Our crew cleans the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing washes back onto clean panes. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both together in one visit costs less than two separate trips. Across Virginia, most homeowners book this twice a year, in spring and fall, and our Petersburg jobs follow the same rhythm.
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 our washing services by the number of stories and the approximate window count. The bundle, booking window cleaning services and gutter work in one visit, costs less than booking gutter cleaning and window washing separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you that number before anyone is scheduled.
On the day, the crew finds the same things that drive the quote. A third story or a steep roof means boom or scissor lift work and more time on the ladder, and window washing at that height takes the same lift. A high window count, or oversized picture windows, adds time at the glass. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles, leaves and grime, take longer to clear and flush. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated are timed separately. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line hitting the glass is something no window cleaning removes, and we tell you about it on the first visit rather than after the invoice. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Regular cleanings on the same house are quoted on the same basis each time, so the number on the phone stays put. We do not do interior and exterior glass on the same visit; this quote covers the outside only.
Here is how we get to the exact number. Send us the stories, the rough window count, and a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a figure for the gutters, the windows, and both together in one visit. Ask for the written estimate before you book a date, so the number is on paper and not just on the phone.
| 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 Petersburg customers book both jobs twice a year, one visit in the spring and one in the fall, which is why one crew doing the window and gutter cleaning in one visit makes sense. In spring the pollen film dries onto south-facing glass, and the crew uses cleaning solutions suited to it, while the pollen paste packs into the gutter elbows. In fall the leaf load comes down and sits wet in the runs until the first cold snap. Storm and wind seasons, including hurricanes and tropical remnants that move through Virginia, can shift the dates, and we book around them.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps clogged gutters coming back between cleanings, and a run that overflows for a season can lead to water damage at the fascia. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves spots that return a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects grit faster than a quiet street. Multi-story buildings and condos with long gutter runs and several levels of glass are scheduled on the same logic, which applies to residential and commercial buildings alike: look at what the last visit left behind, then set the next one.
You will know windows need cleaning when you see a haze only in low sun, and gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running into the downspout. The haze that shows only in low sun is on the outside of the glass, not the windows inside, so the exterior visit is the one that clears it. If you have not seen either sign yet, the spring visit is still the right time to look at the runs with us.
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 across Petersburg and handle the same work for commercial buildings with a per-building schedule. Our window cleaners also run the gutter ladder, so one team handles both on the same visit. Booking runs on a short call or text: call (866) 435-6328 or send us the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we return a quote and the next open slot. During the two busy windows of the year, when the pollen and leaf seasons peak, the calendar fills first, so book before those weeks. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew calls before it arrives, checks every window before it leaves, and does not come inside.
Our crews are professional window cleaning and gutter cleaning specialists, and we keep the scope tight: our cleaning services cover gutters and the outside of the glass, nothing more. That focus is what keeps curb appeal consistent from one visit to the next, and it is why we schedule service around the house rather than squeezing it between other jobs.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people in one visit. A residential window job is priced by stories and window count, the same way the gutter side is. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the water from the runs does not reach clean panes.
We do not quote a range over the page. The number comes from the stories and the window count, and we give it by phone or text before any date is set.
On a Petersburg house, the outside carries the pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots, which the inside never sees. The job is to remove dirt and film that rain leaves behind. Cleaning the outside is what most of our customers start with.
Most of our customers book in late spring and in fall. Across Virginia the same spring and fall rhythm applies, and condos follow it too, with the visit set by what the last one left behind.
Not if the order is right. Runoff from the runs is what dirties clean panes, so we clear the gutters and downspouts and flush every downspout before the crew touches the glass, and nothing runs back onto panes that are already done.
Screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the window job and are not billed separately. Tracks are included in the exterior visit.
No. This visit is exterior glass only: we do not clean interior windows and we do not pressure wash siding or decks.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside, 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.
