Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of every residential window in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs done together cost less than booking them as two separate trips. On our Bothell West jobs most customers book the work in spring and fall, which is when the dust and leaf load build up on the glass and in the runs.
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. Window washing and gutter work done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Our washing services and window cleaning services are quoted from those same two numbers, so the total is known before the crew is booked. The number we give you on the phone is the number we charge, so call (866) 435-6328 once you have the stories and a rough window count ready.
On the day, the things that move the quote are the ones our crew finds on the ladder: a third story or a steep roof, window count, oversized panes and picture windows, gutters that have not been cleaned in years or 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. Heavy grime on the sills adds time. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the exterior job and are not billed as extras. We price interior and exterior glass separately, and this visit covers the exterior only.
Our Bothell West customers tell us their quotes move most with stories and window count, which is why we ask for both before we give a number. Send a photo of the front of the house by text and we can usually tell you what the job involves before the crew is booked. Regular cleanings are quoted from the same stories and window count, so a repeat visit is not a surprise. Ask for the exact number before you commit to a date, so the invoice matches what you were quoted.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $170 | from $275 |
| Two stories | from $225 | from $240 | from $375 |
| Three stories | from $295 | from $330 | from $495 |
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 Bothell West customers book both twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense for them. On the glass in spring we find a pollen film on the south-facing panes, and a sticky film sits in the gutters the same month. By fall the leaf load is heavy and clogged gutters are the first thing to show it.
Across Washington, atmospheric rivers and Pacific fronts set the storm season, so we book around it rather than on a fixed day. The same spring film shows up on residential and commercial buildings on one street, so the timing is the same for both. Some houses need a third visit. We usually see that with heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass and leaves spots that come back a day later, or multi-story buildings close to a busy road or construction.
You can tell the glass needs it when you see a haze that only shows when the sun is low. You can tell the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running into the downspout. Either sign means it is time for a visit. Some marks need cleaning solutions on top of purified water, and we say so before we use them. The windows inside stay as they are on an exterior visit. In Bothell West the wettest months are January, November and December, and a run that overflows in those months can lead to water damage at the fascia and siding.
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.
The estimate starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time is set by the calendar at the time you ask, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, though we will confirm the arrival window with you the day before.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring season and the fall leaf drop, so booking early in those months gets you a slot sooner. Outside those windows there is usually more room. We work with homeowners who want one crew to handle the cleaning services for the whole outside of the house, and we schedule service around the weather. The same order of work applies to residential properties and to condos: gutters and downspouts first, glass last.
Professional window cleaning matters most where the glass and the gutters meet the wall, because that is where water and dirt run down onto the clean pane. We do the runs first so that every window and sill is clean when the crew leaves, and your curb appeal holds up between visits. The first job is to remove dirt from the wall above, so nothing runs down onto the finished glass.
Yes, on our jobs the same two people do both in one visit. We do the gutters and downspouts first and the glass last, so nothing dirty runs back onto the windows we have just finished.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a range here, because the same two stories can differ a lot in window count and gutter condition.
Often yes, because the outside carries the dust, the rain film and the sprinkler spots that the inside never sees. Those collect on the outer glass and the frames, and they are what makes a window look dull from the street. Residential glass and condos on the same streets pick up the same film.
Most of our customers here book in spring and in fall. Spring catches the pollen on the glass and in the gutters, and fall catches the leaf load before the first hard freeze.
Not if the order is right. We clear the gutters and flush the downspouts first, which helps remove dirt before it reaches the glass. We let the wall stop dripping and only then start on the glass, so the runoff has nowhere to land on a finished pane.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the exterior job, and we say so before the visit. Tracks are included when they are reachable from the outside, and we flag any that need more work.
Not on this visit. We do exterior glass only, and we do not do pressure washing on the same visit, so the inside of the windows stays as you have it.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
