Yes, the same two people clean the 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 doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Across California, most of the houses we service are booked for spring and fall, when the leaves and dust are heaviest. Our Imperial crew works the same way on every 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.
Our cleanings are priced by stories and approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Professional window cleaning on the outside is priced with the gutters, so one number covers both. If you are comparing window cleaners, ask for one number that covers the gutters and the glass. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Window washing on the outside, downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof means a boom or scissor lift and more time on the ladder. Oversized panes, picture windows and a high window count take longer on the glass. Multi-story buildings and tall houses both need a lift, and each extra story adds time. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down heavier, and clogged gutters packed with needles and leaves need a full flush before anything else. Gutter guards must be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is something cleaning alone will not remove, so we flag it on the visit. Gutters that overflow for a long time can also cause water damage to the fascia and siding, and the crew notes that on the visit.
Here is how we get the exact number. Text us a photo of the front of the house, tell us the stories, and give a rough count of every window on the outside. Across California, that is the information we need to quote a house before the crew is booked. We do not guess a number from the street. We also do not quote interior work on this visit, because we clean the exterior only, so the windows inside are not part of the price and stay out of the estimate. We have had customers ask about the difference, and the answer is the same every time: the outside is what carries the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and that is the job we price. Clear gutters and clean glass also help curb appeal.
| 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 residential properties we service book cleaning services twice a year, one visit in spring and one in fall, which is why one crew doing the gutters and the outside glass in one visit makes sense. Regular cleanings in spring and fall keep the grime from building up between visits. Across California, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the spring haze builds up, and the fall visit lands in late November to December, after the leaves drop. On our jobs, what we find on the glass in spring is a pollen film on the south-facing panes and a sticky paste packed into the gutter elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat that rots down the downspouts.
Storm and wind seasons move the dates. Most of California's rain falls in a handful of days, and those storms can push a fall visit earlier. Houses under heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass, or a house near a busy road tend to need a third visit, because the grime and runoff come back faster than twice a year. Our crew sees the spots that come back a day later on the glass, and those are the mineral marks a sprinkler line leaves. Clean windows between visits and a clear gutter line both mean the house does well on the twice-a-year schedule.
You will know the windows need it when a haze shows on every window on the sunny side, and only when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running into the downspout. If you want to schedule service on that rhythm, call (866) 435-6328 and we will set the spring and fall dates against your calendar.
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 crew works across Imperial, and booking runs the same way on every house. You get an estimate by phone or text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we confirm a visit window before the truck leaves the yard. Lead time depends on the calendar, and the two busy windows, the spring months and the fall leaf months, are when our calendar fills first, so book early for those. To get on the calendar, call (866) 435-6328 and we will confirm a window. The visit covers the exterior only, so interior and exterior glass are never mixed into one estimate. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work, because the crew does not come inside.
Our crew handles the washing services and the window cleaning services on the outside of the house, along with the gutters and downspouts. Grime and runoff from the roof are the first things we clear, and we remove dirt from the glass only after the gutters have been flushed, so nothing comes down across the panes. Glass is rinsed with purified water and no cleaning solutions, so nothing is left behind to streak. We run the same process for residential and commercial properties, and on condos, where the outside of each unit is cleaned on the same schedule.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. Doing both at once is why the bundle costs less than two separate trips.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it by phone or text. Text us a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you the number before the crew is booked. Call us about a residential and commercial job and we will tell you whether it is one we take.
On our jobs the outside carries the rain dust, the film and the sprinkler spots, so the outside is where the grime builds up first. Cleaning the inside alone leaves the film on the glass. Interior and exterior glass get dirty in different ways, so an interior clean does not replace the outside work.
Across California, the spring visit lands in mid to late June and the fall visit lands in late November to December. Those are the months our calendar fills first.
No. We clear the gutters, flush the downspouts and let the wall stop dripping before anyone touches the glass, so nothing runs across the panes after they are clean. Regular cleanings done in that order keep the glass clean for longer.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. We rinse the glass with purified water and nothing added, so there is no residue left behind to streak. Tracks are not billed as a separate extra, and the crew will tell you what is included on the visit.
No, we clean the exterior only on this visit, picture windows included on the outside. We do not do interior glass or pressure washing, so those stay out of the estimate.
You do not need to be home. 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. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
