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 runs back down onto clean panes. We price it by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and two jobs booked together cost less than two separate trips. Across Virginia, most homeowners book us in the spring and fall, after the seed and leaf drop, when the glass is at its dirtiest.
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.
The direct answer is simple: our window washing services are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and two jobs booked as one visit cost less than booking them separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Stories and steep roofs are what slow a crew down most, followed by window count and oversized panes that need the pole pulled out to reach. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles, leaves and grime, take longer to clear, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate question: the standard visit is built to remove dirt, and mineral spots need a separate treatment, so we flag them when we see them. Flushing the gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across Virginia the biggest single variable we see is how much debris has built up behind the gutters, because the crew cannot quote that from the ground. Condos follow the same count, stories first and then windows. To get an exact number, text us a photo of the front of the house, tell us the stories and roughly how many windows face the street, or call (866) 435-6328. That is enough for us to give you a firm figure before we book the date. Most quotes come back the same day, and the window cleaning services and gutter work on the same visit share one figure.
Gutter guards and the runoff from a steep roof are the two things that surprise people on the first visit. A guard that is nailed down takes longer to lift than a open run, and the water that comes off a roof in a storm can carry grit that sits in the valley and stains the fascia below. We count that work in the quote so you are not surprised on the invoice. If a house has been cleaned by another company on a different schedule, we look at the state of the gutters before we give a number, since a neglected run takes longer to clear than one done every six months.
| 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 window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, and one crew handling both in one visit keeps the calendar simple. Spring visits catch the pollen film on south-facing glass and the pollen paste that packs into the gutters, and fall visits clear the leaf load before the first hard frost. Storm and wind seasons can move those dates by a few weeks, so we call before we book.
On our Fairfax jobs we see a few situations that call for a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters filling between visits, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house close to a busy road or active construction picks up grit faster than the rest of the block. For those houses, three or four visits a year is what keeps the glass and the runs clear.
The sign that windows need cleaning is haze you only notice when the sun is low, usually in the morning or late afternoon. The sign that gutters need attention is water sheeting over the edge in a rain instead of running into the downspout. If you see either, text a photo and we will tell you which visit fits. If a film will not lift with water alone, the crew adds cleaning solutions to that one pane, and large picture windows get the same close check from the pole. Regular cleanings lower the cost of each visit, since less debris builds up between them, and they hold the residential and commercial buildings on our route to one schedule.
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 offered gutter and window cleaning services across Fairfax. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text us, and send the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we confirm a slot with a two-hour arrival window. Lead time depends on the season, and the calendar fills fastest in the spring pollen weeks and again in the fall leaf weeks, so book early if you can. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and the crew does not enter the house.
We run professional window cleaning on the same ladder setup as the gutter run, which is why a bundled visit takes less time than two separate jobs. Our window cleaners work from the outside with a water-fed pole, so the glass dries without streaks, and the crew does not touch windows inside the house. The same approach works on multi-story buildings and on houses with picture windows, where a ladder is not the right tool. Clean glass and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal, especially on the street side.
We look at the roofline on every visit for signs of water damage and clogged gutters that will need a second look. If we see a sagging run or staining on the fascia we photograph it and send it to you, but we do not sell repairs. Our goal is to keep the gutters clear and the glass clean with a schedule that fits the house.
Yes. Window and gutter cleaning is one visit with the same two people, gutters first and glass last. That order keeps the debris from the roof off the clean panes.
The number comes from the stories and a count of every window on the house, and we give it by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo of the front of the house, and we will confirm the figure before we book.
Yes, the outside of a residential window takes the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spotting in this area. Those build up faster than the inside gets dirty, so the outside of the glass is usually the first thing a visit improves.
Most of our customers book in the spring and in the fall. The calendar fills in those weeks, so text or call to schedule service early and we will hold a slot.
No, because we do gutters first and glass last. If the glass is washed first, someone has to wash the clean windows again once the runs are cleared, so we never do it that way.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and they are not billed as extras. Tracks are included on the same visit when they are reachable from the outside.
No. Keep in mind that interior and exterior glass are separate jobs, and this visit covers the exterior glass. We do not do interior windows or pressure washing on this visit either.
You do not need to be home for residential properties like yours. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
