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 jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Across Virginia, most homeowners who book this do it in the spring and fall, when the pollen and leaves are heaviest. Tell us your stories and roughly how many windows you have, or call (866) 435-6328, and we will send an estimate.
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 the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing the gutters and exterior glass in one visit costs less than booking the two separately. Our washing services cover the gutters, the downspouts and the outside of the glass, and the number we quote over the phone or by text is the number we charge. Window cleaning services priced this way include downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping, which are part of the job, not extras.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer. A large window count, oversized panes and picture windows add time at every stop. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years and are packed with needles and leaves take more passes. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is not something a cleaning removes, so we will tell you about it before we start. The quote covers the outside only, since interior and exterior glass are separate jobs and we do not bundle the inside into this one.
On our Newington Forest jobs, the quotes that move most are the ones where the owner did not know the window count or the stories. Send a photo of the front of the house by text and tell us how many floors it has, and we can give you a number that holds. Many of our customers in this area book window washing and gutter cleaning on the same visit, which means one setup, one trip, and one invoice that matches the quote. For the regular cleanings we do here, that is the simplest way to keep the grime off the glass and the water moving through the gutters.
| 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 Newington Forest book the window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in late spring and again in late fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. Across Virginia, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late May and the fall visit in late October to November, and that calendar holds for residential and commercial properties alike.
In spring we find pollen film on south-facing glass and dust packed into the frames, and both dry onto the glass if they sit. Dust that drifts through open screens can settle on the windows inside, but our crew only cleans the outside glass. In fall the leaf load is the main problem: wet leaf mats block the outlets, clogged gutters have nowhere for the water to go, and the overflow can cause water damage along the fascia. Across Virginia, hurricanes and tropical remnants can move the dates, so we watch the weather and call before we come.
Some houses need a third visit, and the upper runs on multi-story buildings take the most ladder time. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit keep packing the downspouts between cleanings. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more dust on the windows and more debris in the gutters. On those lots we see the results after a few months and suggest a closer schedule.
The sign that windows need cleaning is a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and the sign that gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge in the rain. If you see either one, the crew can come out and look at it. The crew brings its own cleaning solutions and purified water, so you do not need to supply anything.
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 cleans gutters and exterior windows for homeowners across the Newington Forest area, and we handle the whole job in one visit. Booking our cleaning services starts with a quick estimate by phone or text. Tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we will give you a slot and call before we arrive. Call (866) 435-6328 if you would rather talk it through.
The busy weeks are the spring and fall visits, when the leaves and the dust are heaviest, and our calendar fills during those weeks. If you want a visit in those months, book early, and every window on the house gets the same attention. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, so the schedule can work around yours.
Our window cleaners provide professional window cleaning on residential properties and commercial buildings alike, and the same crew handles the glass and the gutters so you get one point of contact. We also do residential gutter cleaning for homeowners who only need the gutters done. Whatever the job, we aim to keep curb appeal up without a second trip, and we will tell you when we can schedule service.
Yes. The same two-person crew cleans the gutters and downspouts and the outside of every residential window in one visit, gutters first and glass last. That order keeps the runoff off the clean glass.
We do not give a range on the web. The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we quote it by phone or text. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you the number.
On our jobs in Newington Forest, the outside carries most of the leaf dust, rain spotting and sprinkler spots. Cleaning the inside does nothing about those, so the outside is where the visible dirt sits. The same holds for condos, where the exterior glass takes the same weather.
Across Virginia, our customers book in the spring and fall, when the pollen and leaves are heaviest. Those are the months our calendar fills, so book early if you want a specific date.
Not if we follow our order. Gutters first, glass last: we clear the runs, flush the downspouts, let the wall stop dripping, and only then start on the glass. That avoids the runoff from the gutters washing back onto the windows.
Screens are rinsed to remove dirt, and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included in the visit as well, so none of it shows up as an add-on.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit. We do not do the inside of the windows or pressure washing, so if you need those, we can point you to another company.
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. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
