Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We clear the gutters first and wash the glass last, so nothing dirty runs back onto clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both together in one visit costs less than two separate trips. Our crew has done this work across Wisconsin through the spring and fall seasons, and we're glad to give you the exact number before we come.
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 washing and gutter work are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count. Our washing services cover the gutters and the outside glass in one pass. Booking both jobs in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips, and the number we give you on the phone is the number we charge.
On the day, the crew finds a few things that change a quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. Oversized picture windows and a high count of small panes both add to the glass work. Three-story houses and other multi-story buildings take more ladder time, and gutters that have not seen cleanings in years, or that are packed with needles, leaves and grime, take longer to clear and haul. Gutter guards must be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleaned, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers needs a separate treatment that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Some homeowners ask for interior and exterior glass together; this visit covers the exterior only.
On our Holmen jobs, the quotes that surprise people are the ones where the window count was guessed. The fastest way to get an exact number is to send us a photo of the front of the house by text, along with the stories and a rough count of windows on each side. We can usually confirm the quote from that alone, before anyone sets a ladder.
| 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 Holmen customers book both jobs twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for a home on that schedule. Across Wisconsin, the spring visit usually falls in late May to June. Each visit finds something different. In spring, the pollen film builds on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs the gutters and the downspout elbows. In fall, the leaf load arrives all at once and the wet mat sits in the gutters until it is cleared. Storm and wind seasons can move these dates, so we look at the house before we set the calendar.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the gutters faster than a twice-a-year schedule keeps up with. A house like that ends up with clogged gutters, and water sheeting over the edge can lead to water damage over a few seasons. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves round spots that come back a day after cleaning, because they are mineral deposits, not dirt. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects a film on the glass that a single visit will not fully lift. When we see one of these, we tell you on the first visit and suggest a schedule that fits the house. Regular cleanings on that schedule keep the film from setting into the glass.
The sign that windows need cleaning is a haze you only notice when the sun is low. The sign that gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in a rain instead of running down the downspout. If you see either, text us a photo and we will tell you what we see.
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 on residential properties across Holmen and the surrounding area, and we book the estimate by phone or text. Send us the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we confirm the window count and the gutter run before we set a date. Most estimates are handled within a day of the first contact, and we call before we come, so you know when the crew is on the way. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We quote residential and commercial jobs the same way, by stories and window count.
The two busy windows of the year line up with spring dust and leaf fall, and our calendar fills faster in those weeks. If you want a slot in the spring or fall, it helps to get your estimate in early. We take on a set number of houses each week, so a booking made before the rush keeps the schedule steady for everyone. Our window cleaning services are built around one crew doing both jobs, which is what keeps the visit short.
We use professional window cleaning equipment, a water-fed pole for the upper stories and purified water for the glass, so the panes dry without streaks or towel lint. Grime on the frames gets one of our cleaning solutions where plain water will not lift it, and a rinse helps remove dirt from the sills before it dries. Every window on the outside of the house is included, and each residential window gets the same rinse as the rest. The sills are wiped on every visit so the curb appeal of the house holds through the season. Gutters and downspouts are cleared before the glass on the same visit. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house to schedule service.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the exterior windows in one visit. We clear the gutters first and wash the glass last, so debris from the roof does not end up on clean panes.
We give the number by phone or text, based on the number of stories and the approximate window count. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will confirm the figure before the crew comes out. Call (866) 435-6328 to get the number.
In Holmen, the outside of the glass carries tree dust, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up between visits, so the outside is usually where the haze starts. Cleaning the inside alone does not remove any of that. Condo owners ask the same question about the glass they can reach from outside, and our crew cleans the exterior glass, frames and sills in one visit.
Book in late spring and again in fall. Holmen averages 35.2 inches of precipitation a year, and May, June and July are the wettest months, so gutters take the heaviest load in early summer. Across Wisconsin, spring visits usually fall in late May to June. Our fall visits are usually late October to November, which puts the visit before the ground freezes, since Holmen has freeze risk through the winter.
Not on our jobs. Gutters are cleared and flushed first, and the wall gets a few minutes to stop dripping before anyone touches the glass. Runoff from the roof does not land on panes we have already washed, which is the reason the two jobs are done together.
Screens are taken down, rinsed and put back in the window they came from. Sills are wiped on every visit. Tracks are included on the exterior side. None of these is billed as an extra.
No. This visit covers exterior glass only. We do not clean the windows inside the house, and we do not do pressure washing on this visit.
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 while the ladders are up, 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.
