Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the water running off the roof never lands on panes we have just finished.
We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the two jobs booked together in one visit cost less than booking them as separate trips. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
Across California, most of our customers book the outside of their home and the gutters together in the spring and the fall, when the pollen and the leaves are at their worst. That is when our crew is busiest, so book early.
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 the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count. Our window washing and washing services are quoted the same way on every house, and booking the gutters and downspouts together with the outside of the windows, in one visit, costs less than booking them as two separate jobs. The number we give you over the phone is the number on the invoice.
What moves the quote is what our crew finds when it gets on the ladder: a steep roof or a third story that takes more time to reach, picture windows that need a boom or scissor lift, clogged gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated before anything underneath can be cleared, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no amount of cleaning removes. Townhouses and condos with a shared roofline take longer to quote, because we need to see which gutters belong to which unit. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not billed as extras.
On our Alpine jobs, the houses that cost more to do are usually the ones with heavy tree cover over the roof, where the runoff carries grime from the shingles onto the glass below and the downspouts fill faster than anyone expects. Every run gets cleared, and every downspout gets flushed until the water runs clear, which is how we remove dirt before it can reach the windows. Before we quote, we ask for the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house sent by text. With those two things we can give you an exact figure before anyone comes out, and we will tell you what we will do about the gutter pockets, the sills and the window tracks.
Nothing in this section is a promise about a particular house. The way to get the right number is to send us the stories and the photo, and we will give you the price for that house.
| 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, most of our customers book regular cleanings for both jobs twice a year, one visit in the spring and one in the fall, and that is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense for most homes.
In the spring, what we find on the outside of the glass is a film of pollen on the south-facing picture windows and a paste of pollen and seed in the gutters. The downspout elbows are where it packs tightest. In the fall, it is the wet leaf mat that sits in the gutters after the last drop, and on the houses that skipped the fall visit we often find clogged gutters where the runs sagged under the weight of the leaves over the winter. Wind and storm seasons move the dates a little, so we call before we come rather than working to a fixed calendar.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the gutters between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after we clean them, because they are mineral, not dirt. A house on a busy road or close to construction collects a grime that builds faster on the glass than on a quiet street. Those are the cases where three or four visits a year is what the house actually needs, and after the first visit we will tell you which one you are.
You will know the windows need attention when you see a haze on the glass that only shows up when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running into 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.
We clean the outside of windows and the gutters for residential properties in and around Alpine. Our crew takes residential and commercial jobs, and we run the same crew on the window cleaning services and the gutter work in one visit. Our window cleaners handle the exterior glass as professional window cleaning, with a water-fed pole and purified water, so the panes dry clean without a squeegee streak. Cleaning solutions and tools are included in the price, so there is nothing to buy or set out. Commercial buildings are on a separate schedule and are quoted per building.
Booking works like this: you call (866) 435-6328 or text us to schedule service. We ask for the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you a price over the phone. The lead time depends on the season and is confirmed on the call, not promised in advance. During the two busy windows of the year, spring pollen and late fall leaves, the calendar fills first, so the sooner you book in those months, the sooner the crew can come.
Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. We call before we come, and we send photos of every run and every window when the job is done. Multi-story buildings get the same photos.
When the work is done well, the difference shows on the glass and in the gutter. Many of our Alpine customers tell the same story with the gutters, which is that the water that used to back up into the eaves stays in the downspouts and out of the walls, and that the outside of the house keeps its curb appeal through the season. Keeping the gutters clear is also how you avoid the water damage that comes from a clogged run pouring over the edge.
Yes. Our professional window cleaning crew does the gutters and downspouts first and the outside of the glass last, in one visit, so you book a single date instead of two.
To schedule service, we give a price by phone or text from the number of stories and the approximate window count, so you get an exact number before anyone comes out.
Yes. The outside of every window carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and a residential window collects those whether or not the inside is clean.
Most of our customers here book in the spring, after the pollen drop, and in the fall, after the leaves come down. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will confirm the date on the phone.
Not if the gutters are done first. When a run is cleared, the leaves and grit come down the wall, so we clear the roof, flush every downspout, let the wall drip off, and only then touch the glass.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the window cleaning, and none of it is a line item on the invoice.
We clean the outside of every window on this visit. Cleaning the windows inside the house is not part of this job, and pressure washing is not included either.
You do not need to be home. Turn off the sprinklers 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. Text a photo of the roofline if you want a firm number before the day.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
