Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the 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 jobs together costs less than booking them as two separate trips. On our El Cerrito jobs, most customers book the spring and fall visits, and we have done it that way for years. Tell us your stories and roughly how many windows, call (866) 435-6328, and we give you the number on the phone.
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.
The direct answer is this: we price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, both jobs in one visit cost less than two separate bookings, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. There is no fixed price list on this page. Every price comes from a quote we make to your house, and this page covers residential work only, so a residential and commercial building is quoted on its own.
On the day, the things that move a quote are the ones our crew sees first. A third story or a steep roof changes how many setups the job takes. Window count and oversized picture windows add time at the glass. Clogged gutters that have not been cleared in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, take longer to bring down to clear water. If a pane needs cleaning solutions beyond plain rinsing, the crew tells you before using them, because the frame material decides what goes on it. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are timed separately. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line is the one item no cleaning removes, so we flag it on the first visit rather than after the invoice. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
For a house with a clear run of gutters and a normal count of windows, the quote is short and the crew is in and out in an afternoon. For a house with heavy tree cover, the gutters are the bigger part of the job, and we usually say so on the phone before anyone books a date. Houses on a schedule of regular cleanings tend to carry less built-up grime, which keeps the time at each window steady from one visit to the next. To get the exact number, tell us the stories, give a rough window count, and text a photo of the front of the house. We look at the photo, confirm the count, and give you a figure for the full bundle. Our crew does not come inside, so this quote covers exterior glass and the gutters only, and interior and exterior work are different jobs that are not in this number. Interior windows, and the pressure washing you might see on other lists, are not part of this 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.
Most of our El Cerrito customers book both jobs twice a year, one visit in spring and one in fall, which is why it makes sense to have one crew do both in one visit. Across California the rhythm is the same for most houses, though the exact weeks shift with the weather.
The spring visit is when we find the pollen film on the south-facing glass and the pollen paste packed in the gutters. The fall visit is when the leaf load comes down and the wet mat sits in the runs over the winter. Storm and wind seasons move these dates a little from year to year, so we book by the house, not by the calendar.
Some houses need a third visit. Multi-story buildings and heavy tree cover both push a house toward one, because needles and grit keep moving into the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. Gutters that overflow in rain can also lead to water damage at the fascia, so the visits are about more than looks. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more dust on the sills. When we see one of those, we say so on the first visit and suggest a schedule that fits the house.
You will see the sign windows need it in the low sun: a faint haze you only notice when the light is at an angle. The sign gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspout. Clean glass and clear gutters also do a lot for curb appeal, and both show up first from the street. Either one means it is time to book, and a text with a photo is enough for us to tell you which.
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.
We book window and gutter cleaning across El Cerrito and nearby neighborhoods. Professional window cleaning and gutter work share one calendar, so to schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text the number of stories with a photo of the house front. Lead time depends on the season, and the busy windows are the spring and fall visits, when the calendar fills first. Book early in those months if you want a specific day, and we will tell you the earliest slot on the call.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew calls before they come, and they work from the outside of the house. We ask for an unlocked side gate, the sprinklers off the night before, and cars off the driveway if windows face it. Pets stay inside while the ladders are up. That covers the setup from your side.
Once the estimate is set, the crew confirms the day and the window, and sends photos of each gutter run and each pane when the job is done. If something we did not expect shows up on the roof, we photograph it and report it instead of selling you a repair. Residential window jobs are the work we do most, and every window on the house is included in the count, so clean windows on every floor are part of the one quote.
Yes. Our washing services for the gutters and downspouts and the outside of the windows come from the same two people in one visit, gutters first and glass last. That order keeps the glass from getting dirty water and grime from the runs.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a range here, because the exact figure depends on the house. Send us the stories and a photo of the front.
For most houses here, yes. The outside carries pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots, and those build up on the glass before the inside gets dirty. Cleaning only the inside leaves the outside dirty.
Most of our customers here book in spring and in fall. Those are the busy windows, so the earlier you call, the more choice you have on the day.
Not on our jobs. Runoff from the gutters stays off the panes because we clear the gutters and flush the downspouts first, then wait a few minutes before we touch the glass.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. We do not bill them as extras. Tracks are included when they are reachable from the outside.
Exterior only. We do not clean windows inside the house, and pressure washing is not part of this job, so the crew rinses the glass and frames with water and that rinse is what removes dirt from the outside.
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 ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. If you own one of the condos in a building, send a photo of your unit's side and tell us the stories.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
