The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. That is professional window cleaning and gutter work on one schedule, and we price it by the number of stories, so both jobs done together cost less than booking two separate trips. Across Virginia, most of our customers book it in the spring and fall, when pollen and leaves are heaviest on the house. Call (866) 435-6328 for a number based on your stories and window count.
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 the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count. Window washing on its own is quoted the same way, and our window cleaning services cost less in one visit than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge on the invoice.
On our jobs, what moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. Stories and a steep roof change how many hours a run takes. Window count and oversized picture windows change the glass time. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line is a separate stain treatment, because no regular cleaning removes it. We quote interior and exterior glass separately, and this visit covers the exterior only. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
To get the exact number for your house, send us a text with a photo of the front of the house, the number of stories, and a rough count of the windows. Regular cleanings keep the job quick, and a grime build-up left for a year costs more time than a yearly visit. Our crew will give you a written estimate before anyone picks up a ladder, and our washing services and gutter work are quoted together, so you see one figure.
| 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 Buckhall customers book window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar.
In the spring we find a pollen film on the south-facing glass and pollen paste packed in the gutters, and the crew brings its own cleaning solutions for both. In the fall the leaf load is the main problem, and wet leaves in the downspouts are the usual cause of backed-up water. In June, July and September, the wettest months in Buckhall, runoff from a backed-up gutter can soak the siding and cause water damage. Across Virginia, hurricanes and tropical remnants can push the timing around, so we look at the house rather than the calendar when we set the visit.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the clogged gutters between cleanings, and multi-story buildings with a lot of glass fill up faster than a single-story house. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house close to a busy road or a construction site gets a film of dust that builds faster than the seasons alone would explain. Those houses are on three or four visits a year, and we say so after the first look.
You can tell the windows need a cleaning when there is a haze you only see when the sun is low. That haze sits on the outside pane, so the windows inside the house can look fine while the glass still needs a cleaning. You can tell the gutters need one when water sheets over the edge during a 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.
We schedule each visit around the calendar and the weather, and most estimates start with a phone call or text in which you tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front. To schedule service on any of our cleaning services, call (866) 435-6328 or text that photo. Our crew calls before it comes, and nobody has to be home for exterior work. The crew brings its own water and cleaning solutions, so nothing is needed from you.
The two busiest windows of the year are the spring pollen season and the fall leaf drop, and our calendar fills up fastest then. Clean glass and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal, which is one reason the spring slots go first. Book early in those months, and tell us if you need a slot on a particular day, so we can check it against the crew schedule.
We do residential window and gutter work for homeowners in and around Buckhall, and professional window cleaning follows the same order across Virginia, which our window cleaners keep to on every job. The order of work is the same for residential and commercial jobs. For the residential properties we service regularly, we keep the same crew, so the person on the ladder knows the house and what it needed last time. Every window on the outside gets checked, sill included, before the crew leaves.
Yes. Our window and gutter cleaning is one job, done by the same two people in one visit. We clear the gutters and downspouts first and do the glass last, so dirty water from the gutters does not run down onto clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house. Text us a photo of the front and tell us the story count, and we will send you the figure in writing before we book.
On our jobs the outside carries most of what dirties the glass on any residential window, in houses and in condos alike: pollen in the spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spots. The inside can look clean while the outside is hazy, so the exterior is the part that needs the crew.
Most of our Buckhall customers book in the spring and the fall, and the spring visit catches the pollen before it sets on the glass.
No. We clear the gutters, flush every downspout, let the wall drip for a few minutes, and only then do the glass. If the glass is washed first, it gets dirty again from the runoff on the next pass, which is the reason for the order.
Screens are rinsed to remove dirt and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included when they are reachable from outside, and every window that can be reached from outside gets the same care. Anything beyond that we quote before the visit.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit. Windows inside are not part of it, and we do not do pressure washing, so if you need those, we can point you to someone who does.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and unlock the side gate. Our crew sends photos of every run before it leaves.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
