Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in a single visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing runs back down onto clean panes. Call (866) 435-6328 for a price based on your stories and window count, and booking both jobs in one visit costs less than two separate trips. Most of our East Palo Alto customers book in the spring and the fall, once the pollen and leaves have come down and before the weather turns.
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 window washing and gutter work by stories and approximate window count. Our washing services for the glass and the gutter runs use those same two numbers, so one estimate covers both. Give us those two numbers, plus a photo of the front of the house sent by text, and we can quote the job over the phone. The number we give you is the number on the invoice, with no add-ons appearing after the crew arrives.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a steep roof means the crew needs a boom or scissor lift, and that adds time. A high count of oversized picture windows takes more passes per pane. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear and more haul-off. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from sprinkler lines is etched into the glass, and no cleaning removes it, so we flag it and quote that treatment separately. The count is the same for regular cleanings on a house that has not changed size.
Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, so our window cleaning services never carry a separate line for them. We do not bill them as extras. The crew flushes every downspout until the water runs clear, rinses the screens it takes down, and wipes the sills as it goes, because a sill left with grime on it shows up in the next rain.
For one East Palo Alto house last year, the quote moved on tree cover and window count. The gutters were packed under a mature canopy and the back run had two downspouts that needed clearing from the ground and the roof. Our crew sent photos of each run before they left, and the homeowner had the exact number before the job started. Hear the number first, then decide.
To get your exact number, send us the stories, the approximate window count, and a photo of the front of the house by text. Downspout flushing and haul-off are included. Our crew does not come inside, and nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. Our quote covers the exterior only, so interior and exterior work on the same house is booked as two separate jobs.
| 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 Palo Alto customers book both gutter cleaning and exterior window cleaning twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. That is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. The same pattern holds for residential and commercial buildings, since gutters and glass collect the same debris on both. Across California the pattern is similar: the spring bloom and the fall leaf drop are the two times the gutters and glass collect the most.
On our jobs in spring, the pollen film builds up on south-facing glass, and the sticky paste packs the gutters and the downspout elbows. In the fall, the leaf load is the main issue: it turns into a wet mat that holds water against the fascia and leaves the gutters clogged. Storm and wind seasons can move these dates, and water damage from a clogged run shows up fast in the next storm, so we book by what the house needs, not only by the calendar.
Some houses, and multi-story buildings in particular, need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the gutters between cleanings. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves spots that come back a day later, and a house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on the window sills. Where grime has built up, the crew uses cleaning solutions on the glass. For those houses, the crew adds a visit so the glass and the runs stay clear.
The sign that windows need cleaning is haze you only notice when the sun is low, shining through the glass at an angle. The sign that gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in the rain instead of running into the downspout. Windows inside the house are a separate job and follow their own schedule.
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 cleaning services across East Palo Alto, and we book the work in the order it comes in. Clean gutters and glass do a lot for curb appeal, so the sooner you book, the sooner the house looks finished. To schedule service, start with an estimate by phone or text: call (866) 435-6328 or send the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you the quote. The typical lead time to get on the calendar is a programmatic field we set per city, and we tell you the date when you call.
The calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring bloom and the fall leaf drop. If you are planning to book in those windows, call early so the slot is on the schedule before the crew books out. Outside those windows there is usually more room.
We call before we come, and our crew sends a photo of every run before they leave. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. For professional window cleaning on your house, the crew works from the ground, a lift, or the ladder where the roof allows, and the glass gets the same finish on every window, including the sills.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two-person crew. We clean the gutters and downspouts and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the glass is not dirtied again after it is clean.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, or from the number of units if the job is a set of condos, and we give it to you by phone or text. Send us the stories, the approximate window count and a photo of the front of the house, and we quote the exact figure before the crew is scheduled.
In East Palo Alto the outside carries most of the grime: spring bloom residue, rain dust through the winter, and sprinkler spots on the glass. Cleaning the outside keeps that haze off each residential window, and the inside can be done on its own schedule.
Most of our East Palo Alto customers book in the spring, after the spring bloom passes, and again in the fall, after the leaves come down. Residential properties fill the calendar in those windows, so call early if you want a date.
No, because we do the gutters first and the glass last. When a run is cleared, the leaves, grit and runoff come down the wall and across any window below it, so the glass is washed once after the gutters are done.
Screens, sills and tracks are part of the job. The crew rinses the screens it takes down, wipes the sills as it goes, and works to remove dirt from the tracks on the windows it reaches. None of that is billed as an extra.
On this visit we clean the exterior glass only. We do not clean inside the windows and we do not do pressure washing on this visit, so the work stays on the outside of the house.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off 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. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
