Real 2026 pricing for exterior-only, interior-and-exterior, and full-detail window cleaning in Snohomish County — plus what actually drives the price up or down.
Window cleaning costs $349 to $549 per visit with Xzavier's, depending on whether you want exterior-only, interior-and-exterior, or a full detail. Nationally, most homeowners pay somewhere between $150 and $460 for a standard job, so our pricing sits at the higher end of that range — because we're quoting a full Snohomish County home with screens, tracks, and sills included, not just glass. Here's exactly what you get at each price point and what actually moves the number.
Window washing is one of those chores that looks simple from the sidewalk and turns into a two-ladder, one-radio-call ordeal the moment you're thirty feet up with a squeegee in a gutter you didn't expect to find. We'll get into the pricing logic in a second — but if you've ever stood on a kitchen chair trying to reach the top pane of a bay window, you already understand why most people eventually just book it out.
How Much Does Window Cleaning Cost on Average?
A typical professional window cleaning runs $150 to $460 nationally, averaging around $220 to $310, while our Snohomish County pricing runs $349 to $549 per visit. The gap comes down to scope: national averages often reflect exterior-only, single-story jobs, while our quotes assume a full-size home with interior work, screens, and tracks included by default.
- Exterior Only — $349. Outside glass, frames, and sills on every window, hosed and squeegeed streak-free.
- Interior + Exterior — $449. Adds every interior pane, which is where most of the visible dust and fingerprints actually live.
- Full Detail — $549. Interior and exterior glass plus tracks, screens, and sills fully cleaned — the option most people mean when they say "deep clean."
- National comparison (for context, not our rate) — HomeAdvisor puts the typical range at $150–$302 (avg. ~$220); Thumbtack's 2026 data runs $184–$387 (avg. ~$266); Fixr lands at $190–$460 (avg. ~$310).
What Affects the Price of Window Cleaning?
Price moves with window count, height, condition, and access — not just square footage of glass. A single-story rancher with 12 clean, easy-to-reach windows costs less than a two-story home with 20 windows, storm damage grime, and a locked gate between the cleaner and the back yard.
- Number of windows. More panes, more time, more cost — this is the single biggest driver.
- Story height. Second-floor and above windows need ladders or extension poles, which adds labor and, frankly, insurance risk we're pricing for.
- Screens and hard water stains. Screens have to come off, get washed, and go back on. Hard water spots (common near sprinklers) sometimes need a mineral-deposit treatment, not just soap and water.
- Access. Locked gates, overgrown shrubs, and furniture pushed against interior windows all add setup time before the actual cleaning starts.
- How long since the last cleaning. A window that hasn't been touched in three years fights back a lot harder than one we clean every six months.
Exterior-Only vs. Interior + Exterior: What's the Price Difference?
Adding interior cleaning to an exterior-only job typically costs $100 to $150 more, because it roughly doubles the number of panes being touched without doubling the drive time or setup. For us specifically, that's the jump from $349 to $449 — the second-biggest value jump in the whole lineup, since interior grime is usually the part homeowners actually notice day to day.
- Exterior only makes sense for curb appeal, listing photos, or homes where interior access is genuinely difficult (tenants, pets, a home office mid-remodel).
- Interior + exterior is the right call if anyone in the house actually looks out the windows — which, statistically, is everyone.
- Full detail is worth the extra $100 when tracks and sills have visible dirt, since that's the part a quick glass wipe always skips.
Do You Pay Per Window or Per Hour?
Most companies, including ours, quote window cleaning as a flat per-visit price based on a walk-through, not a per-window or per-hour rate — though per-window pricing (commonly $8–$40 nationally) and hourly rates ($40–$75/hour) both show up in national cost guides. A flat quote protects you from a slow job turning into a surprise invoice, and it's why we walk every property before giving a number.
- Flat per-visit pricing (our model) means the number you're quoted is the number you pay, regardless of how long the crew is actually on site.
- Per-window pricing is common for very large or commercial jobs where counting panes is the simplest way to scale a quote.
- Hourly pricing shows up more with handyman-style services that bundle window cleaning into a broader visit.
What's Included at Each Price Tier?
Every tier includes a full walk of the exterior, streak-free glass, and a final check from the ground — the differences are entirely about which surfaces get touched. Knowing what's bundled into each price keeps you from assuming "window cleaning" always means the same checklist, because it doesn't, even within the same company.
- $349 Exterior Only — all exterior glass and frames, sills wiped, debris cleared from window wells.
- $449 Interior + Exterior — everything above, plus every interior pane reachable without moving furniture for you.
- $549 Full Detail — everything above, plus screens removed/washed/reinstalled and tracks fully detailed, not just brushed.
- Add-on situations (not included by default, quoted separately): extreme hard water staining, construction film removal, and skylights or hard-to-access architectural glass.
Is Professional Window Cleaning Worth the Cost?
For most homeowners, yes — a professional clean takes 1-2 hours off your weekend, avoids the ladder risk entirely, and produces a streak-free result that's genuinely hard to match with a $12 squeegee from the hardware store. The math gets easier the taller your house is: a single-story home is a reasonable DIY candidate, but a two-story with upper gable windows is where the cost of a fall starts to outweigh the cost of a booking.
- DIY makes sense for single-story homes, a handful of windows, and someone who already owns a squeegee and doesn't mind the task.
- Professional service makes sense for multi-story homes, screens and tracks that need real attention, or simply reclaiming a Saturday.
- The honest middle ground: some homeowners DIY the easy ground-floor windows and book out just the second story — ask us about partial-home quotes if that's your situation.
How Often Should You Budget for Window Cleaning?
Most Snohomish County homes do well with cleaning twice a year — spring and fall — which keeps pollen, rain spotting, and wood-smoke haze from building up between visits. Homes near busy roads, construction, or heavy tree cover sometimes benefit from a third visit, while homes that get full sun exposure with minimal grime can often stretch to once a year.
- Twice yearly is the standard recommendation for most houses in our service area.
- Three times yearly fits homes near construction dust, wood stoves, or heavy traffic.
- Once yearly can work for newer builds with minimal tree cover and good water drainage away from the glass.
How Do I Get an Exact Price for My Home?
The only way to get a number more precise than a range is a quick look at your actual windows — count, height, screens, and condition all factor in, and that's a five-minute walk-through, not a guessing game. You can request that walk-through, in person or over photos, through our estimate form, and we'll come back with a flat price before any work starts.
Need the exact math done for you? If you're in Everett or Lynnwood, we're already running routes nearby most weeks, and we cover the rest of Snohomish County and North King County on a regular rotation too.
Frequently Asked Questions
Real questions we hear on the estimate form and over the phone, answered straight.
Quoted pricing reflects Xzavier's Gutter and Window Cleaning's current Snohomish County rates. National figures cited above are shown for comparison only and are not our pricing.