The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first, glass last. Pricing runs by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them separately. Across California, most of the houses we clean are booked for spring and fall, which is when pollen, leaves and sprinkler spotting build up on glass and in the downspouts.
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 washing services by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and a combined visit costs less than two separate trips. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you what the job comes to before anyone books a date.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when it pulls up. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. Window count matters, and so does the size of each residential window; oversized picture windows need a boom or scissor lift to reach the upper panes safely, and window washing on the upper floors takes longer than the same glass at ground level. Gutters that have not been opened in years arrive packed with needles and leaves, and gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before anything underneath can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem, because no cleaning removes it, and we say so on the visit rather than charging for a second pass.
Our window cleaning services cover the outside glass, the screens and each sill, and none of it is billed as an extra. We price interior and exterior glass as separate jobs, so the windows inside are never part of this quote. Gutters and downspouts are part of the same visit. Each downspout gets run with water until it flows clear, and the outlet is checked at the bottom, so you know it is open when we leave. Condos follow the same order, gutters first and glass last.
Our crew cleaned a two-story home in Aliso Viejo last fall where the quote was driven by heavy grime along the back fascia, and the crew had to remove dirt from the eaves before the ladder could go up, plus a run of gutters that had gone years without a flush. The owner had the outside glass done in the same visit, and the crew cleared the runoff path before touching the sliding doors, so nothing ran back onto the clean panes. The quote went up because the gutters needed the most time, and the windows were a smaller part of the bill than the owner expected. The lesson on our side is the same on every job: the stories, the window count and a photo of the front of the house get us to the right number before we arrive.
To get your own exact figure, tell us how many stories the house has, roughly how many windows face the street and the yard, and whether the gutters have had a cleaning in the last year. Text a photo of the front of the house to (866) 435-6328 and we will come back with a written estimate that matches what the crew finds.
| 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 Aliso Viejo customers book both jobs twice a year, one visit in spring and one in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense on this page. Across California, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the pollen season has laid down a film on south-facing glass and a paste in the gutters. The fall visit lands in late November to December, after the leaves have dropped and before the wet season settles in. Clean windows and clear gutters also protect curb appeal, since a hazed front window and a sagging gutter are the first things a passerby sees.
In June, the pollen is the first thing we see on the glass and the reason the gutters smell sour when we open them. The film is thin but it shows on the picture windows as a haze you only notice when the sun is low. Plain water takes off most of it, and cleaning solutions only go on where a film needs one. In the gutters it packs into the elbows and the downspout turns, and it holds water that runs back behind the fascia. In late fall we find the wet leaf mat, which is heavier and slower to clear, and in the wettest months, January, February and December, it turns into the weight that sags a hanger.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings, so those houses get regular cleanings every three to four months. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves round white spots that come back a day after cleaning, because they are mineral deposits and cannot be wiped off. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects a fine grime on the glass faster than a quiet street does.
Two customers illustrate the difference. One house with no trees near the roof is on a yearly fall visit and has done fine. Another house under mature trees, with a sprinkler line on the front glass, is on three or four visits a year and still needs the spotting treated once a season. Neither is a rule; they are what we have seen on the jobs.
You will see when windows need cleaning. Haze that you only notice when the sun comes in low is the sign. Gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running out the downspout, and that is the sign to call before the next storm. Clogged gutters are the usual cause, and left alone that overflow runs down the fascia and becomes water damage.
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 Aliso Viejo and books its visits on a first-come basis, so the calendar fills fastest in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, when the pollen and the leaves arrive. To schedule service, start with a quote by phone or text. Give us the number of stories, a rough window count and a photo of the house front, and we will confirm a date and a time window before we come.
We call before we come, and again when we are on the way. Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work, since the crew does not come inside. The one thing we ask is that you let us know about any gates or dogs that need attention before we arrive. For the commercial jobs we book with the property manager, and for homes the owner or tenant books directly.
We provide professional window cleaning and gutter cleaning services for residential properties, and the same crew handles residential and commercial work, including the multi-story buildings in the area where the glass sits higher than a standard ladder can safely reach. Our window cleaners work from a pole with purified water, which dries the glass without streaks or towel lint, so the pole reaches most windows on the front of the house from the ground and every window gets the same rinse. The gutter work is done by hand with the debris bagged and taken away.
Yes, and it is the same crew. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the grit from the gutters does not run back onto windows we have just cleaned.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will send a written estimate.
Usually yes, on our jobs. A residential window collects the pollen film, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots on the outside, and those do not come off with interior cleaning. Clean windows show the difference first on the outside, and the inside glass stays as it is on this visit.
Across California, most visits land in mid to late June and again in late November to December, after the leaves and before the wet season settles in. To schedule service, call or text us a photo and we will set the date.
No. We clear the runs and flush every downspout before anyone touches the glass, and we give the wall a few minutes to stop dripping. That order is why it works.
Screens are rinsed and wiped, the sill is wiped, and tracks are cleaned as part of the exterior job. None of it is billed as an extra.
We do exterior glass only on this visit. Interior and exterior glass are separate jobs, so the windows inside are not cleaned here. We do not do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. 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 leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
