Yes, 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 the approximate window count, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Most of our Des Moines customers book it in the spring and again in the fall, so the calendar stays predictable for both of us.
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.
Window cleaners often quote by the pane, but we price by stories and approximate window count, and window washing bundled with gutter cleaning in one visit comes to less than booking the two jobs separately. Clean gutters and clear glass do a lot for curb appeal, and professional window cleaning on the same visit is part of that one number. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
What moves a quote is what the crew finds on the day. On multi-story buildings, a third story or a steep roof means more time on the ladder and a boom or scissor lift, depending on the house. Window count and oversized panes add time, and so do clogged gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time too. Windows inside the house are a separate job and are not on this quote. Hard-water spotting left by sprinklers is a separate treatment, and no cleaning removes it, so we flag it before we quote the glass.
On our Des Moines jobs, the houses that cost the most to do right are the ones where the gutters have been clogged for a season and water damage has started to show at the fascia. We clear those first and photograph the wall before we touch the glass. To get an exact number, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and tell us the stories and roughly how many windows face the street. We will give you a written estimate before anyone climbs a ladder.
| 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 Des Moines customers book gutter cleaning and exterior window cleaning together, and the fall visit usually lands in late November to December, after the leaves are down. Across Washington, the spring visit falls in mid to late June, which is when pollen has settled on the glass. In the spring we find pollen film on south-facing glass and pollen packed into the gutters. In the fall it is the leaf load and the wet mat that sits in the downspout elbows.
Some houses need a third visit, and that is a normal part of our cleaning services. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters loaded between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and they collect on the sill and frame. A house close to a busy road or active construction collects more grime on the glass and more runoff in the gutters. For homes with that kind of exposure, we set a schedule that fits the site instead of a fixed twice-a-year plan.
You will know the windows need attention when a haze shows only in low sun. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running down the downspout. To schedule service for either visit, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will set the date around your calendar.
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 provide window cleaning services across the city of Des Moines, including houses and condos, and we book on a first-come basis, so the sooner you call, the sooner a slot opens. The estimate starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text: send the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you what the job involves and when we can come. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
The busy windows are the spring and fall leaf seasons, when our calendar fills fastest. Booking ahead of those months is the simplest way to get a date you want. Our washing services cover the glass and the gutters on one visit, and each visit is also a chance to remove dirt before it builds up. Our crew also cleans residential window and gutter jobs on residential properties and handles the clean windows and grime that build up on every window in between visits. Regular cleanings keep the gutters and downspouts moving water away from the walls, which keeps runoff off the sill and out of the foundation.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. That way the dirty water from the gutters never runs onto glass we have already cleaned.
We give you the number from the stories and the size of the house, by phone or text. Send us a photo of the front of the house and the number of stories, and we will quote it before we schedule. Residential and commercial buildings are quoted separately, so tell us which one it is.
Usually yes, because the outside carries the tree dust, the rain grit and the sprinkler spots that show through the glass. Interior and exterior cleaning are separate jobs, and on this visit we clean the exterior only.
Most of our Des Moines customers book the fall visit for late November to December, after the leaves come down, and across Washington the spring visit usually falls in mid to late June, once pollen has built up on the glass. Regular cleanings in both seasons keep the calendar predictable, so booking ahead gets you the date you want.
No. Gutters first, glass last. When we clear a run, the leaves and grit come down the wall, so the glass is the last thing we touch on the house.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included on the exterior side of the window, and picture windows are cleaned the same way as any other pane.
We do not clean inside the windows and we do not do pressure washing on this visit. The work is exterior glass and gutters only, rinsed with purified water and no cleaning solutions.
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. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
