Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. Gutters first, glass last, so nothing that comes off the roof lands on clean panes. We price by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two trips. Across California, most of our customers book this work in spring and fall, and that calendar is the one we keep on our own jobs here too. Call (866) 435-6328 for a same-crew quote.
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.
For residential properties we price by the number of stories and the approximate window count. Window washing and gutter clearing booked together cost less than the two as separate visits, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Our washing services follow the same rule, so the quote is set before the crew arrives.
On the day, the crew finds what moves the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. Oversized picture windows and a high number of panes add to the glass side. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles, seed and leaf mat, take longer to clear. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated are priced by the run. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem that cleaning alone will not remove, and we say so before we start. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Customers often ask about cleaning the interior and exterior of the same windows, and we do not do interior glass on this visit. Our regular cleanings and our window cleaning services cover the exterior, and that is where the grime from weather and traffic builds up, and where we remove dirt before anything else. For a house with a lot of glass, the exterior alone takes a full morning. When a customer books the gutters and the outside of the windows together, we can usually work out the whole job from a phone call or a text with the stories and a photo of the front of the house. That is the fastest way to get an exact number before a crew is on the way.
| 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 East Bakersfield customers book their window and gutter work twice a year, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense on this calendar.
What we find at each visit follows the seasons. In the spring, pollen settles as a film on south-facing glass and packs into the gutters as a paste, and clogged gutters are the first thing we clear. The crew matches the cleaning solutions to that film before any glass is wet. In the fall, the leaf load arrives and wet leaves form a mat that holds water against the fascia. Wind and storm seasons shift those dates from year to year, so we look at the house before we set the calendar. Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters loaded between cleanings, and multi-story buildings take more time because every run needs a ladder or a pole reach. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day later. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects a heavier layer of dust on the frames and sills, and we remove dirt from those on the same visit. Left alone, clogged gutters and downspouts can send runoff down the fascia and cause water damage that costs more to fix than the cleaning.
The seasonal pattern is the same for residential and commercial glass, and for each residential window on a house, because the weather sets it, not the type of building. The haze on windows inside the house, from cooking or cigarette film, is not removed on an exterior visit, and we do not clean windows inside on this visit.
Look for two signs between visits. Haze on the glass that you only notice when the sun is low means the windows need a visit. Runoff spilling over the edge of a gutter in rain means the gutters need one. Our crew can tell you which of those your house is showing when we are on the ladder.
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 provides gutter and window cleaning services across East Bakersfield, and we can tell you the neighborhoods we have worked in when you call. If you are comparing window cleaners, ask whether the same crew will also clear the gutters, because that is the detail that decides whether you book one visit or two. Booking runs on the phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text: send the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you an estimate and the next open date. The busiest stretches are the two windows when pollen and leaves are heaviest, so if you want a set day in those months, schedule service as early as you can. Clean glass and clear gutters also do a lot for curb appeal, and we can cover both in one visit. Lead times are listed on the booking page, and we will tell you the first date we can actually reach your house.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew stays outside, and we call before we arrive so the gate and the driveway are clear. We bring our own water and our own equipment, and we work with professional window cleaning methods on every house, whether it is a single-story bungalow, a condo, or a multi-story home with picture windows. Every residential window on the outside of the house gets cleaned, and each sill gets wiped down before we leave.
Yes. The two people who clean your gutters are the same two who clean the outside of your windows, and that is why both jobs go in one visit. Gutters are done first, glass last.
We do not quote a figure off a chart. The number for residential properties comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it over the phone or by text. Send a photo of the front and we will call back with the exact number.
Yes. The outside of a residential window takes the hardest hits here: pollen in the spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spotting on the glass. Clean inside glass does not stop any of that from building up outside.
Our customers here book in the spring and in the fall, and the calendar fills in those windows for single houses and condos alike. Book before the seed and leaf drop and you will get an earlier date.
No. Runoff from the gutter runs down the wall, so we clear the gutters and downspouts first, let the wall stop dripping, and only then clean the glass. Doing it in the other order is the reason glass gets streaked.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and that is how we remove dirt from the frames. Tracks are included on most houses, and we will confirm them when we give the estimate.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean inside glass and we do not do pressure washing on this job.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while ladders are up, and unlock the side gate. That is the full list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
