Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. Gutters go first and glass goes last, so the dirty water never lands on clean panes. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and both jobs booked together cost less than two separate trips. Across California, most homeowners book this bundle in the spring and the fall, and that is when our crew is busiest. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you the number before we book.
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.
Our window cleaning services are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and our washing services cost less when the gutters and the exterior glass are done in one visit than when the two jobs are booked separately. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Ask for a written estimate and we will send one after we have the stories, the window count and a photo of the front of the house.
Several things move the quote, and they are the same things our crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes longer to reach safely. Oversized picture windows and sliders with many panes add time on the glass. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down heavier, and guards that have to be lifted and reseated are part of the labor. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is etched into the glass and no cleaning removes it, so we flag it on the visit rather than promise it away. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Interior and exterior glass are different jobs, and the price here covers the exterior only.
Across California, the homes we see most are the ones where the glass has not had a regular cleanings schedule, and the buildup on those windows is more grime than dust. That is the reason we ask for an accurate count before we quote. If you send a photo of the front of the house by text and tell us the stories and the number of windows, we can give you a number that holds up when the crew arrives. Window washing and gutter work done on a set schedule also keep the bill steady from one visit to the next, because the crew is not starting from a neglected baseline.
| 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 Brea customers book both jobs twice a year, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense on this calendar. Across California, the usual pattern is spring and fall, and the dates move with the weather. Each visit finds something different. In the spring the pollen film shows on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs into the gutter elbows. That sticky pollen film sometimes needs cleaning solutions on top of purified water. In the fall the leaf load is the main problem, and a wet mat sits in the runs until it is cleared. Atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain across California in a handful of days. In Brea the wettest months are January, February and December, and a clogged gutter in those months is the usual route to water damage at the wall line.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters filling between cleanings, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the spots that come back a day later. A house close to a busy road or active construction picks up a film of dust that the spring and fall visits do not fully remove, so the crew has to remove dirt from the frames as well as the glass. On multi-story buildings the upper panes take the most weathering, so those get checked at each visit.
The sign that windows need cleaning again is a haze you only see when the sun is low. The sign that gutters need attention is water sheeting over the edge in the rain, which usually means clogged gutters or a downspout that has backed up.
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 books by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. Send the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we will confirm the estimate and the next open slot. Lead time is listed on your booking confirmation. Our calendar fills during the two busy windows of the year, so if you want a particular week, book early rather than waiting for the rain to remind you.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work, since the crew does not come inside. Our professional window cleaning uses a water-fed pole for the upper panes and purified water for the glass, and the gutters are cleared by hand. Our window cleaning services cover the exterior of a home or a small multi-story building, and we aim to clean every window on the house in the same pass. Each residential window on the second floor gets the same pole and water as one at ground level. The method is the same for residential and commercial glass, and booking works the same for residential properties. Schedule service at a time that suits you, and the window cleaners on the crew will confirm the arrival window the day before. Keep the curb appeal of the house in mind as you book, because the glass and gutters are the first things a visitor sees, and every sill and frame is included.
Yes, the same crew does both. We clean the gutters and downspouts first and then the glass, so the water from the roof never lands on clean panes.
The number depends on the stories and the size of the house. Ask us by phone or text with those details and a photo of the front, and we will quote the job before we book it. Condos are quoted the same way, from the stories, the window count and a photo of the building front.
Usually yes. Pollen and rain dust settle on the outside of the glass, and rain alone does not remove dirt from it. That is what the sun shows you when it sits low, even if the inside looks fine.
On our Brea jobs most customers book in the spring and the fall, the spring visit after the pollen drops and the fall visit after the leaves come down. That timing fits the way the dust and debris build up on residential properties in the city.
Gutters go first and glass goes last. When we clear a run, the leaves and grit come down the wall, so we rinse the siding and wait before we touch the panes, and then the water from the cleaned gutters does not reach the clean glass. Runoff from a clogged run is the other reason the gutters come first.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and we do not bill them as extras. Tracks are cleaned as well, so nothing is left for a later trip.
We clean the outside only on this visit, so windows inside stay as they are. We do not do pressure washing. Gutter repair and installation are outside our work as well.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
