Yes, the same two people provide window cleaning services and clean your gutters in a single visit, gutters first and glass last. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Our Albany customers most often book the two jobs for spring and fall, the way the calendar naturally falls here. Call (866) 435-6328 for that number, and the figure on the invoice is the figure you hear on the phone.
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 gutter and window cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count. Booking both jobs in one visit costs less than booking them separately, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Clearing and flushing gutters and downspouts is part of the job, along with screen rinsing and sill wiping, and none of it is billed as an extra.
Four things move the quote on our jobs. Taller work, such as multi-story buildings and a house with a third story or a roof too steep to walk, takes longer on the ladder. Oversized panes and picture windows take more time per pane, so the window count alone does not tell the whole story. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear and flush. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time to the gutter run. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem; no cleaning removes it, and we tell you on the visit if the glass has it.
The season and the calendar also affect the quote, because a cleaning that waits until the gutters are packed costs more in time than one done on schedule. If you are on a regular cadence, the quote stays predictable from visit to visit.
One Albany job shows how this works. A house with a steep roof, heavy tree cover over the back run and a sprinkler line hitting the front glass needed the gutters cleared before the windows could be done safely, and the crew flagged the spotting on the first visit rather than after the second. The quote reflected the stories, the window count and the extra time the back gutter needed, and nothing was added on the day. You can send us a photo of the front of your house by text, and we will tell you what to expect before anyone climbs a ladder.
For residential and commercial work alike, including residential properties with large glass, the same logic applies: stories, window count, the state of the gutters, and any special glass. Cleaning solutions for exterior glass are picked to remove dirt from that surface, and we say which one we use when we quote. If the building needs regular cleanings, we set the cadence once and keep to it, so the price stays the same from visit to visit.
| 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.
Most of our Albany customers book cleaning services for both jobs twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. The grime we find at each visit follows the calendar: pollen film on south-facing glass and pollen paste packed into the gutters in the spring, and the wet leaf mat that builds over the fall. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates a few weeks in either direction, so we confirm the day with you rather than running on a fixed schedule.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps clogged gutters a problem through the year, and a sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up grit faster than average. On those houses we suggest three or four visits a year, and we tell you after the first visit which schedule your house actually needs.
Two Albany examples show the spread. One customer with no trees over the house books twice a year and has never needed a third visit. A second customer under mature trees, with sprinkler spotting on the front windows, is on a three-visit schedule and says the spotting stopped returning once the sprinkler head was moved, a fix that was not ours to make but that our crew flagged on the first visit.
You will usually see the sign that windows need cleaning as a haze that shows only when the sun is low. The sign that gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge in rain instead of running into the downspout. If you see either, text us a photo and we will tell you what it is. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, and that is when a run that is already blocked overflows into water damage on the wall below.
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 does window and gutter cleaning across Albany, including every residential window on the house, the older homes where the gutters sag, the condos, and the newer houses with large picture windows. We have left clean windows and gutters on houses of every size here, and the approach stays the same: gutters first, then the glass, one crew on the job. Booking starts with a quote for professional window cleaning at (866) 435-6328 or by text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we confirm a date once the estimate is agreed.
Lead times depend on the season, and the busy windows of the year are the two when the leaf load peaks. Schedule service early in those windows and you get the date you want; leave it late and the calendar tightens. Every window on the house is quoted, including the sill and the upper stories, so nothing is missed on the day.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and the crew texts when it is on the way. The estimate and the appointment are handled in one call, so you do not have to chase us for either.
Yes, the same two people do both on one visit. Our washing services start with the gutters, so the wash-off never lands on glass we have just cleaned.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without seeing the house, and the number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Yes, because the outside carries rain dust, sprinkler spots and film that the inside never sees, and the glass people see from the street is what sets the curb appeal of the house. The inside is not part of this visit, so the glass you see from the street is the glass we clean.
Most of our Albany customers book in spring and fall, once the spring build-up has settled and again after the leaves are down. A third visit is worth it under heavy trees.
No, because we do gutters first and glass last. The roof is blown clear, the gutters are cleared, every downspout is flushed, and only then do we touch the windows, so runoff never reaches clean glass.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit. Tracks are included on the outside of the window frame; they are not billed as extras.
Exterior only on this visit, because interior and exterior glass are separate jobs. The windows inside the house are not part of this visit, and we do not do pressure washing.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off, 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.
