Each sill gets wiped, each frame gets checked, and the crew works to remove dirt from the track before moving on. Taller multi-story buildings are quoted separately after a site look, so give us the story count up front.
Yes. For a residential window job, the same two people do both in one visit, gutters first and glass last. Doing it together means one setup and one trip, which is why the bundle costs less than two separate bookings.
We give the number by phone or text, based on the stories and the approximate window count. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you the exact figure before the crew is booked. Condos are quoted after a look at the site, not from the house figure.
On our Monfort Heights jobs, the outside carries most of the grime: road film, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up between visits. Cleaning only the inside leaves that film on the glass, so the outside is where the work shows.
Most of our Monfort Heights customers book in spring and fall, after the yard dust settles and again after the leaves come down. Those are the busiest windows on our calendar, so calling early helps.
No, that is why we clean the gutters first and the glass last. When a gutter run is cleared, the leaves, grit and black water come down the wall, so if the glass were washed first, it would need a second pass.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit, and tracks are included on the exterior side. Nothing on that list is billed as an extra.
Exterior only on this visit. Windows inside are not part of the visit, and we do not do pressure washing, so the scope stays on the outside glass and the gutters.
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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
