Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first, glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. On our Hayward jobs, most customers book it in the spring and the fall, when the pollen and leaf loads are heaviest.
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, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Professional window cleaning is quoted alongside the gutters, so window washing and gutter work go on one invoice. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and it covers downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping, which are part of the job rather than extras. Curb appeal improves when the gutter line and the glass are both clean, which is why most quotes cover both. Windows inside the house are not part of the quote.
On the day, the crew finds the things that move a quote: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a large number of oversized panes, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, guards we have to lift and reseat before we can clear the run, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that cleaning alone will not remove. Each of these is photographed and quoted before we add it to the job.
On our Hayward jobs, a recent house with a steep back roof and a long run of picture windows needed the back gutters cleared from a boom or scissor lift before the glass could be done, and the crew found clogged gutters that had let water damage start on the fascia. Getting the exact number is simple: text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us the number of stories and roughly how many windows you have. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you a figure that matches what you are invoiced.
| 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 Hayward customers book both jobs twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. Most residential properties on our route follow that pattern, and it is easy to schedule service before each season starts. Each visit has a different job. In spring the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and tree debris packs the gutters, and in fall the wet leaf mat is what we pull out before the rains.
Some homes need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves round spots that return a day after we clean them. A residential window close to a busy road or active construction picks up a film faster than the rest of the neighborhood, so every window and the gutter runs need a closer look than a twice-a-year schedule gives them.
Watch for two signs between visits. Windows need cleaning when you see a haze that only shows when the sun is low. Gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running down the downspout. Either sign is worth a call, and we will tell you on the phone which of the two it looks like before we schedule anything. The goal is clean windows and clear gutters before the first big rain.
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 gutters and downspouts across Hayward, and the crew books exterior window cleaning services on the same route, so the two jobs stay on one visit. Our washing services are booked this way for Hayward houses. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time is shown when you book, and the calendar fills fastest in the two busy windows of the year, the spring season and the fall leaf drop, so it pays to ask early.
Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. The crew does not come inside, and we call before we arrive so you know the truck is on the way. We clean residential and commercial properties, condos and multi-story buildings on the same schedule basis, and we can book a regular route for either.
Runoff from a clogged gutter is what damages the walls and the landscaping below it, so we clear the gutters first and flush each downspout until it runs clear. That flush is how we remove dirt from the run before the glass is touched. The glass comes last, once the wall has stopped dripping, so the grime and the grit from the gutters do not land on panes we have already done. Ask us for the estimate and we will tell you what the visit will cover.
Yes. The two-person crew that cleans the outside of your windows also clears the gutters and flushes the downspouts in the same visit. We do gutters first and glass last so that nothing washed from the gutters lands on clean panes.
We do not give a price here because the number depends on the stories and the size of the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will quote the exact figure from those details before any work starts.
It is. Interior and exterior glass take different loads, and the outside takes the hardest hit in Hayward: haze, rain dust and sprinkler spots build up on exterior glass. Clean inside glass will still look hazy from outside, so the outside is where the visible difference shows.
Most of our customers here book in the spring, before the haze builds up, and again in the fall, after the leaves come down. Regular cleanings on that twice-a-year schedule keep the calendar predictable. Booking early in those two windows gets you a slot before the calendar fills.
Not if we do it in the right order. Gutters first, glass last: the leaves, grit and black water come down the wall when a run is cleared, so we let the wall stop dripping before we touch the windows.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit, and tracks are included in the same pass. None of it is billed as an extra line item on the invoice. Cleaning solutions are not needed on the glass when it is done with purified water.
Not on this visit. We clean exterior glass only, and we do not do interior glass or pressure washing on this visit, so the crew stays outside.
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 unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
