Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both together costs less than booking two separate trips. Spring and fall are when leaves and dust build up the most, which is why those are the two windows we plan around.
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 a bundled visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. 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 work from that.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof changes the setup. Oversized panes, picture windows included, and a high window count take longer at the glass. Gutters not cleaned in years or packed with needles and leaves need more time at the run. A condo is quoted on the gutter runs and window count it actually has, not on a flat rate. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add labor, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a stain that no cleaning removes. Gutters and downspouts are cleared on every visit, and screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
A house with a high window count on the back, or a gutter load after a season of leaves, is priced on what the crew finds. Window washing and the gutter runs are priced together on one ticket, and the crew flags any spotting on the glass before starting so nothing is a surprise on the invoice. The washing services we do here are the same on every house: purified water, glass dried without streaks, and frames wiped to remove dirt. Window cleaning services at this scale come down to how much grime and runoff sits in the gutters and how much dirt sits on the frames, and both show up on the first visit. We will tell you what we see before we start, and we will not charge for anything you did not agree to.
| 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, the usual plan is two cleanings a year for gutters and exterior windows, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. The spring visit lands in mid to late June and the fall visit in late November to December across California, timed to the pollen and leaf drop each season.
In spring we find a pollen film on south-facing glass and a sticky paste of needles packed into the gutters. In fall we find the leaf load and the wet mat that builds in the runs. Storm and wind seasons move the dates, and across California the atmospheric rivers that bring most of the year's rain in a handful of days are the reason fall gets its own visit.
Regular cleanings twice a year are the baseline, and some homes need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass, or a house near a busy road all bring grime back faster than the twice-a-year schedule. The spots from sprinklers come back a day later, so we see them on the return trip. Our window and gutter work is scheduled around those conditions, and the interior and exterior of the glass are handled on separate visits if you want both.
You will notice the window haze when the sun is low in the afternoon. You will notice the gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge in a rain. The glass gets purified water rather than harsh cleaning solutions, so nothing is left to streak. If the building mixes residential and commercial space, say so when you call and we will tell you whether the schedule fits. Call (866) 435-6328 to set up the next visit, or ask for a written estimate with the spring and fall dates.
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 Alum Rock and the surrounding residential properties, from single-story homes to multi-story buildings. The estimate starts with a phone call or text, and that is also how you schedule service: tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front. We will confirm the window count and the gutter runs. Every window on the house is part of the count, and we will tell you how soon a slot opens.
Lead time is set by the calendar, and it is longest in the two busy windows of the year, when our calendar fills with spring and leaf jobs. If you can book early, you get the date you want. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come so you are not surprised by the truck.
We offer professional window cleaning on the outside of the house, and the window cleaners do the work with the same care on every job. The result is curb appeal you can see from the street, and no clogged gutters that set up water damage at the fascia. Our cleaning services here are exterior only on this visit, and for windows inside the house, the estimate call is the place to start.
Yes, the same crew does both. We clean the gutters first and then the glass, and both are in the same visit, so you do not wait on a second company.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count for a residential window job, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book. There is no figure to guess at before we see the house.
Yes, the outside of the glass carries the film of dust, the rain grime and the sprinkler spots, even when the inside looks fine. Those are what we clean on this visit.
Across California, spring visits fall in mid to late June, and fall visits in late November to December. Spring and fall are the two windows that suit the leaf drop and spring dust on our jobs.
No, gutters first and glass last means the dirty water from the runs never reaches clean windows, because the glass is done after the gutters are finished.
Screens, sills and tracks are part of the window cleaning when they are reachable, and the sill is wiped on every window. Anything that needs more than that we will tell you before the work starts.
This visit is exterior only, so we do not clean inside the windows and we do not do pressure washing. If you want the interior glass done, ask us about it separately.
No, 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 unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
