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 an approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Virginia, most homeowners who book us do it in the spring and fall, so you can plan the visit around the seasons instead of around a surprise.
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 the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count. Booking our window cleaning services together with gutters and downspouts in one visit costs less than two separate trips, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Window washing and our other washing services both run on that one quote, so downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our jobs the things that move the number are the same ones you would expect. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer. Window count matters, and picture windows take more care than a standard pane. Gutters that have not been opened in years are clogged gutters, packed with needles, leaves and grit, and they need more time before the crew can flush them. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before anything underneath can be cleaned. Before the glass is touched, the crew uses a brush to remove dirt from the gutter lip. Condos with shared walls and a common roofline take more setup time, so tell us if yours is one. Hard-water spotting from sprinkler lines is a separate problem that regular cleaning will not remove, so we flag it on the visit rather than promise it away.
Our crew sees how much of the work is in the details. A house with few trees and a single story is quick. A house with heavy tree cover, two stories and a lot of glass takes a morning, and the crew sends photos of every run before it leaves. To get your exact number, tell us the stories and roughly how many windows the house has, and send a photo of the front of the house by text. We will count every window from the photo and come back with a figure that matches what we invoice.
| 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 customers in Gainesville book both twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Across Virginia the spring visit falls in mid to late May, and the fall visit here usually lands in late October to November. The pattern holds for a residential window and for residential and commercial glass alike, because the seasons set when the work is needed.
In the spring the pollen film is thick on south-facing glass, and the pollen paste sits in the gutters and at the downspout elbows, where the crew uses cleaning solutions on the sills. In the fall it is the leaf load that matters, a wet mat two inches deep in some runs. May, July and September are the wettest months here, so the gutters fill fastest then. Across Virginia, hurricanes and tropical remnants can shift the dates, so we look at the house rather than the calendar when we set a slot.
Some houses need more than regular cleanings. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day later. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on the window sills and tracks, and the gutters pick up more runoff. For those homes we suggest a third visit, and we explain why when we give the estimate.
You will know windows need cleaning when there is a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and clean windows show no haze at all. You will know gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running into 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.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text us to book the estimate. Give us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we confirm the slot in writing. Our typical lead time is a programmatic field we show at booking, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
Two windows of the year fill up fast: late spring, when the pollen comes down, and late fall, when the leaves do. If you want to schedule service in those weeks, book early. We keep the schedule simple so cleaning services stay on time, and the same crew arrives with the same equipment each visit.
Our window cleaners work from the ground on most residential properties and from a boom or scissor lift on tall multi-story buildings. Professional window cleaning means purified water, a clean squeegee for each pane, and a check that every window frame and sill is wiped before the crew leaves. Clogged gutters that overflow are how water damage starts at the fascia, which is why the gutters go first. We treat curb appeal as a result of doing the basics right, not as a separate service.
Ours do, and it is the same crew on the same visit. Gutters are cleared and flushed first so the glass below is not washed twice.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and residential properties of this type are quoted by phone or text.
On a residential window in Gainesville the outside takes the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots first, so that is where the grime builds up, and a clean pane shows the difference the moment those spots are gone.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and in the fall, and we can tell you the week that fits your house.
No. Gutters go first and glass last, so nothing from the gutters runs down a pane we have already cleaned.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned on every window as part of the visit, not billed separately.
This visit covers exterior glass only, so the windows inside are not part of the job and interior and exterior glass are not on one visit. We also do not pressure wash the siding.
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, and leave the side gate unlocked. Call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service, or text a photo of the roofline and we will confirm the visit.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
