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 done together cost less than booking two separate trips. On our Grass Valley jobs, most customers book this in spring and fall, when the leaf and needle loads are heaviest on the house.
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 gutter cleaning and professional window cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of your house and we will send a written estimate.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are the same every time: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, window count, picture windows and oversized panes, gutters not cleaned in years and 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.
A Grass Valley house with heavy tree cover tends to need more than the basic visit. Clogged gutters that sit for a season pass water behind the fascia, and that is where water damage starts. On multi-story buildings the crew uses a boom or scissor lift, and the window washing services are done from the same setup as the gutter run, so there is no second trip. For a window cleaners' estimate that accounts for curb appeal and every window on the front and side of the house, the simplest step is to tell us the number of stories and send a photo by text. We will explain what the crew sees and quote the job from that, and we will not add a surprise when the truck arrives.
| 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.
On our Grass Valley jobs, most customers book both gutter cleaning and window cleaning as two regular cleanings a year, once in the spring after the pollen drop and once in the fall after the leaves come down, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Across California the pattern follows the same two seasons, but the local dates move with the weather.
What we find on the glass in spring is a pollen film on the south-facing panes and a paste of seed and needles in the gutters. In fall it is the wet leaf mat and the grit that washes down the wall after rain. Storms and wind seasons move both dates, so we schedule from what the house looks like, not from the calendar alone.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the downspouts packing between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more dust on the sill and frame than a quiet street does. For these cleaning services we will tell you on the first visit whether your house is on two or three visits a year, and we will schedule service to match.
There is one sign that windows need attention: a haze you only notice when the sun is low. The sign that gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in rain. If you see either one between visits, text a photo of the roofline and we will say what it is.
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 houses across Grass Valley, and on residential properties that means the everyday grime of older roofs and the runoff that builds up under heavy trees. Booking starts with a phone call or a text: tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front. We will confirm the estimate and the lead time before we set a date. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew does not come inside.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring season and the fall leaf season, and our calendar fills fastest then, so booking early in those months gets you the slot you want. The crew works through gutters and downspouts first, then the glass, and it will remove dirt from the frame and sill before it leaves.
We also do window cleaning services and gutter service for condos and multi-unit buildings, which follow the same order and the same estimate by stories and window count. We serve residential and commercial properties, and commercial work is quoted per building on a separate schedule.
Yes. Our crew does both in one visit, with the same two people on the ladder. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, so the dirty runoff does not end up on clean windows.
We do not quote a figure without seeing the house. The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you the number before the crew is booked.
Yes, because the outside takes the tree dust, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up between visits. Those are on the glass whether or not the inside is clean, and they change how the house looks from the street.
Most of our Grass Valley customers book in late spring, once the bloom has passed, and again in fall, after the leaves come down. Those are the two busy windows, so text a photo of the roofline early and we will hold a date.
No, because we clean gutters first and glass last. When the leaves and grit come down a wall, they run across any window below, so the glass has to wait until the gutter run and downspouts are done.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included in the visit as well, and nothing is billed as an add-on.
Exterior only on this visit, so windows inside the house are not part of the price. We rinse the glass with purified water rather than cleaning solutions, and we do not offer interior and exterior packages or pressure washing.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside, and leave the side gate unlocked. We send photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
