The same two people who clean your gutters also clean the outside of your 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 together in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. On our Hillcrest jobs most customers book both in the spring and the fall, and we have been doing it that way for years. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you the number before anything is booked.
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 number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice, and it comes from the number of stories and the approximate window count. Booking the gutters and the exterior glass together in one visit costs less than two separate trips, and we will tell you the bundle figure for your house before anyone is scheduled. We do not add a surprise line for downspout flushing, screen rinsing or wiping the sills, because those are part of the job. Professional window cleaning and gutter work on one house share one estimate, so the glass and the gutter cleanings are one number.
On the day, the crew looks at what moves the quote: a third story or a steep roof that needs a boom or scissor lift, a window count that runs high because of picture windows, gutters that have not been opened in years or are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that cleaning will not remove. We photograph each of these and show you before we start. Interior and exterior glass are quoted separately, and this estimate covers only the outside.
On our Hillcrest jobs the quote moves most with the stories and the window count, and the easiest way to get your exact number is to text us a photo of the front of the house along with a rough count of the stories. For a window and gutter cleaning on a single-story home with a modest residential window count, the number tends to be lower; the crew confirms it in the estimate. Our commercial work follows the same logic for residential and commercial buildings, quoted per building. The glass is done with purified water rather than cleaning solutions, so there is no chemical line item on the invoice.
| 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.
Across California, the answer on our jobs is spring and fall for most houses, and that is the calendar we run. Most of our customers book both twice a year, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense, and the two cleanings land about six months apart. What we find on the glass in the spring is the pollen film on the south-facing panes and the pollen paste packed into the gutter elbows. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, the grit and the grime that the winter rain carries down the roof.
Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass and leaves spots that come back a day later, or a house close to a busy road or construction tends to need a third visit. Multi-story buildings usually need a lift, which the pricing section covers. Our crew works with cleaning services that run on a regular schedule, and regular cleanings are set by what the house actually collects, not by a calendar on the wall.
Window cleaners who only do the glass often miss the gutters, and the reverse is true too. A house that gets its gutters cleared but not its glass still shows the haze, and a house with clogged gutters can send runoff over the edge and down the wall, which is how water damage starts. We book them together so one visit covers both. Two signs say it is time: haze you only see when the sun is low, and water sheeting over the gutter edge in the rain. Clean glass and clear gutters do most of the curb appeal work from the street, so it is worth checking both.
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.
Our window cleaning services cover residential properties and a range of commercial buildings around Hillcrest, and we book each one as a window and gutter cleaning job with its own date. Booking runs by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text: you send the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you the number and the earliest open date. Lead times depend on the season, and we will tell you the honest wait when you call instead of promising a slot we cannot keep.
The two busy windows are the spring bloom drop and the late fall leaf drop, and the calendar fills in those weeks. Book early in those months and the open dates are easier to find. Gutters and downspouts are cleared first on every visit, so the glass is never washed under a dripping run. Our goal on the frames is to remove dirt, not move it onto the glass. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come so you know the crew is on the way. Condos follow the same stories-and-window-count quote as a single house. We want clean windows at every window on the house, including the sill, and we will schedule service around your week.
Yes. Our washing services cover the gutters and the outside glass in one visit, done by the same two people. Gutters and downspouts get cleared first, then the glass, because the debris and runoff from a gutter run down the wall and across the glass below it.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text before anything is booked. We do not quote a figure without seeing the house, and the number we give is the number on the invoice.
On our Hillcrest jobs, the outside collects rain dust, grime and sprinkler spots, so the glass looks dull from the street even when the windows inside are clean. Cleaning the outside is what changes the curb appeal of the house, and that is the part we do on this visit.
For Hillcrest, the fall visit lands in December to early January, ahead of the wettest months, which run January through March. Across California the spring visit falls in mid to late June, so most customers book the two visits about six months apart.
No, because we do gutters first and glass last. When a run is cleared, the debris and the black water come down the wall, so the glass has to wait until the wall stops dripping. Someone who washes the glass first has to wash it again.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit, and we do not bill them as extras. Tracks are included on the exterior side of the window.
Exterior only on this visit. Interior and exterior glass are quoted separately, so the windows inside stay out of this job. We do not do pressure washing on this visit, so the outside of the glass and the frames are the scope.
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. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
