The same two people clean the 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 the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Virginia, most of our customers book the pair in the spring and the fall, the two times the glass and the gutters need it most.
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 stories and approximate window count, a bundle in one visit costs less than two separate jobs, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. The starting price is set from the stories and window count on residential properties, and we add to it only for what the crew finds on the day.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are stories and a steep roof, a window count that runs high or oversized panes, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that must be lifted to reach the run, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. The rest of the job, the washing services and the window washing itself, comes in the same number.
Here is how the quote usually goes in practice. A homeowner sends a photo of the front of the house and tells us the stories, and we give a number. Once the crew is on the roofline the number holds unless something new turns up, and if it does we call before we touch it. Ask for a written estimate if you want the scope on paper first, and when you are ready to schedule service, that estimate is what we book against. For a house with several levels, the window cleaning services and the gutter work are sized together, so you see one total. The same approach covers the rest of our work too: gutters and downspouts get cleared, flushed and flow-tested, and the runoff path is checked from the roof to the splash point.
At city scope we would point to one Culpeper job here, with the link, but no case is supplied for this page, so we describe the method instead. Send us the stories, the window count, and a photo of the house front, and we will tell you what that adds up to. Most of the number comes from how much glass there is and how high it sits, not from the square footage on the tax record. Text a photo of the roofline and we will check the gutter side for you, including where dirt and grime collect under the eaves. The condos we see on the same street often have the same issues, and the crew handles them the same way: remove dirt from the glass, clear the runs, and leave the building as you found it.
| 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 residential and commercial customers book the window and gutter cleaning twice a year, in the spring and the fall, and that is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Spring is when the pollen drops and sits on the south-facing glass as a film, and when the downspout elbows pack with seeds and pollen paste. In the fall the gutters hold the wet leaf mat, and any run that goes uncleared into winter is where the ice starts.
Across Virginia, hurricanes and tropical remnants can strip leaves into the runs in a single night, and we schedule around the weather when the forecast is clear. The pollen is worst on the glass in the weeks after it drops, and a film that has dried on overnight can need cleaning solutions on top of the water rinse, which is why the spring visit is the one that catches the film. The fall visit is where we most often find a fallen branch tip sitting in a gutter.
Some houses need more than the two regular cleanings a year, and we see the pattern clearly. Heavy tree cover over the roof means the runs fill faster between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves round white spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those need a mineral treatment, not a second wipe. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up grime faster than one set back on a lot. For those homes we book three or four visits a year, and we say so on the first call.
Picture windows tell you first: a haze you only see when the sun is low in the afternoon. Gutters tell you too, through water sheeting over the edge in rain instead of running into the downspout. If you see either, text us a photo and we will tell you which visit it belongs to. We book the exterior only, so interior and exterior glass are two separate calls.
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.
Our crew cleans the outside of windows and the gutters for residential and commercial buildings around Culpeper, including residential houses and multi-story buildings where the glass and the runs are high. Booking starts with a phone call at (866) 435-6328 or a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. We give you the estimate from that, and the slot comes from the calendar, with the lead time shown on your quote.
Two stretches of the year fill the calendar. The late spring and the late fall are when most homes want the cleaning, and when the cleaning services we offer are booked the furthest out. Book early in those windows if you have a set date in mind. Clean glass adds to the curb appeal of the house, and our window cleaners work from the same routine on every job: roofline first, then glass, with the runs cleared on the way.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew calls before it comes. The crew stays outside, so the windows inside are left as they are. A professional window cleaning visit goes faster when the sprinklers are off and the cars are off the driveway, and that is the one thing we ask. Clogged gutters are not a job to leave for a second visit, because water damage starts at the fascia and the first warm spell shows it.
Yes, the same two people do both on one visit. Gutters go first and the glass goes last, so the runoff from the roof never lands on the clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. A residential window job on a two-story house is quoted from the glass count, and the gutters are added to the same total. Send a photo of the front and we will tell you the total before the crew is booked.
On a Culpeper house, the outside carries the pollen film, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and those sit on the glass whether the inside is clean or not. Outside cleaning is where the haze comes from.
Across Virginia, most customers book in the spring and the fall. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 and ask for the date that fits your calendar; we will tell you how far out it is.
Not when we do the job, because the gutters are cleared and flushed before anyone touches the windows. If the glass were washed first, someone would have to wash it again, and that is the reason for the order.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and tracks are cleaned as part of the job, and none of it is billed as an extra. We clean every window on the outside of the house the same way, so the sill and the frame get the same attention as the pane.
No. On this visit we clean the exterior glass only, so the glass on the inside stays as it is, and we do not do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off, move the cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
