Yes, 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 both jobs done in one visit cost less than booking them as two trips. On our Charleston jobs most customers book the work in spring and fall, the two windows when the pollen and the leaves come down onto the house.
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 by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Quotes cover the window washing and the gutter cleaning together, so the total is one number. The number we give you on the phone is the number we charge, and a typical house has a starting figure we can quote before the visit. Many window cleaners quote by the pane; we quote by the house. Figures move with the house, so ask for yours at (866) 435-6328 or send a photo first.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes longer on the ladder and the boom or scissor lift. Window count and oversized panes add time at the glass, and picture windows take more care on the ladder than a standard pane. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years come down packed with needles and leaves, and the work runs longer than a quick pass. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run underneath. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem that cleaning will not remove. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Windows inside the house are not part of the price at all.
On our Charleston jobs the quote changes most when the crew can see the house before the first visit, and getting the exact number is simple. Give us the stories and a rough window count, or text a photo of the front of the house, and we come back with a figure in writing. Clogged gutters that have been left a season can also bring water damage to the fascia, and we note that on the visit so you can decide what comes next. Professional window cleaning on a house this size is a planned job, not a rush, and a clean front does a lot for curb appeal, which is why we ask for a photo first.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $150 | from $230 |
| Two stories | from $185 | from $200 | from $310 |
| Three stories | from $240 | from $270 | from $410 |
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 Charleston customers book both twice a year, in the spring and in the fall. Residential properties on that schedule get the most out of it, because one crew in one visit covers the house. Across West Virginia, spring visits run mid to late May, and fall visits run late October to November. What we find in each visit changes with the season. In the spring, the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs the elbows of the downspouts. In the fall, it is the wet leaf mat over the gutter, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged under the weight of the winter.
Across West Virginia, summer thunderstorms and derechos can leave debris in the gutters that was not there in the spring, so some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and a house near a busy road or a construction site picks up a film of grime faster than the rest. Our residential window work follows the same rhythm, and the cleaning services we book for a house are scheduled around it. We will tell you which of these applies to your lot after the first visit.
Windows tell you when they need the work: a haze you only see when the sun is low in the afternoon, and the crew checks every window on the list before it leaves. Gutters tell you too, with water sheeting over the edge in a hard rain instead of running down the downspout. Clean windows and open gutters hold up longer between visits, so when you see either sign, book a date and we will schedule service around the weather.
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 works across Charleston and across West Virginia, and we keep the calendar open for the houses on our route. Booking is simple. Call (866) 435-6328 or text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you an estimate in writing. Typical lead time depends on the season, and during the two busy windows of the year, when the pollen and the leaves are down, our calendar fills fastest, so book early if you want a particular week. Our window cleaning services cover the exterior only.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew cleans the glass from the outside, works the gutters and downspouts from the ladder, and cleans the grime off the frames and the sills as part of the same visit. Runoff from the roof has to go somewhere, and we make sure every downspout is clear so it does not back up onto the wall. We remove dirt from the glass and the gutters down to the bottom of the run. Regular cleanings keep the grime from building up between the big visits, and a house with clear glass and clear gutters does more for curb appeal than most owners expect. Our work also covers the washing services that go with a house this size, and we take care of the condos and multi-story buildings in the area the same way, one visit at a time. For a residential and commercial job, call (866) 435-6328 first and we tell you whether the crew can take it.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the glass in one visit, and they do the gutters first so the glass is clean when the job is done.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and picture windows and oversized panes count toward it because they take more time on the ladder. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will put the figure in writing.
Yes. The outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots that build up on residential properties here, and those deposits sit on the glass no matter how the inside looks. A clean outside is the part of the visit that does the most for the glass.
Across West Virginia, spring visits run mid to late May and fall visits run late October to November. Charleston gets most of its rain in May, June and July, so a late-May visit clears the pollen before the wet summer sets in. Customers who want regular cleanings usually book the spring and the fall.
No, because we do gutters first and glass last. When the gutters are cleared the leaves and the black water run down the wall, so the glass is done once the run is finished.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned on every window the crew reaches, and none of that is billed separately.
No. We clean the exterior glass only, so the windows inside are not part of the visit or the price. We also do not do pressure washing on this visit.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off, move the cars off the driveway, keep the pets inside and unlock the side gate, and the crew handles the rest, bringing its own cleaning solutions, water and power. Call (866) 435-6328 with any questions before the visit.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
