Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing from the roof ends up on clean panes. We price both jobs by the number of stories, and booking them together costs less than two separate trips. We have been doing this work across Oregon for homeowners who want the house done in one go, and we keep the crew on a schedule that puts us out each spring and fall.
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 that is how we quote residential and commercial jobs alike. When both jobs go in one visit the bundle costs less than booking the two cleanings separately. The glass gets purified water rather than cleaning solutions, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge, with nothing added on the day.
On the jobs we do here, a few things move the quote. Multi-story buildings, or a roof steep enough that we cannot walk it, change how many people and how much equipment go on the house. A large number of windows or oversized picture windows adds time on the glass. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear and haul. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a stain that no cleaning removes, so we point it out on the visit rather than promise it away. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and not billed as extras. If you want both interior and exterior glass cleaned, say so when you call, and that job is quoted before the crew comes.
On a recent job in Cottage Grove, the quote came in higher than the customer expected because the house had two stories plus a partial third over the garage, and the back gutter run sat well above the patio. The crew cleared the runs, flushed every downspout, and rinsed the picture windows on the south side where grime had built a film. Those three things set the number, and the customer knew it before the crew came out. The question to answer first is how many stories and roughly how many windows the house has. A photo of the front of the house sent by text is enough for us to start, and we will tell you what it will take to get the exact number.
| 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 Cottage Grove jobs most customers book regular cleanings twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Spring is when professional window cleaning clears the pollen that settles on south-facing glass, and the same visit clears gutters that pack with sludge. The fall visit clears the leaf load that comes down once the trees turn. Storm and wind seasons can move both dates, so we schedule from what we see on the roof rather than a fixed calendar.
Some houses need a third visit, and so do many multi-story buildings. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts faster than the twice-a-year schedule can keep up with, and a packed run can lead to water damage at the fascia. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those need a closer look each time. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up a film of dust that shows on the glass within weeks. Our customers with those conditions usually book three or four times a year, and we tell you which group your house falls into after the first visit, so the cleaning services get booked to match.
One customer on the twice-a-year plan has no trees over the roof and a sprinkler system that does not reach the glass. A second customer, on a three-visit schedule, has trees on the south side and a sprinkler line that hits the upstairs windows. Both are on record with their neighborhoods and what we found on the first visit, and you can read those on our case pages. The sign that windows need cleaning is haze you only notice when the sun is low in the afternoon, and it hurts curb appeal more than most people expect. The sign of clogged gutters is water sheeting over the edge in a heavy rain instead of running through the downspout. The windows inside stay out of these visits.
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 have cleaned window and gutter cleaning jobs across the older and newer parts of Cottage Grove, from houses with steep roofs to single-story homes with large picture windows. Booking starts with a quote by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front. To schedule service, call or text and we confirm the date with a call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work, and the crew does not go inside.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring season and the fall leaf drop, and our calendar fills in those weeks. If you want a date in those months, book early, because the slots go to the customers who asked first. Outside those windows there is usually more room. Our crews serve residential properties and homes in the area. Every window on the exterior is included, and on a residential window the sill gets wiped and the frame done. We clean windows to the edge of the frame so the glass shows clear once the sun hits it.
Yes, it is the same two people. Our window cleaning services and the gutter work go on one ticket, and we do the gutters first and the glass last, so debris from the roof does not run onto windows we just finished. One crew, one visit, and the photos of each run come to your phone before we leave.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Our washing services are quoted that way on every job, and we do not quote a figure without those two things, because a two-story house with a steep roof and one with a flat roof take very different amounts of time.
For most houses and condos here, yes. The outside carries pollen in spring, rain dust through the winter, and sprinkler spots that build up on the glass. Those stay on the outside whether the inside is clean or not, and they are what shows first in the light.
Across Oregon, spring visits usually land in mid to late June. In Cottage Grove, the fall visit runs late October to November, after the leaves come down. To pick a date, call (866) 435-6328 or send a text.
No, that is why we do gutters and downspouts first and glass last. When a run is cleared, the leaves, grit and black water come down the wall, so the glass waits until the wall has stopped dripping, the downspouts are flushed, and the runoff has cleared.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the exterior visit, which removes dirt from every frame. We clean the tracks on the outside of each window too. They are not billed as extras, and the photos show each one when we are done.
Not on this visit. We clean the exterior glass only, and we do not do interior windows or pressure washing as part of this booking. If you need either one, tell us when you call and we will say whether we can add it another day.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. That is the whole list, and the crew brings its own water and power.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
