Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your residential windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. Across California, most of the houses we work on book this pairing in the spring and fall, when tree litter and leaves build up fastest. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us your stories and roughly how many windows you have, and we will give you the number we will charge.
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 booking both jobs in one visit costs less than two separate appointments. Window washing, our window cleaning services and the rest of our washing services are priced as one job, so the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Clearing gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a steep roof the crew cannot walk changes the setup and the time. Oversized panes and high picture windows take longer to reach and to dry. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, packed with needles, seeds and grit, take more hand work per run than a light fall load. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time, and so does hard-water spotting from sprinklers, which cleaning alone does not remove. When a house has a lot of condos or multi-unit frontage on one lot, we walk the full run before we quote, so the number covers every window and every downspout on the site.
For a house under big trees, the crew expects more debris in the gutters and more grime on the south-facing glass, and it takes more time to remove dirt from the frames and sills, so the job takes longer. We will tell you on the estimate call if we expect that. Gutter runs that have been left alone also tend to hold more runoff, and the crew needs to clear that before it can reach the back runs. None of that is a surprise when we walk it, because we ask about it before we quote.
To get the exact number, text us the front of the house and tell us the stories and about how many windows you have. A photo of the roofline helps us see the gutter run and the height of the back walls. We will confirm the figure before anyone is booked, and you can ask us to walk the outside of the house with you on the day if you want to see what we are cleaning.
| 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 window and gutter service twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, and many put regular cleanings on that same calendar. People often ask whether interior and exterior glass follow the same schedule. Our visits cover exterior glass only, and the outside is where the seasonal film builds. The same seasons hit residential and commercial buildings alike, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense.
In spring the pollen film is the main thing. It settles on south-facing glass as a yellow haze, and it packs into the gutter elbows as a paste that holds water. Water lifts most of that film, and the cleaning solutions we use are for the spots that water alone does not shift. Our crew sees it most clearly on picture windows, where the film shows up as streaking after a rain. Leaves are the fall load. Wet leaf mats in the gutters are heavier than dry ones, and they hold the rain against the fascia until the next storm pushes it over the edge. We schedule the fall visit before the heavy rain season so the gutters can carry the water.
Some houses need a third visit. We see it most often where heavy tree cover hangs over the roof, because needles and grit keep falling between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass is the other common case, because the spots it leaves come back a day after cleaning, and the second visit is where we check whether the spotting is mineral or dirt. A house close to a busy road or active construction also builds up grime faster than a quiet street, and those customers often choose a mid-season visit.
Two sentences on signs. You will notice windows need cleaning when a faint haze shows up when the sun is low in the afternoon. You will notice gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge during a rain instead of running down 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.
Our crew cleans in Cerritos and across the surrounding area, and the calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year when tree litter and leaves are heaviest. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text us for a quick estimate: tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the front of the house. We call before we come, so you know the crew is on the way. Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work, and the crew does not come inside, so the windows inside the house are not part of this visit. Our lead time is posted at booking, and we tell you the next open date on the estimate call so you can plan the visit.
Unlike some window cleaners, our professional window cleaning services are done with a water-fed pole and purified water, so the glass dries without the towel lint that cheaper methods leave behind. The gutter side is hand-cleared, flushed and photographed, and every run is checked for clogged gutters before the crew leaves. A gutter that stays full after cleaning is a slope or hanger problem, and we report it rather than selling a second cleaning. Cleaning the gutters before the windows also protects the glass from debris that would otherwise run down the wall, which is one of the ways water damage starts at the fascia.
Multi-story buildings need a plan before the crew arrives, so if your house or property has one, tell us which windows are above the second floor so the crew can plan the lift or pole setup. We would rather know that on the call than discover it on the day. Our crew handles the job from the ground and from the roofline, and we tell you before work starts if any window needs more equipment than we brought. Clean windows do more for curb appeal than most owners expect, so the upper glass is worth the planning.
Not every window cleaner does, but we do. Our crew cleans the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the glass is not dirtied again by the gutter work.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text before anyone is booked. Send us a photo of the front and tell us the stories and about how many windows you have, and we will quote the same number we charge. The number covers clean windows and every window the crew can reach safely on every side of the house.
Usually yes, because the outside of a residential window carries what the inside never sees. Film from trees, rain dust and sprinkler spots build up on the exterior glass, and on residential properties they are the first thing that makes a house look dull from the street.
Most of our customers here book in spring and in fall, which lines up with the pollen and leaf seasons. Our calendar fills in those windows, so it is worth booking early if you want to schedule service on a specific date.
No, because the gutters are cleared and flushed before anyone touches the glass. If the glass were washed first, someone would have to wash it again once the gutter debris came down the wall.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and we tell you on the estimate call if a track needs more work. None of that is billed as an extra line item.
Exterior only on this visit. Interior and exterior glass are separate jobs, and we do not clean interior glass or do pressure washing on this one, so if you need either, tell us and we will point you to a service that does.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, 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.
