Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in a single visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing runs back onto clean panes. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. On our Atascadero jobs, most customers book in spring and fall, and that is when our calendar fills. Tell us your stories and roughly how many windows you have, and we will give you the number 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 residential properties by the number of stories and the approximate window count. Bundling gutter cleaning and exterior window washing into one visit costs less than booking the two separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Our crew is on the same ladder for both, so the setup and the drive are only paid once. Getting the exact number is simple: tell us the stories, your window count, and send a photo of the front of the house by text.
Several things move the quote, and our crew sees them on the day. A third story or a steep roof means the boom or scissor lift is needed for the back run. Oversized picture windows and tall sliders take longer per pane. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, need more hours than a light run. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can clear the trough. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem that no cleaning removes, so we flag it before we start.
Cleaning gutters and downspouts, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not billed as extras. Every run gets flushed until the water comes out clear, and every window gets done in one pass. That is what the window washing and washing services on this page cover, so the window cleaning services we quote include the sill as well. When the crew finishes, the runoff from the roof has been carried away from the wall, so the glass is not dirtied again by water from above, and the crew does not have to remove dirt twice.
Here is one job from Atascadero. A two-story house with a long run of gutters and a row of picture windows booked both services together. What moved the quote was the window count and the packed downspout elbows, both found on the first visit and confirmed in the photos before we started. It is the same logic on every job: the stories and the window count set the number, and nobody on the ladder adds a surprise charge afterward. The way to get your own number is to send the stories, the count and one photo of the roofline.
| 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.
On our Atascadero jobs, most customers book both services twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across California, the spring visit runs mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop has finished. The fall visit runs from November to early December, after the leaves have come down and before the first hard weather.
What we find at each visit depends on the season. In June a yellow film sits on south-facing glass and sticky residue packs the gutters and downspout elbows. By November the leaf load is what clogs the runs, and the wet mat sits in the trough until we clear it. Storm season moves the dates a little, because atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days across California.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters filling between regular cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects grit faster than the glass can shed it. On those houses we suggest the three-visit schedule, and our customers on it tell us the glass stays clearer between cleanings.
You will know a residential window needs a visit when a haze shows up that you only notice when the sun is low. The gutters need one when water sheets over the edge during a rain instead of running down the downspout. Until then, the two-visit schedule is enough for most houses.
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 Atascadero and books the exterior glass and the gutters on the same visit, so you do not wait for two different companies. Booking starts with the estimate: you call (866) 435-6328 or send a text, we ask for the number of stories and the approximate window count, and a photo of the house front lets us see the roofline before the crew is scheduled. Lead time depends on the season, and we confirm the date when we give you the number, so you can schedule service without a second call. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring and fall visits described above. In those weeks our calendar fills, and the slots go to the customers who asked first. Outside those windows the calendar is usually easier to fit. Jobs at condos and small multi-story buildings, both residential and commercial, are scheduled in blocks, so the crew can run the full building in one day.
Left for a season, clogged gutters can lead to water damage on the fascia and the trim, which is one more reason the two services belong on the same schedule. Our crew handles the glass and the gutters together, and that is how we keep the whole exterior in step and the curb appeal intact.
Yes, it is the same crew. The two of us do the gutters first and the glass last, and professional window cleaning and gutter work share one ladder setup, so you get both jobs in one visit.
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 the exact figure.
Glass on the interior and exterior picks up different dirt, and on our Atascadero jobs the outside carries most of the grime: pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots. Cleaning the outside keeps the frames and sills from building up dirt that the inside cleaning never reaches, so clean windows stay clean longer.
Across California, the spring visit falls in mid to late June, and our Atascadero customers also book from November to early December. Those are the two windows when the leaves and the spring dust build up fastest.
No, because the gutters come first and the glass last. When the runs are cleared and flushed and the wall has a few minutes to drain, the glass gets done on clean ground with nothing running down onto it.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, with cleaning solutions used on the frames only. Tracks are included in the glass cleaning on the same visit, so you are not billed for them separately.
Interior work is not part of this visit, so the windows inside stay as they are, and we do not do pressure washing. The work is exterior glass only, and the gutters are the other half of the job.
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. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
