The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit here in Columbia, with the gutters first and the glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs done together in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across South Carolina, most of our customers book the bundle in the spring and fall, so the crew knows the calendar before it knocks on the door.
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.
Window washing and gutter work are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing, sill wiping and the cleaning solutions are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are stories and steep roofs, multi-story buildings that need longer ladder work, the window count and any oversized picture windows, 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. The crew sees these on the day and tells you before any work starts. A house with water damage at the eave or fascia is photographed and reported in the estimate, not billed as a repair.
To get the exact number, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house along with the number of stories and a rough window count. Professional window cleaning is quoted the same way as the gutter work, on one written estimate. A second photo from the side helps if the roof is steep. We take those details, give you a written estimate, and the price holds at the visit. Windows inside the house are not part of the job, and clogged gutters that need a second pass are scoped in that estimate so nothing shows up on the invoice that was not on the quote, and we will not add curb appeal work that you did not ask for.
| 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 South Carolina, most of our customers book gutter and exterior window cleaning twice a year, in the spring and again in the fall, and the one crew does both in a single visit. Here is what we find at each one. In spring the pollen film sits on the south-facing glass of each residential window and the pollen paste packs the gutters, and by fall the leaf load and wind-blown debris have filled the downspout elbows.
Storm and wind seasons move the dates, so we book off the house rather than the calendar. Some houses need a third visit, and we see that most often in three cases: heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass so spots come back a day after cleaning, and a house close to a busy road or active construction where the dust lands every week. On those, the crew plans the third visit before the first one starts. Regular cleanings on that schedule keep the third visit from becoming an emergency.
The sign that windows need cleaning sooner is a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and it usually shows up on every window on the same side of the house at once. The sign gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in a rain. Either one means the schedule has slipped, so call us to schedule service, and we will get a slot on the calendar and send a text the day before.
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.
The crew covers Columbia and the houses around it, and we book by calling (866) 435-6328 or by text. Text us the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we send a written estimate with the window count and gutter scope written out. Lead time depends on the season, and the crew calls before it comes, so nobody has to guess when the truck will pull up. In the busy windows of spring and fall our calendar fills, so the sooner you book, the sooner a slot is yours.
We do residential and commercial work, and the same crew handles both kinds of exterior work, so the washing services stay on one schedule. Condos, townhomes and single-family houses all get the same order of work: gutters first, the glass last. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, because the crew does not come inside. We remove dirt and grime from the glass and the frame, clear the gutters and downspouts, and flush the runoff path so nothing sits behind the fascia to rot the wood. Window cleaning services and the gutter work are on one invoice, one visit, and one written estimate, which is the whole point of booking them together.
Yes, and it is the same two-person crew doing both in one visit. We clean the gutters first and the exterior glass last so the dirty runoff does not land on clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it by phone or text. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
On the outside, pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spotting build up faster here than most people expect, and regular cleanings keep that buildup from dulling the glass. The outside takes the dirt first, so cleaning it is what changes how the windows look from the street, whatever the inside looks like.
Across South Carolina, most of our customers book in the spring and in the fall, which is when the pollen and leaf loads peak and the calendar fills quickly, so book early to schedule service.
No, because we clean gutters first and glass last. Once the runs are cleared and the downspouts flushed, the wall gets a few minutes to drain before anyone touches the windows.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and tracks are included on the exterior side. Nothing on that list is billed as an extra.
On this visit we do exterior glass only. We do not clean interior glass or do pressure washing, so this is not interior and exterior work and the inside stays as you have it.
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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
