Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Virginia, most of our customers book this bundle in the spring and fall, and we keep the same order on every house we work.
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 price comes from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing the gutters and the glass together in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Our window washing and gutter work share one crew and one trip, which is where the saving comes from. Our washing services are quoted as one price, so you know the total before the crew arrives. Give us those two numbers by phone or text, and the figure we quote is the figure on the invoice. To get your number, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will book a date. Starting prices are a floor, not a fixed rate, so the exact number depends on the house.
What moves the quote is what our crew finds once it is on the ladder. A third story or a steep roof takes longer to reach safely, and so does a run of gutter over a porch. Oversized picture windows and a high window count add time at the glass. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, need more work before any water can run through them. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time as well. Hard-water spotting left by sprinklers is not the kind of grime that regular cleanings remove, so we point it out before we start.
Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Our window cleaning services cover the exterior glass only, so interior and exterior work are always quoted separately. If you want the glass inside done as well, that is a separate booking.
Across Virginia, the houses that get the most value from one visit are the ones where the owner gives us the exact stories and window count up front, plus a photo of the front of the house sent by text. That lets us quote the job correctly the first time, with no surprise on the day. Most owners find that a single pass covers the gutters, the glass and the frames, with nothing left for a second trip.
| 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 McNair book both jobs twice a year, which is why one crew handles the window and gutter work in one visit. What we find on the glass in the spring is pollen film on south-facing panes and litter packed into the gutters, so the timing of that visit follows the season. In the fall it is a leaf load on the roof and in the runs, and that is when we want to clear them before the wet months. Storm and wind seasons can move both dates by a few weeks, so we check the roof before we set the slot.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover means clogged gutters again within months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts faster than the twice-a-year schedule can keep up with. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house close to a busy road or a construction site collects a film on the glass that a single pass does not clear. Multi-story buildings take longer on the ladder, and so do steep roofs, so the visit runs longer too. We use cleaning solutions matched to the glass and the frame, and residential and commercial buildings both get the same gutter-first order. On our jobs, the houses that show water damage at the eaves or wet trim are the ones that move from twice a year to three or four visits.
You will see the sign that windows need cleaning when a haze shows up on the glass only when the sun is low. If the haze is on the windows inside the room, that is a separate job, since this visit covers the outside only. The sign that gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge in the rain, instead of running into the downspout. If you see either one, call (866) 435-6328 and we will set a date.
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 has cleaned in McNair often enough to know the streets, and we keep a list of the neighborhoods we have worked in. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time varies with the season, and the busiest stretches of the year come in the spring period and the fall leaf drop, when the calendar fills fastest. Book early in those months and you will get a slot sooner. Professional window cleaning and gutter work pair well for curb appeal, since the gutters frame the glass. Some window cleaners stop at the glass, but we clear the gutters on the same visit.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. Our crew does not enter the house, and the photos of the gutters and the finished glass are sent to you before the truck leaves. Every one of our cleaning services ends the same way, with every window checked and the sill wiped before we leave. For commercial work we run a separate schedule per building, and for residential jobs we book the same way every time. To schedule service, text a photo of the roofline and we will confirm the slot.
Yes. Our crew does both, and it is the same two people on the same visit, clearing the gutters and downspouts first. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the water from the runs does not land on clean panes.
We give you a number by phone or text, based on the stories and the size of the house. Each residential window is counted in that figure, and residential properties are quoted the same way. The figure we quote is the figure we charge.
Yes, if the outside has rain dust, runoff or sprinkler spots on it. Those build up on the outer face of the glass and the frames, and clean interior glass does not remove dirt that sits on the outside. Our visit covers the exterior only.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. The spring visit clears the pollen and the fall visit clears the leaves, so the two seasons are the right times to book.
Not if the order is right. Gutters first, glass last, so anything that comes down the wall is rinsed before we reach the panes. That order is the reason we keep both jobs with one crew.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit. Tracks are included when they are reachable from the outside, and no extra charge applies.
This visit covers the exterior glass only, on houses and condos alike. We do not clean inside the windows and we do not pressure wash on this booking.
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.
