The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit. Gutters first, glass last, so the wall gets rinsed before the panes are touched. We price the job by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across South Dakota, most of our customers book this in spring and fall, which is when the pollen and leaves build up on the glass and in the gutters.
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.
The price comes from 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. Clearing gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a steep roof, a large number of windows or oversized panes, gutters that have not been cleaned in years or are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Each one changes the time on the ladder, and we tell you about it before the work starts.
Across South Dakota, the fastest way to get an exact number is a text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house. The pollen that settles in the gutters and on south-facing glass adds time, and a clear count of windows and runs keeps the quote tight. Plenty of crews quote from the street, and ours would rather measure the house once from the photo. Cleaning solutions are not billed separately on exterior work, since the crew uses purified water on the glass to remove dirt.
Many of the houses we visit are on a residential and commercial mix of use, so we ask which kind of property you have before we quote. Interior and exterior work is a different job, and we do not do interior glass on this visit. Large panes, including picture windows, take more time than standard sashes, and we say so when we see them. Customers on regular cleanings tend to get a faster quote the second year because the crew already knows the house.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $150 | from $230 |
| Two stories | from $185 | from $200 | from $310 |
| Three stories | from $240 | from $270 | from $410 |
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 Dakota, most of our customers book both services twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across South Dakota, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, and the fall visit runs from October to early November, after the leaves drop.
What we find at each visit: a grime film on south-facing glass and clogged gutters in spring, and a wet leaf mat in the runs and downspouts in fall. Across South Dakota, storm season brings supercells with large hail and straight-line winds, so we book around the forecast when it gives us a window.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass, and a house near a busy road each push the schedule up. Many window cleaners leave the gutters out, so the house gets a second visit from someone else. The sprinkler spots are the ones that come back a day after cleaning, and we tell you about them on the first visit rather than after the second. Gutters that overflow for a season can also lead to water damage at the foundation, so we flag them early.
You will see the sign that windows need cleaning when there is a haze you only notice when the sun is low. Windows inside the house are a separate job, so a haze on the inside is not what this visit covers. Clean glass also does more for curb appeal than most homeowners expect. The sign that gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in the rain instead of running down the downspout, and the runoff lands on the siding and windows below.
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 book window and gutter cleaning through a phone call or a text. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or send the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time is a programmatic field and depends on the season, so ask when you call. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come.
Across South Dakota we offer professional window cleaning for residential window and gutter jobs, and the same crew handles the whole exterior in a single visit. Our washing services are priced the same way for every house, by stories and window count. We do the gutters, every window on the outside, and the sill and screen, so there is one bill and one set of photos for the whole house. Condos and multi-story buildings are quoted after a look at the stories and the glass.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the late spring window and the fall leaf drop. Booking early in those windows gets you a slot that suits your schedule. Outside those windows, the crew can usually fit a job in sooner.
We clean residential properties in South Dakota and keep the same standard for each one. The finished glass and the gutter photos go to you before the crew leaves, so you can see the result on clean windows before you pay.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people, and our washing services cover both the gutters and the outside glass. We clear the gutters and downspouts first and the glass last, so the runoff from the gutters does not end up on clean panes.
We do not give a range here. The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and condos are quoted after a look at the glass. You can get the number by phone or text.
On the houses we see, the outside carries the grime, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, so the glass gets dirty from the outside first. Purified water is how we remove dirt from the glass without streaks. Cleaning the outside is what restores the view.
Most of our customers here book in spring and fall. What we see on the glass and in the gutters at those times is what sets the schedule.
No, that is the reason we do gutters first and glass last. The leaves, grit and black water come down the wall when a run is cleared, so the glass is done after the wall has stopped dripping.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the exterior job. Tracks are included when they are reachable from outside.
We do exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean windows inside the house or do pressure washing, and we say so before the quote.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. To book, call (866) 435-6328.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
