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 the homes we work on are booked for the spring and fall cleaning, and we follow the same order on every one.
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 by the number of stories and the approximate window count. Booked together in one visit, the bundle costs less than two separate jobs, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a large number of oversized picture windows, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across California, the window washing and washing services we see most often come down to how many windows face the street and how much grime sits on them after a dry season. Our window cleaning services are quoted on stories and window count, the same basis for every residential window. Regular cleanings keep that film from building up, so each visit is lighter than the one before. Interior and exterior glass is not part of this visit; we clean the outside only.
On a job we took in Eastern Goleta Valley, the quote came in higher than the customer expected because of the stories and the number of picture windows on the front. Once the crew measured the house, the number on the phone matched the invoice. The fastest way to get the exact figure is to tell us the stories, count the windows, and send a photo of the front of the house by text.
| 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 gutters and windows twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. The same seasonal load hits residential and commercial buildings alike. In Eastern Goleta Valley, what we find on the glass in spring is a pollen film on the south-facing panes, and in the gutters a sticky paste that packs the downspout elbows. By fall we are clearing the leaf load that has built up since the last visit.
Storm season moves the dates. The rain in the wetter months packs grit into the gutter seams, and the first heavy rain after a long dry spell is when we see clogged gutters overflowing at the corners. Houses with heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass, or a house close to a busy road need a third visit, because the spots that come back a day after cleaning are hard-water marks that ordinary cleaning solutions will not lift.
Water damage is the cost of waiting. A gutter that overflows for a season can run water down the fascia and into the wall, and by then the cleaning is no longer the only fix. Multi-story buildings and condos show the same pattern on their upper runs, which is why we check every run before we leave.
Windows show they need cleaning as a haze you only notice when the sun is low. Gutters show it as runoff sheeting over the edge in the rain.
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 has cleaned gutters and windows across Eastern Goleta Valley, and we book by phone or text. Give us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we confirm the date. Lead time depends on the season, and during the busy spring and fall windows our calendar fills first, so call early if you want a specific week.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew calls before we come, works outside only, and does not come inside. Our window cleaners use a water-fed pole with purified water to remove dirt from every reachable pane, so the glass dries clean, and we clean the frame and sill of every window we touch, not just the glass.
We provide professional window cleaning as part of a full cleaning services visit that keeps curb appeal up, and we schedule service around your calendar. Call (866) 435-6328 to book, or text a photo of the roofline and we will tell you what the crew will need.
Yes. The same two-person crew does both in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing from the gutters washes onto the clean windows. We do not split the job between two companies.
On residential properties the number comes from the stories and the size of the house, not from a fixed list. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the number before the crew is scheduled.
Yes, because the outside carries dust, rain spots and sprinkler spots that build up between visits. In Eastern Goleta Valley the pollen film on south-facing glass is the first thing we see each spring.
Across California the spring visit falls in mid to late June and the fall visit in late November to December, and our calendar fills in those windows.
No, because we do gutters and downspouts first and glass last. If the glass is washed first, the leaves and grit that come down the wall land on it again, so the order matters.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and they are not billed as extras. Tracks are included in the exterior cleaning when they are reachable from outside.
No, we do not clean windows inside the house on this visit, and we do not do pressure washing. This is exterior glass only, and the outside of the house is cleaned with water and a pole.
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, 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.
