Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit here. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing drips back onto clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Most of our Calabasas customers book this in the spring and the fall, when the pollen and leaves are heaviest.
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, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the gutters and the glass separately. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice, and we confirm it before the crew is scheduled. Stories and roof pitch move the quote most, since a third story or a steep roof means a boom or scissor lift and more time on the ladder. Window count matters next, along with oversized panes that take more care to handle. Heavy grime on the glass adds time to the window washing. Old gutters and downspouts that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear, and gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are timed separately. Hard-water spotting from sprinkler runoff is the last thing we look for, because cleaning removes the film but not the mineral etch. A mineral treatment is what it takes to remove dirt that has etched in, and that is quoted separately. Condos are priced the same way, by stories and window count, and our washing services use the same two numbers.
Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of our window cleaning services and are not billed as extras. When we arrive, we check the whole house, so the quote you agreed to is the one we finish.
On a recent job in Calabasas, the quote came down to a two-story house with a long back run, a wide picture window over the entry and a sprinkler line that had left spots on the south glass. What moved the number was the back gutter, which had not been cleared in a long time, and the window count. The full case is linked below. To get your own exact number, text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us how many stories it is, and we will come back with a figure. Call (866) 435-6328 to book.
| 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 Calabasas customers book a window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in the spring and again in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across California, spring visits usually land in mid to late June. Our fall visit usually lands in late December to January, which clears the leaf load before the heaviest rain. Calabasas gets about 16.4 inches of rain a year, and the wettest months are January, February and March.
On the roof, the first thing we see on the glass is pollen, and it sits in the elbows of the downspouts as a yellow paste. In the fall, the leaves come down as a wet mat across the gutter lines. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, so storm timing can move both visits. Most of the glass gets purified water alone, and cleaning solutions go only on frames that need them.
Some houses need more visits than regular cleanings cover. That is the case with heavy tree cover over the roof, where needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. It is also the case when a sprinkler line hits the picture windows, because those spots come back a day after cleaning, and for houses near a busy road or a construction site where dust settles faster than on a quiet street.
Whether the interior and exterior glass both need work is a separate question, and our visit covers the exterior only. We book residential and commercial buildings the same way. On the windows, the sign that they need attention is a haze you only notice when the sun is low. On the gutters, the sign is water sheeting over the edge in the rain. If you see either one between visits, call us and we will look at it.
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 book the estimate by phone or by text. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us, tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we will give you the number and a date. Our lead time is shown on the booking page, and we will not promise anything sooner than that. The two busy windows of the year are the spring and fall, when the dust and the leaves arrive, and our calendar fills faster then. Book early in those months if you want a specific day.
We call before we come, so you know the crew is on the way. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew does not come inside, so the windows inside are never touched. We bring the lifts, the ladders, the water and the power, so there is nothing you need to set up.
We work with cleaning services of all sizes, and our professional window cleaning crew cleans houses and small buildings in the same way. The window cleaners on the crew are the same people who clear the gutters, and clean glass and gutters do a lot for curb appeal. Clogged gutters can cause water damage to fascia and trim, which is one reason we clear them on the same visit as the windows. For multi-story buildings we use the lift and the pole, and we do not leave the job half done.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We do not hand the gutter work to a second company, and the same crew handles residential properties of all sizes.
We do not give a figure here. The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we quote it by phone or text before we schedule anything.
For most residential windows here, yes. The outside takes the dust, the rain film and any sprinkler spotting, and the inside never sees those. Keeping clean windows on the outside is the part that changes how the house looks from the street, and we clean every window we can reach safely from the ground or the pole.
Most of our Calabasas customers book in the spring and the fall, after the dust and the leaves have come down. If you want a specific day, call early in those months to schedule service.
No. Gutters first, glass last, so the leaves, grit and black water come down before we touch the panes. If the glass were washed first, it would have to be cleaned again.
Screens are rinsed and the sill is wiped as part of the job. We do not bill them as extras.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean inside the glass and we do not pressure wash on this visit.
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 leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
