Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first, glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs in one visit costs less than booking them separately. Across Virginia, our crews have run this bundle through every spring and fall, and it is the same way of working on every house we clean.
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. Booking the gutters and the exterior glass together in one visit costs less than two separate trips, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Start with the stories and a rough window count, and we can tell you what the bundle comes to before anyone climbs a ladder.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day. Multi-story buildings and steep roofs mean more time on the ladder. Oversized panes and picture windows take longer to reach and to rinse. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, need more passes. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers does not come off with cleaning, and we tell you so before we start. Clearing gutters and downspouts, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across Virginia, most of the jobs we quote for single-family homes come down to the same few inputs: stories, window count and how long the gutters have gone without attention. The fastest way to get an exact number is to text or call (866) 435-6328 with a photo of the front of the house with the stories visible, along with a rough count of windows. We will come back with a written estimate that matches what we charge. The estimate is for the outside of the house, so interior and exterior glass quotes from other companies will not line up with ours.
Our crew uses cleaning solutions only where the glass calls for them, and purified water does the rest. Residential and commercial jobs run on the same basic method, though the commercial scope is priced per building. For the houses we clean, regular cleanings keep the bill smaller over time, because grime that sits on the glass and in the runs builds up slowly and costs more to remove later. Pollen in spring and debris in fall are the two loads that drive most of the work.
| 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 of our customers book professional window cleaning and gutter cleaning services twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, and that is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Spring visits clear the film off south-facing glass and the sticky residue out of the gutters. Fall visits clear the leaf load before the first hard freeze puts weight on the runs. Storm and wind seasons can shift those dates, so we book the visit once we see how the year is running.
On the glass in spring, pollen lays down a film that looks like haze until the sun gets low. In the gutters it turns into a paste at the elbows of the downspouts. In fall the wet leaf mat is the load that matters, and on houses that skipped that visit we often find runs sagging by late winter. Those are the two things we are looking for at each trip, and they are why the timing matters more than the number of visits on a typical lot.
Some properties need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after we clean them, and those need a mineral treatment rather than another pass. Multi-story buildings near a busy road or a construction site pick up grime faster than a quiet street. Clogged gutters that overflow are the usual route to water damage at the fascia and siding. We see those cases come up in the first visit, and we tell you then whether a third visit is worth it.
We do not give instructions for doing this work yourself. Haze on the glass is easiest to see when the sun is low, and water sheeting over a gutter edge shows up in a rain. Either one hurts the curb appeal of the house, and either one is worth a call before the next storm: (866) 435-6328.
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 worked across the neighborhoods of Cave Spring, and we book window and gutter cleaning for residential properties on the same schedule we use for the rest of the city. To schedule service, start with a phone or text estimate at (866) 435-6328: give us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we tell you what the visit looks like. Lead time depends on the season, and we confirm the date when we quote. If you need a specific week, say so when you call, and we will check the calendar for you.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring season and the fall leaf season. Our calendar fills up in those stretches, so the earlier you book, the more choice you have on dates. Outside those windows there is usually room for a visit sooner. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come, so the crew does not show up unannounced.
Because our work is done from the outside, we only need access to the side gate and the driveway. We keep the ladders off the siding and the gutter lip, and we rinse the glass with purified water so the clean windows dry without streaks. Every window on the house gets the same attention, including the sill and the frame of each residential window, so the finished result is consistent across the whole house. If you want a specific window done first, mention it when you book and we will plan the route around it.
Yes, on our jobs the same two people do both, and that is why we book them together. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, so the glass does not get dirty again from the runs above it. One visit and one invoice cover both washing services.
We do not quote a figure without knowing the house. Condos are quoted the same way, from the stories and the window count. The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it to you by phone or text. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will come back with the total.
Usually yes, because the outside carries most of the load. Haze, rain dust and sprinkler spots build up on the exterior glass, and the inside stays clean longer than the outside does. Once the outside is clear, the difference shows up right away.
Across Virginia, our customers book in spring, after the spring bloom, and in fall, after the leaves come down and before the first hard freeze. Those are the two windows where the work matters most for the glass and the gutters.
No, that is the reason we do the gutters first and the glass last. When a run is cleared, the leaves, the grit and the runoff drop down the wall and across any window below it, so the glass has to come last.
Screens are rinsed to remove dirt and sills are wiped as part of our window cleaning services. Tracks are included when they are reachable from the outside. Anything that needs more than that gets quoted before we start, so there are no surprises on the invoice.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit. Windows inside the house are not part of this booking, and we do not do pressure washing either.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn off the sprinklers 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. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
