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 both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across California, most of our customers book this bundle in the spring and the fall, and our crew shows up with the same plan on every house.
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.
Window washing and gutter work are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both in one visit costs less than two separate jobs. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Stories and steep roofs are the first thing that moves a quote, followed by window count and oversized panes. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or that are packed with needles and leaves, take longer than a light run, and gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time too. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is the last item we see most often, and no cleaning removes it, so we flag it on the visit instead of billing it as a surprise.
Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. The gutters and downspouts are cleared in the same visit, and once we are on the ladder we check that water runs clear through each downspout. The photos of every run come to your phone before the crew leaves. Grime on the frames, runoff from the gutters and the leaves that work their way into the corners all fall under the same visit, and the job is quoted to cover them. Our crew uses that visit to remove dirt from the frames and sills, so nothing is left for a second trip. Condos are quoted by phone from the stories and window count, the same inputs we use for a house, and residential properties get the same photo-and-stories quote.
On a recent Cudahy job, the owner booked both because the front of the house had a heavy coat of grime on the glass and a gutter that had not been opened in several seasons. What moved the quote was the number of stories, the window count and the tree cover over the roof. We do not give a figure in writing for that job here; the quote is built the same way for every house, from a photo of the front of the house by text plus the number of stories. Send us yours and we will tell you what it looks like on the ladder, and what the window cleaning services come 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.
Most of our Cudahy customers book both twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Regular cleanings on a set schedule keep each visit short, because the glass and the gutters have less built up to clear. What we find on each visit depends on the calendar: in the pollen months we see a film on the south-facing glass, and in the leaf months the leaf load is what fills the downspouts. Where that film will not lift with water alone, we use cleaning solutions on the glass rather than adding a second visit. Large picture windows show the film first, since low sun shows every streak. Interior and exterior glass are separate jobs for us, so the frequency here refers to the exterior only. Storm and wind seasons move the dates, so the visit follows the weather rather than a fixed day on the calendar.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the downspouts between visits, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects a film of dust that the first visit does not fully clear. On those houses we tell you at the first visit what we expect, so you can plan the next one instead of finding out in a storm.
On the gutters, the sign that they need attention is water sheeting over the edge in the rain rather than running down the downspout. On the windows, the sign is a haze you only notice when the sun is low in the afternoon. Both are easy to spot from the street, and both are worth a call before the next season.
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 the city of Cudahy on residential properties, and we book it by phone or text. Send us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we send back a quote and a date. Lead time shifts with the season, and the spring and fall stretches fill first, so calling early in either one leaves you more days to pick from. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text the photo, and gutter cleaning services are booked on the same call as the windows. You do not need to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come.
Our washing services and window cleaning services work from the exterior only on this visit, and the professional window cleaning we do is built around every window, the sill and the frame. Windows inside are not part of this visit. Clogged gutters are the other half of the job, and a run that is not cleared holds water against the fascia and the wall, which is how water damage starts on a house that otherwise looks fine from the street. Clear gutters and clean glass do the most for curb appeal from the street. On multi-story buildings the crew works from a boom or scissor lift where the house calls for it, and it photographs every run before it comes down.
Yes, on our residential window and gutter jobs the same two people do both. Gutters first, glass last, so nothing from the gutters lands on clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Send a photo of the front of the house and the number of stories, and we will quote it the same day we look at it. The count covers every window we can reach from the outside.
Usually the outside carries more of the dirt in Cudahy: pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up on the exterior glass. Cleaning the outside alone still makes a visible difference from the street.
Most of our Cudahy customers book in the spring and in the fall, after the leaves have dropped. Calling early in those months leaves you more days to pick from. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328.
No, we clean the gutters first and the glass last, and we flush every downspout before anyone touches a window. That order keeps the runoff off the panes.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included in the visit as well, so you do not see them listed as an extra on the invoice.
No, this visit covers the exterior glass only. We do not clean inside the windows and we do not do pressure washing on this visit.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn off the sprinklers the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. If the property is a condo or a residential and commercial building, call (866) 435-6328 and we will say whether the crew takes the job.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
