Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing that comes off the roof lands on clean panes. We price 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 houses we service book the work in the spring and fall, when pollen, leaves and rain have had the most time to build up on the glass and in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house to get your number.
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 a gutter and window cleaning job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Our washing services and window cleaning services are quoted on those same counts, so the glass is not a separate line on the invoice. Booking the gutters and the outside glass in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, because the crew sets up once and works both from the same ladder position.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are predictable. A third story or a roof steep enough that the crew works from a boom or scissor lift changes the setup. A large number of window washing points, oversized picture windows, and panes set high above a patio all add time. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or that are packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear and haul out. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are priced separately by the foot before we start. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate treatment that no cleaning removes, so we flag it on the first visit. Grime that has baked into the glass for years is priced the same way. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. We do not price interior and exterior glass together, since this visit covers the outside only.
Here is how this works on a real job. A homeowner in one of our El Dorado Hills neighborhoods booked both services for a two-story house, and the quote moved mostly on the back run of gutters, which had not been opened in several seasons and needed the lift. The window count was average, so the glass took less time than the gutters. You get the exact number faster if you tell us the stories, the approximate window count, and text us a photo of the front of the house. Regular cleanings on the same house are quoted from those counts too, so the second visit does not need a new walk-through.
| 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 Dorado Hills customers book both services twice a year, in the spring and again in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. On our jobs, the spring visit catches the pollen film on south-facing glass and the sticky paste packed into the gutter elbows. The fall visit catches the leaf load before the first rains wash it down onto the sills and into the downspouts. The crew uses purified water rather than cleaning solutions on the glass, so there is nothing to rinse off afterward.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the gutters between cleanings, so those homes run closer to every three to four months. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the round white spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those houses need the glass looked at more often. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more dust on the frames and screens than a quiet street does, and residential and commercial buildings on those streets see the same thing. Multi-story buildings need the lift set up ahead of time, so those homes sit earlier in the calendar. Gutters are the first place to watch. Clogged gutters show up when water sheets over the edge in a rain, and left alone that water can cause water damage to the fascia and siding below. Windows tell you the same thing in a different way: a faint haze that only shows when the sun is low is the sign the glass needs cleaning.
We do not give DIY instructions for this work. A haze that shows on the windows inside the house is usually condensation, not dirt, so it is not something a cleaning fixes. The crew handles the ladders, the flushing and the glass so the job is done in one visit without leftover dirt.
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 have cleaned gutters and exterior glass across El Dorado Hills, and the crew works the neighborhoods on the same route each season so that the booking calendar stays predictable. Our cleaning services start with a phone call or a text: call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo of the house front with the number of stories, and we give you a number on the spot. Many homeowners compare window cleaners by price alone, but the bundle is where the saving is. Professional window cleaning on the same visit as the gutters means one crew, one ladder setup and one quote for every window on the house. Lead time depends on the season, and in the two busy windows of the year, when leaves and needles are at their worst, the calendar fills first, so it helps to book early. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work because the crew does not come inside. Our schedule service stays with you from the estimate through the visit, so you know who is coming and when. Many of our customers book for curb appeal, and the crew wipes the sill under each pane as part of the same visit.
Yes. Our crew is the same two people for both jobs, and they clean the gutters first and the glass last in one visit.
Quotes for a residential window job come from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give the figure by phone or text. Every residential property is priced on its own counts, so send us the details and we will give you the exact figure.
Yes, because the outside takes most of the buildup. Dust, runoff from the roof and sprinkler spots collect on the exterior glass, and the inside stays clean on its own. Cleaning the outside alone is the job we do on this visit, and it is the step that removes dirt from the frames and the glass.
Most of our El Dorado Hills customers book in the spring and in the fall, once the spring build-up has settled and before the heavy leaf drop. Those are the two busy windows, so booking early keeps your date.
No, because we do the gutters first and the glass last. Clearing the gutters and downspouts first means the leaves, grit and black water come down the wall before we touch the panes, so we rinse the wall and then clean the windows.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and nothing is billed as an extra. Tracks are included in the visit.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean windows inside, and we do not do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. Condo owners booking the exterior glass get the same visit.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
