Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the 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 in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Across Virginia, most of our customers book spring and fall, and the Herndon jobs run on the same schedule.
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 the two jobs separately. For residential window and gutter work, the number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and the cleaning solutions for the glass are already part of it. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our jobs, what moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a steep roof that takes longer to reach safely, a wide run of window glass or oversized picture windows, gutters not cleaned in years or packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Gutters that are packed with pollen paste take more time than a light seasonal run, and the crew notes it before starting. We will not add a line for any of it you have not seen first.
Each job starts with an estimate by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo of the front of the house, and tell us the number of stories. If you want the interior and exterior glass done, we say on that call that this visit covers the outside only, since we do not do the inside or pressure washing on this trip. For a residential property with a few more windows than usual, we ask for a count of every window before we give a number. Professional window cleaning and gutter work get the same written estimate before the crew is booked, so you know exactly what you are paying for.
| 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.
Many of our customers here book both twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense on a predictable calendar. Across Virginia, the spring visit lands in mid to late May, after the seed drop and the spring rains, and the fall visit lands in late October to November, after the last leaves come down and before the first hard freeze.
In the spring we find a pollen film on the south-facing glass and a sticky mat of seed and grit packed into the gutters and downspout elbows. In the fall the leaf load is the main job, and clogged gutters full of wet leaves send runoff over the edge and sag the hangers under the first ice. Across Virginia, hurricanes and tropical remnants can move both dates, and when one passes through the region, we check the gutters on the next booking.
Some houses need a third visit on top of their regular cleanings. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between visits, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the round white spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house on a busy road or near construction picks up more dust on the frames as well. Clean glass and clear gutters also keep the curb appeal up between visits. We tell you what your lot needs after the first visit, rather than setting a schedule on day one.
The sign windows need a visit is haze you only see when the sun is low. The sign gutters need one is water sheeting over the edge in a rain, which is usually a clog and not a slope problem, and that is how water damage starts at the fascia. Either way, text us a photo.
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 provides window cleaning services and gutter cleaning across Herndon and the surrounding houses, and the booking process is the same on every job. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, along with the number of stories, and we return an estimate the same day it is requested. From there we set a date, usually in the next few weeks, and the crew calls before arriving.
Herndon is a city of residential and commercial properties, and our crew handles clean windows and gutters on both. Houses and condos get the same outside-glass treatment, and two-story and three-story houses are priced by stories, the same rule we use for multi-story buildings. Lead times stretch in the two busy windows of the year, when spring bloom and fall leaves fill the calendar, so the sooner you ask, the sooner the crew can schedule service. We schedule the window and gutter cleaning as one visit whenever possible, so every window and every run gets done in the same trip.
Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. The crew does not come inside, and the photos of each run and each pane go to your phone before the truck leaves. If a sill or frame has a problem that needs more than a wipe, we note it in the report rather than adding it to the bill.
Yes. Gutter cleaning and window washing services are done by the same two people in one visit. We do gutters first and glass last, so the dirty water from the runs never lands on clean panes.
We do not give a figure here. The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text before the crew is booked, and that number is the one on the invoice.
On our jobs, the outside carries most of the grime that dulls the glass here: rain dust, and sprinkler spots that leave round white marks. The inside can stay as it is, and the outside still needs its own visit.
Most of our Herndon customers book in spring and fall, in late May and again in late October or November. The spring visit clears the pollen and the fall visit clears the leaves before the freeze.
No, because we clean the gutters and downspouts first and the glass last. When the runs are cleared and flushed, the wall gets a few minutes to stop dripping before anyone touches a pane.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and we use purified water to remove dirt from the frames. Tracks take more time, and we note them on the estimate so there are no surprises on the invoice.
Not on this visit. We clean the exterior glass only, and the windows inside the house stay as they are, with no pressure washing on this trip.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move 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.
