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 the runoff from the roof never lands on panes we have already finished. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and two jobs booked together cost less than two separate trips. Across South Carolina, most of our customers book this service in the spring and fall, when spring dust and leaves build up fastest on the house.
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. Booked together, window washing services and gutter work come in below two separate visits, and window cleaning services for the glass alone are priced the same way. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, so tell us the stories and the window count and we will quote it before the crew is scheduled.
Stories and roof pitch change the time on the ladder more than anything else. A third story or a steep roof means the crew works from a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder, and that is priced in. Window count matters, and so do oversized picture windows, which take longer to reach from the ground. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years come down heavier and take longer to clear, and gutters packed with needles, leaves and grime add time. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem that no cleaning removes. Gutters and downspouts are cleaned in one pass, so the time to remove dirt from every run is already in the number. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Here is what we have seen on our Summerville jobs. The quote is set once we know the house, and the houses that come in with the most change are the ones we cannot see from the street. Condos are quoted the same way, by stories and window count. If you want the exact number, send a photo of the front of the house by text along with the stories and an estimate of the windows. We will tell you what the photo shows and what it does not, and the number will not move on the day unless the house is different from what you described.
| 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 the window and gutter service twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, and that is why one crew in one visit makes sense for both jobs on the same calendar. Each visit we do the glass and the gutters together, so the schedule stays simple. We rinse the glass with purified water rather than cleaning solutions, so it dries without streaks. Each visit covers the outside, so the interior and exterior of a house are never mixed into one quote. If you are asking about residential and commercial buildings, call us first so we can say what we cover.
In spring the pollen is the first thing you notice on the south-facing glass, a yellow film that rain only smears. The same dust packs into the gutters as a paste that clogs the downspout elbows. In fall the work changes to leaves: a wet mat sitting in the runs, and grit under it that scratches the glass when it is wiped dry. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates, since a hard blow in late summer drops debris the gutters were cleaned for, so we set the spring and fall visits around the weather where we can.
Some houses need a third visit. We see it most under heavy tree cover, where needles and grit keep packing the downspouts between visits. Houses with a sprinkler line that hits the glass need a third visit too, because the spots come back a day after cleaning and only show up once the sun is low. A house close to a busy road or active construction collects dust faster, and so does one with a lot of foot traffic beside it. Houses that need regular cleanings run closer together, and we say so on the first visit rather than after the second.
You will know the windows need attention when you see a haze across the glass that only shows in low sun. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in the rain instead of running into 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 Summerville and the houses nearby, and our cleaning services are booked through a single estimate. You call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front with the number of stories, and we give you a date. The calendar fills fastest in the two busy windows of the year, when the spring dust and the leaves arrive, so the earlier you call the easier the slot. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
We clean exterior glass only on this visit. Some customers ask about windows inside, and we do not do those here. Pressure washing is a different service and we do not do it on the same visit either. For the outside of the house, one crew does the gutters and the glass together so the work stays in order: gutters first, then glass. Professional window cleaning from the outside is what most people notice first when it comes to curb appeal. Multi-story buildings are priced by stories, the same way a three-story house is.
Clogged gutters are the first thing we check on a house, because water that cannot get out of the gutter ends up on the wall and then on the window below it. A clean run keeps that water moving where it should go, which protects the frame and the sill from water damage. Most of our calls come from homeowners who noticed a stain or a soft spot first, and we look at the gutter before we look at the glass.
Yes, our crew does both, and it is the same two people on the same visit. We do the gutters first so the runoff never lands on clean glass. The bundle is cheaper than booking two companies.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it by phone or text before we schedule. The number we give is the number we charge. Send a photo of the front of the house so we can see what we are working with.
On the houses we clean, the outside carries most of the dirt: tree dust in spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spots that show only in low sun. Inside glass can look fine while the outside is hazy. Cleaning every window from the outside is the part that changes how the house looks from the street.
Most of our Summerville customers book in spring, once the dust drop is finished, and again in fall, after the leaves come down. Those two windows are when our calendar fills, so call (866) 435-6328 early to schedule service.
Not on our jobs. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, because leaves, grit and black water come down the wall and across any window below. If the glass were washed first, someone would have to wash it again before the crew leaves.
When we clean windows, screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and they are not billed as extras. Tracks are cleaned on the same visit when they are reachable from the outside.
No. This visit is exterior only, so we do not clean inside the windows and we do not pressure wash on the same visit. If you want the inside done, that is a separate arrangement.
No, you do not need to be home, since our crew works outside on residential properties and does not come inside. Turn the sprinklers off, move cars off the driveway, 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.
