Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, and we always do the gutters first and the glass last. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across California, most homeowners who book us do it in the spring and the fall, when the glass and the gutters have collected the most. Professional window cleaning on a one-story or three-story house follows the same order, and the crew never changes it.
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. Gutter cleaning and window washing are quoted together, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge, so there are no add-ons after the crew arrives.
What moves the quote on a residential window job is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes longer to reach. Picture windows and oversized panes add time at the glass. Clogged gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take more clearing before any flushing starts. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run underneath. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers needs its own cleaning solutions and a mineral treatment, and cleaning alone will not remove it, so we tell you that before we start. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our Alamo jobs, the quotes that rise most are the houses with heavy tree cover. Needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, so the crew spends more time clearing before the gutters flow. We ask for the front of the house by text and the number of stories, and we work out the exact figure from those. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what we expect to see on the glass and in the gutters before the visit. That keeps the number on the phone the same as the number on the invoice. Curb appeal is part of what you are paying for, and so is keeping water damage away from the fascia and the sill.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $170 | from $275 |
| Two stories | from $225 | from $240 | from $375 |
| Three stories | from $295 | from $330 | from $495 |
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.
Across California, our customers book both jobs twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, and one crew in one visit makes it simple to schedule service. Regular cleanings in those two windows keep the glass and the gutters on track. On our jobs the spring pollen film settles on south-facing glass and sticky tree residue sits in the gutters, while the fall visit clears the leaf load that drops after the first cold snaps.
Storm and wind seasons move the dates. A wet winter can push the fall visit later, and a dry spring can bring the grime in earlier. We book our cleaning services from what the house shows us, not from a fixed calendar.
Some houses need more cleanings than the usual two. Heavy tree cover over the roof means the downspouts pack faster and the gutter mat builds between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves round spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects grime faster than one set back from the street. On those houses, a third visit keeps the windows from going hazy and the runoff from overshooting the gutter.
You will see the sign windows need it when the haze only shows up when the sun is low. You will see the sign gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in the rain instead of running down the downspout.
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 has cleaned gutters and windows across Alamo, and our window cleaning services are booked with the gutters from one call. Send a text or call (866) 435-6328, and we will give you an estimate and confirm a slot. Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows of the year, when the spring dust and the leaves come down, fill the calendar faster than the rest of the year. Book early in those months and you will get the date you want.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and we tell you when the crew is on the way. Our washing services cover the outside of the glass and the gutters and downspouts, and we wash every window we can reach from the ground or the pole. Runoff from the roof is cleared with the rest of the job so the wall below is not left streaked. We also remove dirt from the sill and the frame as part of the same visit. The crew works on residential properties, single-family homes and condos alike, and multi-story buildings are quoted on the call because the stories set the time. If you have a residential and commercial mix to clean, ask on the call and we will say whether the same visit fits.
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 runs back onto clean glass.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate before anyone books.
On our Alamo jobs, the outside carries the pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots, and those build up even when the inside is clean. Clean windows on the outside are what keep the glass from looking hazy in low sun.
Across California most of our customers book in the spring and the fall, after the spring dust settles and after the leaves come down. Ask for a date and we will tell you what the calendar looks like.
No, because we clean the gutters first and the glass last. Leaves, grit and black water come down the wall when a run is cleared, so the glass waits until the downspouts are flushed and the wall has stopped dripping.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit. We do not bill them separately, and the number we give you includes them.
This visit covers the exterior glass only. The price we give you does not include the windows inside, so ask on the call if you want interior and exterior glass quoted together, and we will tell you what that adds. Pressure washing is not part of the price either.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, 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.
