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 down onto clean panes. We price by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across Virginia, most of our customers book their spring and fall visits on the same calendar, and we keep that schedule with them every 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.
The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We quote from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and we quote condos and single-family homes the same way. Doing the gutters and the exterior glass in one visit costs less than booking two separate jobs.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, oversized panes and a high window count, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves so the runoff spills over the edge, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Clearing gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Our window washing services run from the ground or a pole on most houses, and we bring the purified water and the equipment to remove dirt without leaving streaks.
On a typical visit the crew photographs every gutter run and sends the set to your phone before they leave. Most estimates come down to a photo of the front of the house, a count of stories, and a rough window count, which is enough for us to give you a firm number. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo, and ask for a written estimate if you want the scope on paper before anyone books a date.
| 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, in spring and again in fall, as one visit on one calendar. The spring visit is when the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and packs into the gutter elbows, and the fall visit clears the leaf load before the first hard freeze. Storm and wind seasons can move both dates, so we confirm the window with you when you book. Ask about interior and exterior work at the same time, since it is quoted separately from the exterior visit.
What we find at each visit is consistent. In the spring pollen months the film on the glass is thick enough that a quick rinse does not clear it, and the gutters hold a paste of seed and bud debris. In the fall the wet leaf mat is the problem, and on houses that skipped that visit we often see runs that have sagged under the weight. A house with heavy tree cover over the roof usually needs a third visit, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those need a separate mineral treatment rather than another pass with plain water or harsher cleaning solutions.
The schedule works the same for residential and commercial work, but a house on a busy road or next to construction tends to collect more grime between visits, and those customers often move to three or four cleanings a year. A house with few or no trees and no sprinkler problem usually does fine with the twice-a-year schedule, and regular cleanings in between are only needed if the glass starts to haze. We will tell you which of those your lot needs after the first visit.
The sign that windows need cleaning sooner is a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and it shows first on picture windows. The sign that gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in a rain, not 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.
We clean gutters and windows for homeowners across the Idylwood area, and the calendar is busiest in the two windows of the year when leaves and tree debris build up. Booking starts with a phone call or text: give us the number of stories and send a photo of the front of the house, and we come back with a firm number and a date. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our window cleaning services are built around one crew and one visit, so you are not coordinating two companies on the same house.
Some owners here are looking for window cleaners who can also handle the gutters, and we are set up for that. We work on single-family homes and on the multi-story buildings in the area, and the same crew handles both. The visit covers the outside of the glass only, and windows inside are a separate conversation. For a house with heavy trees or a history of clogged gutters, we schedule the gutters first so the glass is not dirtied again after it is done. Clean gutters and clear glass do a lot for curb appeal. Booking a visit now protects your spot during the busy windows, and it keeps a small problem like a clogged downspout from turning into water damage at the fascia.
For professional window cleaning that also keeps the gutters working, call (866) 435-6328 to schedule a date.
Yes. Our crew does both on the same visit, so you deal with one company and one schedule. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the glass is not dirtied again.
We do not quote from a fixed number on this page. The figure comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and the window count, and we give it by phone or text. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you where it lands.
In this area the outside takes most of the load on a residential window. Film from the trees, rain dust and sprinkler spots all land on the exterior, so the glass looks cloudy even when the inside is clean. Cleaning the outside is usually the step that gets you clean windows you can see through.
Most of our customers here book in spring and again in fall, after the spring bloom and before the first hard freeze. Storm seasons can shift the window, so we confirm the date when you schedule service with us.
Not if the order is right. Gutters first, glass last: when a run is cleared, the leaves, grit and dirty water come down the wall, so we rinse the wall and only then start on the windows.
Screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras, and the crew does this on every window it cleans. Tracks are included on the exterior side of the window.
No. This visit covers exterior glass only, and we do not do pressure washing on it. Interior cleaning is a separate job we do not take on this visit.
No, you do not need to be home for work on residential properties. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside while 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.
