Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Virginia, most of our customers book this bundle in spring and fall, and it is the same crew doing the work each time.
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. Professional window cleaning and window washing are quoted from those same two measures. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Gutters and glass are quoted together, so you know the total before the crew arrives.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes longer to reach safely, and multi-story buildings with a lot of glass take the most time at the ladder. Oversized panes and a high window count add time at the glass. Gutters not cleaned in years, packed with needles and leaves, take more hands and more bags, and clogged gutters that have sat through a wet season can back water onto the fascia, which is where water damage usually starts. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a stain that no cleaning removes, so we tell you about it before we start. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Text us a photo of the front of the house and your story count, and we will send back a figure you can plan around, with no surprise on the invoice. Clean glass and clear gutters also do a lot for curb appeal, so the quote covers the gutters along with the glass.
| 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 Virginia, most customers book gutters and exterior windows twice a year, with the spring visit usually landing in mid to late May and the fall visit in late October to November. One crew in one visit makes sense for that schedule. On our jobs, the pollen film shows up on south-facing glass and as pollen paste packed in the gutters during the spring season. The leaf load that arrives in the fall is the wet mat that sags the runs by winter. Across Virginia, hurricanes and tropical remnants can move both dates, so we book by what the house needs, not the calendar alone.
Some houses need a third visit. A residential window facing a busy road takes the worst of the dust, and a house near a construction site collects more film on the glass. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. In those cases we set the schedule that matches what we find, and the crew can schedule service for a third visit when the glass or gutters ask for it.
You will know the windows need it when the haze shows up only when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in the rain. Regular cleanings keep both from getting that far. Our cleaning services wipe the sill with the glass, so clean windows stay clean longer, and every window on the house is done in the same visit.
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 clean gutters and exterior glass across Burke, for residential and commercial clients, and the crew covers the whole city rather than a single block. Booking starts with an estimate by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, using your story count and a photo of the house front. Lead time depends on the calendar, and in the two busy windows of the year our slots fill, so an early call helps. Repeat cleanings go on the same calendar. We call before we come, so you are not waiting at the door.
Residential properties and condos get the same order of work: the gutters and downspouts first, then the glass, so runoff from the roof is cleared before the crew starts on the panes. The crew tries to remove dirt from the frame as well as the glass on every visit. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew stays outside and does not come inside. If you are a property manager covering several sites, we handle washing services and window cleaning services on one schedule, and the grime from one building does not carry over to the next visit.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, and gutters always go first so the wash water does not run back onto clean glass.
The number comes from stories and window count. Text a photo of the front of the house or call (866) 435-6328 and we will send you a figure before the crew comes out.
On our jobs, the outside carries the film, rain dust and sprinkler spots that the inside never sees. Cleaning the glass from the outside removes what would otherwise sit on the frames and sills. Picture windows show the difference first, and the crew uses purified water on the glass, so no cleaning solutions are left to streak.
Most of our customers book in spring and fall, when the leaf loads build up, and regular cleanings on that rhythm keep the schedule simple. We book by what the house needs, so call and we will tell you where your slot falls.
Not with our order of work. We clear the gutters and flush the downspouts first, let the wall stop dripping, and only then start on the glass, so nothing from the roof lands on panes we already cleaned.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and the frames are done as part of the job. They are not billed as separate extras.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean windows inside, and pressure washing is not part of the bundle. If you want interior and exterior glass done, that is a separate booking.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside while ladders are up, and leave side gates unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
