Yes, the same two people do professional window cleaning on the outside of your glass and clean your gutters in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. Across California, most of our customers book this in the spring and fall, which is when the leaf load and grit build up on the glass and in the runs.
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 stories and approximate window count, and the bundle of window and gutter cleaning in one visit costs less than booking the two separately. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice.
On our jobs, what moves the quote is what the crew finds when it gets on the ladder: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, window count with oversized panes, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with leaves, guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that cleaning alone will not remove. Clearing gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across California, the first step to an exact number is a call or text to (866) 435-6328 with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house. In East Niles, the way we set the quote is the same: stories, window count and what the gutters look like from the ladder. Cleaning solutions for the glass are purified water, so the pane dries without residue and the crew can remove dirt without leaving a film. Our residential and commercial work is priced the same way, by the building, and for a single-family home the bundle is the usual choice. Interior and exterior glass are different jobs, and on this visit we only do the exterior. Pollen is the thing we see most in the spring, and it is why the gutters and the sills get the same attention as the glass. Plan on cleanings twice a year as the base, with regular cleanings added when the lot has heavy cover. Picture windows are priced by their size and how far they sit from the ground.
| 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 customers in East Niles book both jobs twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. The spring visit is when the pollen film shows on south-facing glass and the paste collects in the gutter elbows. The fall visit is when the leaf load comes down and the wet mat sits in the runs until the first rain.
On our jobs, the houses that need a third visit have heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass and leaves spots that come back a day later, or a house near a busy road or a construction site. Those are the cases where our clients are on every three to four months, because the downspouts pack up between visits and the glass picks up grit fast. Most houses with few or no trees are fine with one fall visit a year on the gutters, with the glass done alongside. Clogged gutters are the usual reason a house needs an extra visit, since a run that backs up can send water damage into the fascia.
You will see the sign windows need it as a haze that only shows when the sun is low, and that haze takes the curb appeal down fast. Gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running down the downspout. If you see either, call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you which visit makes sense for your house.
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 gutters and windows across East Niles, and we work the residential properties and multi-story buildings on the same schedule as the rest of our route. Booking starts with a call or a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. From there we set a date, and the lead time depends on how full the route is that week. In the two busy windows of the year, the spring and fall visits, our calendar fills fastest, so the earlier you ask, the sooner we can schedule service.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew works from the outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every gutter run and the finished glass before the truck leaves. That covers every window on the outside of the house, including the frames, the screens and the sill below each pane, so clean windows are the result on every visit.
If your house is one of the residential window and gutter jobs in East Niles that we already have on the route, the next visit is set from the last one. Text a photo of the roofline and we will confirm the visit date in writing.
Yes. Our washing services run as one crew: the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, and they do the gutters first and the glass last so the runoff from the runs does not land on clean panes.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it by phone or text. The bundle in one visit costs less than two separate jobs, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice.
On the houses and condos we clean in East Niles, the outside carries most of the grime: tree dust in the spring, rain dust and sprinkler spots on the glass. Clean inside glass does not hide that haze, so the exterior is the part worth doing.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and the fall. The spring visit comes after the seed drop, and the fall visit comes after the leaves come down.
Not on our jobs. We clear the gutters and flush every downspout first, let the wall stop dripping, and only then start on the glass, so the water from the runs does not run across panes we already cleaned.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included on the exterior side of the window.
We do exterior glass only on this visit. Windows inside the house are not part of the job, and we do not do pressure washing.
No, 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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
