Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit. Gutters first, glass last, so nothing from the roof ends up on clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and both jobs done in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips.
Across California, most of our customers book the two together in spring and fall, once the seed drop and leaf fall are over 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 by the number of stories and the approximate window count. Booking window and gutter work in one visit costs less than two separate trips, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are the ones the crew finds on the day: a third story or a roof steep enough that we have to work from a boom or scissor lift, oversized picture windows that take more time per pane, 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 and are not billed as extras. Quotes cover the exterior only, so any request that mentions interior and exterior glass gets a separate estimate.
Most residential window jobs here are quoted from a text or a call. Send us your stories, your rough window count and a photo of the front of the house, and we give you the number before anyone is scheduled. If the crew finds something different on the roof, it is photographed and reported before we change the figure, and we do not add work you did not agree to.
A recent residential job on our Emeryville list had two stories, a steep front roof and a sprinkler line that had spotted the glass for a season. What moved its quote was the roof access and the spotting, not the window count. Our crew photographed each run and sent the photos before the truck left. That is the same sequence we follow on every visit: measure from the photo, confirm the count by phone, then book.
Cleaning solutions are not the cost driver on most professional window cleaning jobs; time on the ladder is. Residential and commercial properties are priced on the same basis, by stories and count, and commercial buildings get a separate written estimate per building. Regular cleanings on a set schedule are quoted once and held, so you are not renegotiating each visit. Ask for the number in writing before you book.
| 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 Emeryville customers book both jobs twice a year, in spring and again in fall. Compared with calling two window cleaners at two different times, one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar.
What we find at each visit depends on the season. In spring the pollen settles as a film on south-facing glass and as a paste in the downspout elbows, and it picks up grime from the street. In fall the leaf load comes down wet and matts in the gutters, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sagged under the weight by winter. Across California the spring visit runs mid to late June and the fall visit late November to December, and atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, so we confirm the slot when you book.
Some houses need a third visit. These are the ones with heavy tree cover over the roof, where needles and grit pack the downspouts and clogged gutters overflow between visits; the ones with a sprinkler line hitting the glass, where the spots come back a day after cleaning; and the ones near a busy road or active construction, where the glass picks up dust faster than the calendar does. On a clogged run, runoff sheets down the wall and across the glass below it, which is why those houses get the gutters first.
A customer with no trees over the roof is usually fine on two visits a year, since that schedule is enough to remove dirt before it builds up. A customer with a sprinkler spotting problem or big trees over the gutters tends to book three or four visits, and we tell you which group you fall into after the first visit.
You will know the windows need cleaning when the haze shows up only in low sun. You will know the gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge during rain instead of running into the downspout. January, February and December are the wettest months here, and that is when water damage from a clogged run tends to show up first.
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 clean residential properties, condos and commercial buildings across the Emeryville area, including multi-story buildings where the runs are reachable, and our crew knows how the street-level glass and the upper-story gutters on these blocks behave. Our washing services cover exterior glass and gutters only. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house with your number of stories. We give you a written estimate, and we book a date from the first open slot.
Nobody needs to be home for window and gutter cleaning. Our crew does not come inside, and we do not clean the windows inside. We call before we come, and we send photos of every gutter run and every window when the job is done.
The two busy windows are the spring pollen season and the fall leaf season, when the calendar fills fastest. Book those slots early if you can. Outside those windows, lead time is usually shorter, and we tell you the first open date when you call.
Our standard clean covers every window on the outside of the house, including the sill and the frame, and the gutters and downspouts, so you get clean windows and clear runs on the same visit. If you want a specific window or pane looked at for curb appeal, mention it on the phone and we will note it on the estimate.
Yes. The same crew does both in one visit. We clean the gutters first and then the glass, so debris from the roof does not end up on clean windows.
The number comes from your stories and window count, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote from a rate card; you get the exact number before you book.
On houses here, the outside carries the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spotting, so the glass looks dirty from outside even when the inside is clean. Cleaning the outside is the part that changes how the house looks from the street.
Most of our customers here book in spring and fall. Call (866) 435-6328 to get the first open date for either season.
Not if the order is right. We clear the gutters, flush the downspouts and let the wall stop dripping before we touch the glass. That is why the gutters come first.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and tracks are cleaned as part of the standard visit. None of them is billed separately.
On this visit we do exterior glass only. We do not clean inside the windows and we do not pressure wash, so ask us for a separate estimate if you need either one.
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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
