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 the approximate window count, and both jobs booked together cost less than two separate trips. Across California, most of our customers book this in the spring and fall, when dust and leaf load have built up 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.
The number we give you on the phone is the number we charge. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking gutter cleaning and window cleaning services separately. Window washing for the glass and the washing services for the gutters are priced on those same two inputs. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not billed as extras, so you will not see them added at the end.
What moves the quote on the day is what the crew finds. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and equipment. Heavy grime on the glass adds time at each pane, and a high pane count, as in many condos, or oversized picture windows, adds more. Gutters nobody has cleared in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to bring back to clean. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are quoted before the visit, not added on the day. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a different problem: cleaning will not remove it, so we flag it and say so instead of billing for a fix that does not hold.
Across California, the exact number comes from three things: stories, window count, and a photo of the front of the house sent by text. Pricing covers the exterior only, so interior and exterior glass is never bundled into this number. Send those and we can give you an estimate before anyone climbs a ladder. For a homeowner who has not had both jobs done together before, that is the simplest way to see what the bundle saves against two separate visits. We do not give one flat figure for every house, because a single-story ranch and a three-story home with a lot of glass are not the same job.
| 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 Huntington Beach jobs, most customers book regular cleanings twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, and they book both jobs together, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across California the calendar is the same idea: spring and fall, after the spring dust settles and before the heaviest leaf drop.
What we find in spring is pollen. The film sits on south-facing glass and turns to a paste in the gutters, and it shows up as a yellowish haze once the sun is low. A rinse will not remove dirt once the pollen has dried on south-facing glass, so we use the full wash. In fall it is the leaf load: wet leaves packed into the elbows of the downspouts, and a mat in the gutter that holds water against the fascia. Storm and wind seasons move these dates, so we look at the house, not only the calendar.
Some houses need a third visit. We see it most with heavy tree cover over the roof, where needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. We also see it where a sprinkler line hits the glass, because those spots come back a day after cleaning, and on houses near a busy road or active construction, where dust settles faster. If your house sits in one of those cases, we will tell you after the first visit.
Two things tell you it is time without waiting for the calendar. Haze on the windows that you only notice when the sun is low means the glass needs cleaning. Dust on the windows inside is a separate question, since this visit covers the outside glass only. Water sheeting over the edge of the gutter in rain means the run is clogged or sagging, and the runoff lands on the fascia until someone clears it. Clogged gutters that go unchecked are the usual start of water damage on the fascia and soffit.
Cleaning solutions for glass and gutters differ across residential and commercial surfaces, and we use what the surface needs. For multi-story buildings and residential properties alike, the same check applies: look at the runs and the glass twice a year, and add a visit when the house tells you to.
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 work across Huntington Beach and book the same window cleaners every time, so you hear from the people who will be on the ladder. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text: call (866) 435-6328 or send a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. We confirm the slot and call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew uses a pole to remove dirt from every window it can reach, so you know what is covered before the visit. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring clean-up window and the fall leaf drop, so book early if you want a particular week. Our professional window cleaning and our cleaning services for gutters and downspouts are scheduled as one visit, which keeps the crew on your house once instead of twice. A clean house does a lot for curb appeal, and the glass is usually the first thing a visitor sees. If you want a fixed slot, ask us to schedule service for the date you choose, and we will say plainly whether it is open.
Yes, on our jobs one crew does both in one visit, gutters first and glass last. Gutters and downspouts are cleared before the glass is touched, and that order keeps the wall clean where the window sits.
We do not give a figure here. The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text.
On houses here the outside carries the grit, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, which are the things the inside never sees. A pass on the outside is the only way to remove dirt that rain leaves on the glass. Clean inside glass can still look hazy from outside.
Most of our customers here book in the spring, once the rain dust has settled, and in the fall, after the leaves drop. Across California the answer is spring and fall as well.
No, that is why we clean gutters first and glass last. Runoff from a gutter being cleared runs down the wall along with leaves, grit and black water, so the glass waits until the wall stops dripping.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the window and gutter cleaning visit. Tracks are included in the glass work, not billed separately.
We clean exterior glass only on this visit. Windows inside stay as they are, since interior and exterior glass are separate jobs, and we do not do pressure washing. We will not add either to your invoice.
No, you do not need to be home. If you live in one of the condos on your street, check with the association first, since it may control the gutters. 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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
