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 from the roofline ends up on clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and a single visit for both costs less than booking the two separately. Most of our customers in Dale City book it in spring and fall. Call us at (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we give you an estimate before we pick a date.
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.
Window washing services in Dale City are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and any starting price we mention is a floor, not a quote.
Four things move the quote, and the crew sees each of them on the day. A third story or a roof steep enough that we have to work from a boom or scissor lift takes more time. A large number of picture windows or oversized panes takes more time than standard sashes. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or are packed with needles and leaves to the elbow, need more hours than a light clean. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are their own line on the estimate, and hard-water spotting from sprinkler heads is a stain that cleaning alone will not remove. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, and they are not billed as extras on regular cleanings or first visits. Our quote covers the exterior glass only, so the interior and exterior split is clear before the crew starts.
On our Dale City jobs the quote is set from a photo of the front of the house and a count of stories and windows, sent by text before we come. Send the same photo for a first estimate and you will hear the number before we book a date. Regular cleanings use the same method, so a repeat quote rarely changes unless the house does. If you book window cleaning services on their own, the quote uses the same photo and count. If the house has a lot of glass or a long back run, tell us when you call so the estimate reflects 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.
On our Dale City jobs most customers book both twice a year, once in spring after the trees finish dropping seed, and once in late fall after the leaves are down. That is why one crew in one visit makes sense: the same ladder position covers both. In spring the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and the sticky grit packs the gutter elbows. In fall the wet leaf mat is the problem, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag under the weight of ice by winter. Dale City gets about 47 inches of rain a year, with June, July and September the wettest months, so clogged gutters fill fastest then. Storms and wind seasons move the dates a few weeks in either direction, so we set the visit when the roofline is ready rather than on a fixed calendar day.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means the downspouts pack between visits and the gutters fill faster. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the spots that come back a day after cleaning, and cleaning solutions do not lift the mineral rings they leave, which is why that is quoted as a separate treatment. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects grime on the sills faster than most. Multi-story buildings take the same ladder setup on each side, so an extra floor adds time rather than a second visit. Runs that overflow for a season can also leave water damage on the fascia boards, which is why we flag them. Windows inside the house are not part of the visit. We will tell you after the first visit which of those applies to your lot.
The sign that windows need cleaning is a haze you only notice when the sun is low in the afternoon. The sign that gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspout. Leaf schedules differ between residential and commercial roofs, so this page is written for houses. If either one shows up between visits, text us a photo of the roofline and we will tell you whether it can wait.
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 has cleaned gutters and windows across Dale City, and the work is the same whichever street the house sits on. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text: call us at (866) 435-6328 or send a text with the number of stories, the approximate window count and a photo of the house front, and we confirm a date. Lead time depends on the season, and it is the one thing we tell you up front rather than promise. The two busy windows of the year are the spring bloom season and the late fall leaf season, and that is when our calendar fills first, so an early call gets the earlier slot. A clean roofline and clean glass do most of the work for curb appeal, which is why both get done together.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and we send photos of every run and every pane before the crew leaves. Professional window cleaning on a bundle visit is most of what we do, and our cleaning services stay on the outside of the house, so nothing inside is touched. The schedule service keeps the same crew on the same houses between visits so the notes on each property carry forward. We clean every window on the outside of the house that can be reached safely, and any sill or track that is not reachable from the ground or the lift is photographed and noted rather than skipped without telling you.
Yes. Our crew does both in one visit, gutters first and glass last. The same two people handle the gutters and downspouts and the exterior panes, so there is no second trip.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a range without those details. The same details decide the quote on all residential properties we clean in Dale City. The bundle in one visit is cheaper than the two jobs booked separately.
It is, because the outside takes the load here. A residential window collects tree film, rain dust and sprinkler spotting on its exterior first, and the inside stays clean without much help. Cleaning the outside is the way to remove dirt that rain leaves on the glass, and it is what changes how the house looks from the street.
Most of our Dale City customers book once in spring and again in November to early December, after the leaves are down. Across Virginia, the spring visit falls in mid to late May. Storms can shift those dates, so call once you see the first pollen film or the first heavy leaf fall.
Not on our jobs. Runoff from a clogged gutter is the usual cause, so we clear the gutters and flush the downspouts first, then give the wall a few minutes to stop dripping before we touch the glass. Doing it in the other order is how dirty water ends up on panes that were just cleaned.
Screens are rinsed and set back in the window they came out of, and sills are wiped as part of the visit. Tracks are included where we can reach them. None of these is billed as a separate extra. Condos follow the same rule, so tell us when you call if your unit has shared frames.
Not on this visit. We clean the exterior glass only, and we do not do interior windows or pressure washing as part of this service.
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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
