The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both together in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. On our Milwaukee jobs, most customers book this in spring and fall, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
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.
Our window cleaning services are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and the bundle saving is shown as a programmatic field, not a percentage in this text. If you are weighing residential and commercial quotes, the same two questions decide the price: how many stories, and how many windows.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. Steep roofs and multi-story buildings take more time on the ladder and the lift, and a third story adds to that. Oversized panes, such as picture windows, and a high window count add to the glass. Gutters that have not been cleared in years, or packed with needles and leaves, take longer than a light run. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers does not come off with cleaning alone and is quoted separately once we see it. Where water alone does not lift the film, the crew uses cleaning solutions on the glass and rinses them off before the glass dries. A quote for interior and exterior glass is a different job, and this one covers the outside only. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Our Milwaukee experience shows the same pattern: the quote follows the house, not a formula. To get the exact number, text us the front of the house and tell us the stories and about how many windows you have. We will come back with a quote before the crew is scheduled.
| 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.
On our jobs most Milwaukee customers book gutters and windows twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. Regular cleanings in spring and fall keep the pollen and the leaf load from packing into the gutters. Each visit we find something different. In spring the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs the gutters. In fall the leaf load and the wet mat come down the gutter line. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates, so we book around them.
Some houses need a third visit. We see that with heavy tree cover over the roof, where needles and grit build up between cleanings, with a sprinkler line hitting the glass, where spots come back a day after cleaning, and with a house near a busy road or construction, where grime settles faster. A sign the windows need cleaning is haze you only notice when the sun is low, and a visit is the way to remove dirt that has built up on the glass. A sign of clogged gutters is water sheeting over the edge in rain, and gutters that overflow can lead to water damage on 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.
Booking cleaning services with us starts with an estimate by phone or text. Tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we will give you a number from those. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and we keep the window and gutter cleaning on the same visit so you do not wait twice. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text that same number with the photo.
Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows of the year fill our calendar first. If you want a specific date, ask when you call and we will tell you what is open. We do residential properties and clean windows of every size. Each residential window gets the same outside clean, every window on the house included. Sill wiping is part of the job, and we schedule the service in the order that keeps the gutter runoff off the glass.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and offer window washing services for the outside of the glass in one visit. Gutters go first and the glass goes last, so the runoff does not land on clean panes.
We quote the number from the stories and the size of the house, by phone or text. The figure comes from those details, and the number we quote is the number we charge.
On our jobs the outside carries pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots that the inside never sees. Professional window cleaning of the outside is a separate job from the interior glass, and it is the part that weathers first and shapes curb appeal.
Most of our Milwaukee customers book in late spring and in fall, after the seed drop and before the first hard freeze. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you what is open.
Not if the order is right. We clear the roof and the gutters and downspouts first, let the wall stop dripping, and only then touch the glass.
Screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job. Tracks are included as part of the exterior glass work when they can be reached safely. If you live in a condo, tell us when you call, since shared building access can change how we reach the glass.
No. This visit is exterior only: we do not clean windows inside the house and we do not do pressure washing.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside, and leave the side gate unlocked. Text us a photo of the roofline and we will confirm the plan.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
