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 in one visit costs less than booking them as two separate trips. On our East Highland Park jobs, most of our customers book it in the spring and again in the fall, so the calendar gets set once a year.
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 window washing and gutter work as two separate jobs. Residential properties follow the same rule, and our washing services for the glass are priced the same way. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, so tell us the stories and a rough window count and we will give you the figure before anyone is scheduled.
On the day, the things that move the quote are the ones we see on the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer on every run, the same height problem multi-story buildings present. Window count matters, and so do oversized panes and picture windows, which need more time per pane. Clogged gutters that have not been opened in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, take more clearing before any water runs through them. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate issue, because no cleaning removes it and we tell you when we see it. Our pole and purified water remove dirt from the frame before the rinse, so the glass dries clean. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Interior and exterior glass are priced as different jobs, so windows inside are quoted separately, and this quote covers the exterior only.
One East Highland Park job shows how the quote gets built. The house had three stories on the street side, a long run of gutters that had not been opened in years, and a row of tall windows along the stair landing that needed a boom or scissor lift to reach. The gutters came first, then the glass, and the photos of each run were on the owner's phone before the crew left. Regular cleanings booked on a set schedule take less time than a first cleaning on a house nobody has opened in years. Your house will be different, so the number starts with the stories, the window count and a photo of the front of the house sent by text.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will book a date. The fall slot runs November to early December.
| 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 East Highland Park customers book both in the spring and again in the fall, so one crew in one visit each season covers the glass and the gutters on the same calendar. On the glass, pollen is the first thing we see in spring, a yellow film on south-facing panes and pollen paste in the gutters that washes down the wall whenever the first rain hits. In the fall the leaf load comes down all at once, and the wet mat in clogged gutters is what sags the hangers.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the gutters and downspouts between visits, and houses with a lot of tree cover tend to need one more trip in the busy part of the year. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves round white spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those need a mineral treatment rather than another pass. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up grime faster on the glass, and residential and commercial buildings alike see the same thing, so a pass with the pole helps remove dirt before it bakes on. We see the same thing on the gutters.
June, August and September are the wettest months here, and that is when runoff from a full gutter hits the glass hardest. A gutter that overflows in those months can send water down the wall and cause water damage at the fascia and sill.
Two houses on the same street show the difference. One has no trees over the roof and books once in late fall; the gutters are clear and the glass is clean until the next spring. The other has trees hanging over the roof and a sprinkler line that reaches the windows, and it books three or four visits a year. The first visit tells us which of those your house is closer to.
You will see the sign windows need it when a haze shows only in low sun, usually in the late afternoon. You will see the sign gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running down 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.
Our crew works across East Highland Park, and the estimate starts with a phone call or a text that gives us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or send that photo by text. Once we have the stories and the window count, we book a date and call before we come, so nobody has to be home for the exterior work. We do not promise same-day or next-day service here, and the lead time we quote is the one on your booking.
The calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, which are the spring pollen season and the fall leaf drop. If you want the spring slot, book early in the year, because the same weeks fill for every house on the block. Our crew is set up for professional window cleaning services on the outside of the glass, and some window cleaners quote only the glass, so we work with every window on the house, including the sill and the frame, so the job is complete when we leave. Our cleaning services cover the gutters and the outside glass in one booking, and we rinse with purified water and no cleaning solutions, which is why the glass dries without streaks. For most homeowners, a clean exterior is the easiest way to keep curb appeal up without a repaint.
Yes, it is the same crew. We clear the gutters and downspouts first, then clean the outside of the windows, in one visit, gutters first and glass last. Homeowners searching for window cleaners often ask this first, and the same flow applies to residential properties we book.
The cost comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give the number by phone or text before the booking. There is no figure to give here because every house has a different count. Homeowners comparing window cleaners should ask every company for a quote on that same count. If your unit is one of the condos sharing a gutter run, tell us when you call, because the shared runs change the count.
Yes, for the outside. The pollen film, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots all sit on the outside of the glass, and the windows inside stay as they are. Clean interior glass is a separate choice.
Most of our East Highland Park customers book in the spring and again in the fall. That timing lines up with the pollen season and the leaf drop, which is when the gutters and the glass get dirtiest.
No, we wash the gutters first and the glass after, so the dirty water running down the wall does not land on the clean panes. Water from the gutters and downspouts is the runoff that would otherwise soil a freshly cleaned window.
Yes, we clean the screens, the sills and the tracks as part of the job. Screens are taken down, rinsed and put back on request. We do not bill them as extras.
We clean the outside only on this visit. We do not clean inside the windows and we do not do pressure washing on this job; if you want either, ask us and we will quote it as its own visit.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
