Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit here, and we do the gutters first and the glass last. We price the job by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and booking both together in one visit costs less than two separate trips. Across California, most of our customers book it in the spring and the fall, when the pollen and the leaves have built up on the 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.
The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice, and we get there by stories and window count. Both jobs in one visit cost less than booking the gutters and the windows separately, so the bundle is the way most customers here book it.
Professional window cleaning is priced on what the crew finds on the day. A third story, a steep roof or multi-story buildings all take longer to work safely. Oversized panes and a high window count add time at the glass. Clogged gutters that have not been opened in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, need more passes before they run clear. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a stain that cleaning alone will not remove, and a gutter that has overflowed for a long time can leave water damage on the siding. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the window washing job and are not billed as extras.
We quote the house rather than the neighborhood, the same way any careful window cleaners quote. The fastest way to get an exact number is to send us a photo of the front of the house by text, along with the number of stories and a rough count of the windows. Clean gutters and glass do a lot for curb appeal, which is why the front of the house is the photo we ask for. We look at it and come back with a figure before anyone books a date. The price covers the outside only, since windows inside are not part of this visit. Gutters and windows are the same work on every house in one sense, and the difference is almost always in how many stories there are and how much glass the owner has.
| 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 customers book these cleaning services twice a year, in the spring and again in the fall, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense. The spring visit lands in mid to late June across California, and the fall visit in late November to December.
At the spring visit a residential window usually carries a film of pollen, most visible on south-facing panes, and the gutters hold a paste of it in the elbows. The fall visit is about the leaf load, which comes down wet and packs the downspouts. Storm and wind seasons move the dates a little, and across California atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, so we schedule service around them rather than on a fixed date.
Some residential properties need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters filling between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and we check every window on the house for them. A house near a busy road or a construction site gets a film of grime faster than the average, and the sill fills first. We see these on our jobs and they change the schedule, not the price.
You will know clean windows are overdue when there is a haze you only notice with the sun low. You will know gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in the rain instead of running into 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 washing services cover exterior glass, gutters and downspouts across Daly City, and the calendar is the same for every street, condos included. Booking starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text: tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we give you a date and a two-hour arrival window. Lead time depends on the season, and the number of days out is on the booking calendar when you call.
The two busy windows are the spring and the fall visits, when the pollen and the leaves arrive together. Our window cleaning services fill up in those weeks, so the earlier you call, the more choice you get on the day. Outside those weeks there is usually room, and that is the time to book regular cleanings if you want them on the calendar every year.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and again when the crew is on the way, so you are not waiting at a door. The crew works from the outside of the house, uses its own water to remove dirt and grime from the glass and frames, and lets runoff drain before touching the panes. It does not need access inside.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people. For residential and commercial jobs alike, they do the gutters first and the glass last so nothing dirty lands on clean panes.
We do not give a range here. The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we quote it by phone or text.
On the houses we clean, the outside carries the pollen film, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and an inside clean does not remove any of them. Exterior glass gets its own cleaning schedule, so a clean inside does not mean the outside is clean too.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and the fall, the two visits that cover the pollen and the leaves, and we set the exact dates when you call.
Not if we do it in the right order. Gutters first, glass last, so the water and grit from the runs dries out and drains before anyone touches the panes.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are part of the job on the outside. Picture windows get the same purified-water rinse, and none of it is billed as an extra.
No, on this visit we do exterior glass only. We do not do interior glass or pressure washing, so the interior and exterior question is settled before the crew arrives. The glass is rinsed with purified water, so no cleaning solutions are left behind to streak.
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 leave the side gate unlocked. Call (866) 435-6328 to set a date.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
