Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and downspouts and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. We do this work on houses across California every spring and fall. Call (866) 435-6328 and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
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 stories and approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and the stories and window count you give us set where a job of your size starts.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day: a steep roof or a third story, a window count with oversized panes, gutters that have not been cleaned in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to 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, not billed as extras.
Across California, the quickest way to get an exact number is to tell us the stories, the window count, and send a photo of the front of the house by text. Picture windows and multi-story buildings take more time on a ladder or boom or scissor lift, and we say so before the visit. Interior and exterior glass are different jobs; this visit covers the exterior only. Regular cleanings keep the price predictable, because a gutter cleaned twice a year carries less debris than one left for three years.
Cleaning solutions are not the main cost. Purified water does the glass, and it lets the crew remove dirt without leaving spots, so the time goes into the gutters and the downspouts. We keep the crew on the ladder for the full run, not just the visible stretch from the ground. Residential and commercial jobs follow the same logic, though commercial pricing is per building.
On a recent job, a homeowner asked us to bundle the work after a summer of sprinkler spotting, and the quote was built from the stories, the window count and the state of the gutters once the crew reached them. Ask us for a written estimate by phone or text, and the crew will confirm the number before the visit.
| 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 of our customers book gutters and exterior windows twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, and one crew in one visit makes the calendar simple. Spring visits clear the pollen and seed drop; fall visits clear the leaves before the rain arrives.
In spring we find a yellow film on south-facing glass and a seed paste packed into the gutter elbows. In fall it is the leaf load and the wet mat at the downspouts. Storm and wind seasons move the dates, so we book around the forecast rather than the calendar alone.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the downspouts between cleanings. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves spots that come back a day later. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up dust faster than the glass can shed it. Our window cleaning services schedule follows those conditions, and a professional window cleaning job on a house like that is planned around them.
The sign windows need it is haze you only see when the sun is low. The sign gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in rain. Clean glass also does the most for curb appeal from the street. If either happens between visits, text us a photo and we tell you whether it is debris or a slope problem.
Window cleaners who only do the glass tend to skip the roof, and that is how clogged gutters end up adding water damage to the fascia. Cleaning both on one visit is the simplest way to keep up with that, and the crew can confirm the calendar with you by phone before the next date.
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 the outside of residential windows and gutters across El Cajon, and we schedule service around the two busy windows of the year, when the spring dust and the leaf drop bring the calls in. Booking starts with a phone or text estimate at (866) 435-6328 that asks for the number of stories and a photo of the house front. That is enough for us to give a number and a lead time.
We call before we come, and the crew arrives in the window we agreed. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Every residential window on the exterior gets done from the pole or the ladder, including the sill along the bottom of each pane, so the job is complete when the crew leaves.
For a clean windows result, the crew works from the top of the house down, and the window and gutter cleaning on one visit means one setup per side of the house. The residential properties we clean in El Cajon range from single-story ranch houses to two-story homes with a lot of glass, and the estimate covers both.
Yes. Our crew does both on one visit, so you deal with one company and one invoice. Our window cleaning services and the gutter work share one setup per side of the house. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, so the runoff from the gutters does not reach the clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Owners of condos can send the same details, the stories and the window count, and get the same kind of estimate. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what the number is before anyone books a date.
On our El Cajon jobs, the outside carries tree residue, rain dust and sprinkler spots that the inside never sees. Cleaning the outside alone still makes a visible difference, because the grime is on the glass before it reaches you.
Most of our customers here book in spring and in fall. Spring clears the pollen and the seed drop, and fall clears the leaves before the rain.
No, because we work gutters first and glass last. When a gutter is cleared, the leaves and grit come down the wall, so the glass has to wait until the runs are flushed and the wall stops dripping.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of our washing services on the exterior, and we do not bill them as extras.
This visit covers exterior glass only. We do not clean windows inside the house or do pressure washing on this visit.
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.
