Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing runs back onto clean panes. We price the bundle by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Our crew works through the spring and fall visits on Richmond homes every year, and the number we quote on the phone is the number we charge.
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 the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day: a third story, or multi-story buildings with a steep roof, which are slow to work; window count and oversized panes; gutters that have not been opened in years or are packed with needles and leaves; gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated; and hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line, which no cleaning removes. The glass gets purified water rather than cleaning solutions, so nothing is left to streak. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our Richmond jobs a window and gutter visit usually turns on one of two things: how much pollen has packed into the elbows, or how many picture windows face the street. Houses with a long run of picture windows across the front take longer on the glass, and that shows up in the number. For an exact figure, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house with a rough count of stories and windows, and we will come back with a number you can plan around. We do not quote from memory, and we do not guess at how many windows a house has from the street.
| 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.
Most of our Richmond customers book the two cleaning services twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across Texas, spring visits run late March to April, and what we find on the glass then is pollen film on the south-facing panes and paste in the gutters. The leaf load is what we find once the trees have let go, and our fall visits in Richmond run December to early January. Across Texas, Gulf hurricanes and tropical storms can move the dates, so we confirm the date by phone before the truck rolls.
A few houses need a third visit, and multi-story buildings with a lot of shade are the usual case. Heavy tree cover over the roof means clogged gutters between visits, and needles and grit pack the downspouts. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and a house near a busy road or a construction site collects a film that twice a year does not keep up with. A gutter that stays full is how water damage starts at the fascia. Regular cleanings on the schedule that fits the lot keep the house out of that cycle, and we set that schedule after the first visit.
You will know windows need cleaning when you see a haze only in low sun, and gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a hard rain. Haze on the glass also takes the shine off curb appeal, and that shows from the street before it shows up close. Those two signs are a better guide than the calendar.
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 gutters and exterior glass across Richmond, and the booking process is the same wherever you are. You start with an estimate: call (866) 435-6328 or text us the number of stories and a photo of the house front. To schedule service, pick a date on the scheduling page. In the two busy windows of the year, when leaves and grit are heaviest, the calendar fills faster, so it pays to book early. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come.
Professional window cleaning follows the same order on every job: the gutters-first sequence holds on residential and commercial buildings alike, because water runs off any roofline the same way. Each window and gutter cleaning visit covers every residential window on the outside of the house, including the sill and the frame, and the gutters and downspouts on every run, flushed until they run clear. We fit the visit to the house rather than the other way round, and the residential properties we see most are single-family homes, townhomes and condos with clean windows already on the list.
Yes, it is the same two people, and our washing services for gutters and glass happen in one visit. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, so dirty gutter water does not run back onto clean windows.
Window cleaning services on a two-story house are priced from the stories and window count, and we give the number by phone or text. We will not quote a figure from memory.
On Richmond houses the outside carries tree dust, rain dust and sprinkler spots, and those build up even when the inside is clean. Grime collects on the outside first, so that is where we remove dirt.
Most of our Richmond customers book in spring and fall, and the fall visit runs December to early January. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you the next open date.
No, because we do the gutters first and the glass last, so the runoff from the roof has already drained before we touch a pane. If the glass is washed first, someone has to wash it again, so we do not do it that way.
Screens, sills and frames are part of the exterior visit, and so are the gutters and downspouts. We rinse the screens and wipe the sill, so you do not pay for them separately.
Exterior only on this visit, so there is no interior and exterior package to book. We do not clean the windows inside the house, and pressure washing is not part of this visit, so ask us if you need those done by someone else.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside, and leave the side gate unlocked. If your unit is one of several condos under one roof, text a photo of the whole roofline before we come so we can plan the ladder setup.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
