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 having both jobs done together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Virginia, most of our customers book this in the spring and the fall, and we have been doing the work on these houses long enough to know what the glass and the gutters carry from one season to the next.
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 a single visit covering both gutters and exterior glass costs less than two separate trips. Our window washing services and gutter cleanings share one ticket, so you get one number instead of two. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will work from that.
On our jobs, the things that change the quote are the ones the crew sees on the day. A third story or a steep roof means more time on the ladder. Oversized picture windows take longer per pane than standard double-hung sash. Gutters that have not been opened in years arrive packed with seeds and leaves, and gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line is a separate problem that cleaning alone will not remove, and we will tell you so before we start. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Here is how we arrive at the number. We ask how many stories the house has and roughly how many windows face outward, and we ask whether the gutters and downspouts have been cleaned in the last year. A photo of the front of the house helps us see the roofline and any tree cover, which tells us how much debris to expect. From those answers we give a firm quote, not a range. Most of the time that quote is the number you pay once the crew is finished.
On a recent Linton Hall job, the quote moved because of tree cover over the back roof and a set of oversized windows along the rear of the house. The crew allowed extra time for the gutters under the trees and for the large panes, and the price reflected that. We do not put prices inside our case examples, so the figure is in the quote, not in the story. Ask us about your house and we will tell you what we would expect to find.
We clean the exterior of windows, not the interior. Most homeowners who book this are concerned about the view from the outside: the film that builds up on the glass and the grime that collects along the sills. If you also want interior and exterior glass done together, that is a different service and we will say so on the call so you can book it elsewhere without losing time.
| 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 both services twice a year, in spring and again in the fall, and that is why one crew handling both in one visit makes sense for regular cleanings on a set schedule.
In spring, what we find on the glass is a fine yellow pollen film on south-facing windows and a paste of pollen and seed in the downspout elbows. In fall, the work is the wet leaf mat that clogs gutters and the grit that stays on the glass after the first cold rains. Left alone, clogged gutters can send water damage into the fascia and the wall under the run. Storm and wind seasons can move both visits earlier or later, so we schedule from what the house looks like on the day, not from a fixed calendar date.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the gutters between visits, so those houses tend to need cleaning more often. A sprinkler line that hits the windows leaves mineral spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those houses are better served with a check in the middle of the season. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more dust on the glass, and the same is true of a residential window on a lot with a lot of traffic in and out. Dust on the windows inside the house is not part of this visit.
We can give you a case pair from our Linton Hall work if you want to see how this plays out. One customer with no overhanging trees books twice a year and has had no trouble with the gutters since. Another with heavy shade and a sprinkler line books three or four visits a year, and the sprinkler spotting is the reason the windows are on the list. Ask us for the specific examples and we will share the details.
Windows need cleaning when you see a haze that only shows up when the sun is low and the light comes across the glass. Gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge in the rain instead of running into the downspout, which usually means the run is full and the water has nowhere to go.
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 works throughout Linton Hall, and we book cleaning services for residential properties across the area. We offer window cleaning services and gutter work from the same crew, and we apply the same method to residential and commercial glass, though this page covers houses. Booking starts with a call or a text at (866) 435-6328: give us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we will give you a firm quote on the same contact. Once you accept, we put you on the schedule. Lead time depends on how full the calendar is that week, and during the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, slots fill faster than at other times.
We call before we come, so you know when the crew is on the way. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew does not come inside the house. If you have a gate or a side path, leave it unlocked so the crew can reach the back of the house.
We have worked with professional window cleaning companies in the area and we know what the standard looks like. Our own approach is to match the number on the phone to the work on the house, and to send photos of every run and every window before we leave. Our cleaning solutions are purified water, so the glass dries without streaks. That keeps the job and the invoice in line.
If you are weighing a window cleaner against a gutter crew, we do both, which is the reason most people in this area book one visit. Keeping the exterior of the house clean keeps curb appeal where you want it, and a schedule service on a regular calendar means you are not thinking about it between visits.
Yes. We do both, and the same two people handle the gutters and downspouts and the outside of the windows in one visit. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing from the gutters runs down onto clean windows.
The number comes from the stories, the window count and whether the gutters have been cleaned recently. The same quote logic covers condos and multi-story buildings, since stories and window count set the number. We give it by phone or text, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will work from that.
For most homes, yes. The outside carries pollen film in spring, leaf grit in fall and dust from the road, and those build up on the glass between visits. Cleaning the outside alone is enough to remove dirt and the film that the light shows up on.
Across Virginia, most of our customers book in the spring and the fall, after the pollen season and after the leaves come down. On a house with heavy tree cover or clogged gutters, we may suggest a third visit in the middle of the season.
Not on our jobs. We clean the gutters first, flush the downspouts, give the wall a few minutes to drip dry, and only then clean the windows. That order keeps runoff off the glass, which is why we work that way every time.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit, and the cost is included in the quote. Tracks are wiped where they can be reached from outside. Nothing on that list is billed as an extra.
We do not clean inside the windows and we do not do pressure washing on this visit. This visit covers exterior glass and the gutters only, and if you need the interior done, ask us and we will point you to someone who does it.
You do not need to be home. Turn off the sprinklers the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Leave the side gate unlocked. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
