Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing that falls from the roof lands on clean panes. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. Most of our Shorewood customers book it every spring and fall, and the crew that does the gutters is the one that does the glass.
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 our window washing services by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking the two separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Stories set the ladder and boom or scissor lift time, and a steep roof adds setup. Window count and oversized picture windows change how long the glass takes. Heavy grime on the glass adds time, and so do gutters that have not been cleaned in years or are packed with needles and leaves. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers needs a separate treatment that no cleaning removes. Window cleaning services on a two-story house are quoted from the stories and the window count. Houses on regular cleanings usually take less time than a first visit, because there is less packed debris to clear. Interior and exterior glass are priced separately, and this visit covers the exterior only.
Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Gutters and downspouts are cleared as one job, and we flush every downspout until the water runs clear. We rinse the screens we take down. The sills get wiped on every window we clean, which is how we remove dirt that would otherwise run back onto the glass. None of that shows up as a line item.
Here is how a recent Shorewood job went. The house had a two-story front, a row of large windows facing a sprinkler line, and gutters that had gone two seasons without a visit. The sprinkler spots on the glass and the packed downspout elbows were what moved the quote, not the window count. The owner got the number on the phone before the crew arrived, and the invoice matched it. For a number on your own house, send a text with the stories and a photo of the front, and we will reply with the exact figure.
| 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 Shorewood customers book both jobs twice a year, once in late spring and once in late fall, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense. In late spring we find pollen on the south-facing glass and a pollen paste packed into the gutters. Cleaning solutions go on only the panes where purified water alone leaves a film, and the water does most of the work. In the fall the leaf load is the main problem, and a wet leaf mat that sits through winter is what drags gutters down. Storms and high wind change those dates in some years, and we move the visit when that happens.
Some houses need a third visit, and we tell you early when yours does. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up dust faster than the rest. Those are the houses where clogged gutters and runoff from the roof show up between visits. Multi-story buildings and tall houses need more ladder and lift setup, so they are planned for a longer visit. Clogged gutters that overflow are the usual route to water damage at the fascia and foundation, so those get cleared before the rain.
Haze on the glass is the sign windows need a visit, and you usually only see it when the sun is low. Windows inside the house collect less of the dust, so the outside is where most of that haze starts. Water sheeting over the edge of the gutter during rain is the sign the gutters need one. Both are easy to spot from the yard, and a photo sent to us is enough for us to say which one you are looking at. The same check works on residential and commercial glass.
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 Shorewood, and we book a slot by phone or text. Booking our cleaning services takes one call to (866) 435-6328 or one text. To schedule service, send the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we will reply with the estimate and the earliest date on our calendar. Homeowners who want professional window cleaning and gutter work from one crew are the ones who book early. The lead time is listed on the booking page for the current season, and it runs longer in the two busy windows of the year, when our calendar fills with the spring and fall visits. Clean gutters and glass do a lot for curb appeal, and the difference shows from the street. Many people search for window cleaners who also handle gutters, and that is the job we do.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew works outside, does not come inside, and cleans every window it can reach from the ground or the pole. If you want to schedule service around a sprinkler shutoff or a driveway that needs to be clear, tell us when you book. We bring the water and equipment, so there is nothing you need to set up.
Yes. Our crew does both in one visit on residential properties, gutters first and glass last, so the debris from the roof is cleared before anyone touches the windows.
We do not quote a range. The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it over the phone or by text. The number we give is the number we charge.
Yes, it is worth it on a residential window. On our Shorewood jobs the outside collects pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots that never reach the inside glass, so a clean inside does not mean a clean outside.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. Those are the two windows when pollen and leaves are heaviest on the glass and in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or send a text to get on the calendar early.
No, that is why we clean gutters first and glass last. When a run is cleared, the leaves and grit come down the wall, so the glass is done after the gutters are finished.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included on the windows we clean, and none of it is billed as an extra.
This visit is exterior only. We do not clean inside the windows and we do not do pressure washing on this visit.
No, you do not need to be home, and that is true for condos as well as houses. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
