Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. Gutters go first and glass goes last, so nothing runs back onto the panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs on separate days. On our University Place jobs most customers book the two in spring and again in fall, and they tell us the one visit saves them a second setup and a second day of planning.
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 direct answer is this: we price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, a single visit covering both gutters and exterior windows costs less than two separate bookings, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Stories and window count set the crew hours, and the rest of the quote follows from what the crew finds on the day. Our window washing and washing services are quoted as one visit, so the gutter work and the glass share one set of crew hours.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are the same ones every time. A third story or a steep roof means more ladder and boom or scissor lift time. Oversized picture windows take more handling than standard panes, and a residential window set high on a third story needs the boom or scissor lift. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years come down packed with needles and leaves, and that takes longer than a routine run. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting left by sprinklers is a separate treatment that no regular cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Quotes for interior and exterior glass are separate, and this visit covers the exterior only.
One University Place example: a two-story house near the water with a full set of picture windows and gutters nobody had opened for two seasons. The quote came out higher than the owner expected until the crew showed the packed downspouts and the spotting on the lower glass, and both were in the number from the start. If you want the exact figure, text us a photo of the front of the house with a count of the stories and the windows, and we will give you the number before the crew is booked. Most houses like this one get the regular cleanings done on the same schedule, so the price holds from one visit to the next.
| 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.
On our University Place jobs most customers book both services twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew doing the gutters and the glass in a single visit makes sense for this schedule. Each visit finds something different. In spring the pollen settles as a yellow film on south-facing glass and turns to paste in the gutters, and cleaning solutions cut that film before it sets. The downspout elbows pack with seeds. In fall the leaf load builds up into clogged gutters, and the wet mat sits in the runs through the rain, which is where water damage to fascia usually starts. The runoff from those runs is what streaks the siding below.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the downspouts between cleanings, so those customers are on every three to four months. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and that calls for a shorter interval. A house close to a busy road or a construction site gets a film of grime on the glass faster than average, and the schedule follows that. Multi-story buildings with lots of glass tend to need the same two-visit schedule as the single-story houses, but the access is slower. The same two-visit pattern holds for residential and commercial buildings alike.
The sign that windows need cleaning is haze you only notice when the sun is low in the afternoon. The sign that the gutters and downspouts need it is water sheeting over the edge in a heavy 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 window cleaners have worked across the neighborhoods of University Place, and the easiest way to start is an estimate by phone or text. Send the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you a price and a date range. Most estimates come back the same day, and the lead time for a slot depends on the season. In the two busy windows of the year, when the pollen falls in spring and the leaves come down in fall, our calendar fills faster, so booking early keeps your preferred week open.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work because the crew never comes inside. If you have a gated side yard, leave the gate unlocked and keep pets indoors while the ladders are up. Our professional window cleaning and gutter service runs on the same two-person crew from start to finish, so there is no hand-off between a window company and a gutter company on your property.
The crew gives every window the same attention, from the top pane down to the sill. We wipe every sill, clear every track we can reach, and rinse the screens so the glass you see from inside stays clear. Our window cleaning services are the same whether the house is a bungalow or a larger home with more glass. Residential properties of every size get the same two-person visit. Clean glass and clear gutters do more for curb appeal than most owners expect. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will reply with a date.
Yes, our crew does both in one visit with the same two people. Gutters go first and the glass goes last, so runoff from the roof never lands on clean panes.
We give the number by phone or text based on stories and window count for residential properties. We do not quote a figure without seeing those details first.
On most houses here the outside carries the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spotting, so the glass stays hazy even when the inside is clean. Outside cleaning is what changes the view. We do not clean the windows inside on this visit.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and again in fall, after the pollen season and before the first hard freeze. Owners of condos book on the same spring and fall pattern.
Not when the work is done in the right order. We clear the gutters and flush the downspouts first, let the wall stop dripping, and only then clean the windows, so the glass stays clean.
Screens, sills and tracks are part of the window cleaning. We rinse the screens, wipe the sills and clear the tracks we can reach without extra equipment.
We do exterior glass only on this visit, and the crew works to remove dirt from the outside glass and frames. We do not clean interior glass or do pressure washing as part of this service.
You do not need to be home. Turn off the sprinklers the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and unlock any side gates.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
