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 dripping from the roof lands on clean panes. Both jobs booked together cost less than two separate trips, and the price is set by how many stories the house has. Across Virginia we book most of these bundled visits in spring and fall, when leaves and dust are heaviest.
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 booking the gutters and the glass in one visit costs less than two separate jobs. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Our quotes never mix interior and exterior work, so the number covers only the outside.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are the same every time: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, window count and oversized picture windows, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. We see the pollen film on the glass every spring, and the same mix of wet leaves in the gutters every fall. Cleaning solutions for the glass are chosen for the spotting we find on that particular house, and the residential and commercial jobs we run use the same approach. Regular cleanings are quoted off the same stories and window count, so each of the later cleanings has no surprise on the invoice.
Our Lake Ridge jobs are quoted one house at a time, so the quickest route to your exact number is a text with a photo of the front of the house, your story count and a rough window count. We reply with a quote and a time window before anyone comes out.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will send a written estimate the same day.
| 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 customers book both gutters and exterior windows twice a year, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Many window cleaners only do the glass, so the gutter work ends up as a separate booking; we fold it into one of our cleaning services. On our Lake Ridge jobs that means a spring visit in the mid to late May window and a fall visit in November to early December.
In spring we find the pollen film on south-facing glass and the paste of needles packed in the elbows of the downspouts. In fall the leaf load is the main problem, along with the wet mat that sits in the gutters once the trees are bare. Clogged gutters are the usual route to water damage at the fascia. Storm and wind seasons move these dates a little, so we confirm the week when we call.
Some houses need a third visit. We see that most often under heavy tree cover over the roof, where needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass causes spots that come back a day after cleaning, and a house near a busy road or a construction site picks up grime faster than the rest. Those are the houses where our customers book three or four times a year instead of two. Multi-story buildings with several roof lines take longer, and we price them by the story. Windows inside are not part of this visit, so the job stays on the outside.
Windows tell you when they need it: a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and water that starts to smear the sill. Gutters tell you too: water sheeting over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspout. Curb appeal drops fast when the glass goes hazy, and a professional window cleaning visit fixes that in one morning.
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 residential properties and the commercial buildings we service across the Lake Ridge area, and the window and gutter cleaning work is done by the same crew. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front, so we know what truck and ladder setup the job needs before we set a day. Lead time depends on the calendar at the time you call, and we will tell you the first open window when we quote.
The two busiest windows of the year are the spring season and the fall leaf drop, and our calendar fills fastest in those weeks. If you want a slot in those months, book early by calling (866) 435-6328. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come, so you know when the crew is on the way.
When we schedule service, we aim to clean every window on the outside of the house in the same visit so nothing is left with a film on it. Clean windows last longer between visits, and a residential window that is cleaned with the gutters tends to stay clear until the next scheduled cleaning. Along the sill and the frame we wipe down each piece, so no dirt is left to run back down the glass.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two-person crew doing both in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the water and grit from the roof never land on the panes we just cleaned. The same crew handles condos and single-family houses in the same order.
We do not quote a figure without seeing the house. Our window cleaning services are priced from the stories and the size of the job, and you can get the number by phone or by text with a photo of the front of the house.
In Lake Ridge the outside carries most of the grime: spring dust, rain spatter, and spots from sprinklers that dry on the glass. The inside can stay as is, but the outside is where the film builds up between visits, and that is where we remove dirt on every visit.
Most of our customers here book in late May and again in November. Across Virginia the spring and fall windows are the common ones, and we set the exact week when we call you.
No, we do gutters and downspouts first and glass last, so the roof runoff is already flushed before the windows are touched. That order is the reason both jobs are done in one visit.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit, and they are not billed as extras. Tracks are included in the standard exterior cleaning, so our washing services cover the whole outside frame in one trip.
Not on this visit. We clean the exterior glass only, and we do not do pressure washing on the same trip.
You do not need to be home. Turn off the sprinklers 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.
