Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the job by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Our customers in Yankton book it in the spring and fall, which is when the pollen and leaf loads build up 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.
Window washing and gutter cleaning are priced 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 on the invoice. A professional window cleaning crew quotes both jobs from one count, so nothing shows up later. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are the same ones every time. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer on the ladder, and multi-story buildings are priced by story count for that reason. Picture windows and oversized panes add time at the glass, and so does a high window count. Gutters nobody has opened in years, or packed with needles and leaves, need more clearing before the flush. Clogged gutters that back up can send water damage down the siding, so a packed run is cleared before anyone flushes it. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem, because cleaning does not remove it.
On a Yankton job, a customer with a two-story house and a heavy load of leaves in the back run was quoted from stories and window count after a photo of the front of the house came in by text. The gutter work came first, then the glass, and the bundle was cheaper than the two separate visits the customer had been planning. The clogged gutters were the reason the crew spent the extra time on the back run, and the price said so before we arrived. You can send us a photo of the front of your house by text and tell us the number of stories, and we will give you the number we will charge.
Windows inside are not part of this visit. The water and grime on the outside of a house is what drives most of the cleaning here, and that is what we do. The windows inside the house stay as they are unless you book a different service. If you want interior and exterior glass done, say so when you call and we will quote the two separately. The curb appeal of a house is mostly its outside, and that is where the work goes.
| 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.
Most of our customers in Yankton book gutter and window cleaning twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, and we do both on the same visit. Our cleaning services run on those two visits, which is why one crew makes sense for the job.
In the spring we see the pollen film on the south-facing glass and the pollen paste packed in the gutters. The leaf load builds up in the fall, and it sits wet in the runs through the cold months. Storm and wind seasons across South Dakota can move the dates, so we book around them. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass, or a house near a busy road often means a third visit, because the spotting or the debris comes back between cleanings.
Residential properties in Yankton do well on regular cleanings, and we keep the same crew on the same house when we can. A house with few trees may only need the fall visit, while one under heavy cover may need three or four visits a year. We will tell you which one your lot needs after the first visit.
You can tell the glass needs cleaning when there is a haze you only see when the sun is low, and clean windows do not show it. You can tell the gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge in the rain.
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 work across Yankton and clean the residential window and gutter jobs that come to us. To schedule service, start with an estimate by phone or text: send us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you the price and the next open slot. Call (866) 435-6328 to start, or text the same number. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, when the pollen and leaf loads come down, so the sooner you call the better your chance at the date you want. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Condos on a shared roof get quoted on the phone, because the gutter run may belong to the building.
Our washing services cover the gutters and the outside glass, and window cleaning services here are exterior only. The gutters and downspouts get the first pass, then the glass, and every window on the outside gets the same check before the crew leaves. Runoff from the roof is the reason the order matters, because the grime it carries lands on any window below it. We use purified water, not cleaning solutions, so the glass dries clear. Our crew does not come inside, and it does not remove dirt from anything except the outside of the house.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and regular cleanings are quoted the same way, by phone or text.
The outside of the glass carries pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots, so the windows can look cloudy even when the inside is clean.
Across South Dakota the spring visit lands in mid to late June, and the fall visit runs October to early November, so most Yankton customers book one of each.
No, because we do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing from the runs lands on clean panes.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, picture windows are cleaned the same way, and we will tell you if a track needs more work.
No. Exterior only on this visit, and we do not do pressure washing or interior glass. This page covers homes, so for residential and commercial glass, call and we will say whether we take the job.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside, and unlock the side gate. Text a photo of the roofline to (866) 435-6328 and we will confirm the date.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
