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 doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across California, most of the homeowners who book us do it in the spring and fall, and the number we give you on the phone is the number you pay.
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, a bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Stories and steep roofs take more time on the ladder, and so does a window count with oversized panes. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear, and gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is something no cleaning removes, and we tell you about it before we start. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. The quote is for exterior glass only, so no interior and exterior line item will show up on the invoice.
On a typical visit we start by asking for a photo of the front of the house, a count of the stories and a rough window count, which is usually enough for an exact number. Some of our customers, particularly those with a bigger lot and a lot of picture windows, see a different number on the phone than they expected, and we always walk through what drives it. Regular cleanings keep the job shorter, because the crew is not clearing a year of buildup before the glass. Heavy pollen on the glass is part of that same visit, not a separate charge.
Our crew cleans the window and gutter together for homeowners with two stories or more, and for residential and commercial properties where the owner wants one visit. For a house in La Quinta, the cleaning solutions we use are the same for the windows and the gutters, and the only extra step is the photo of every run that goes to your phone before we leave. Text a photo of the front of the house to (866) 435-6328 and we will put the stories, the window count and the gutter condition on a written estimate.
| 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, most of our customers book our cleaning services twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across California, the spring visit falls in mid to late June, after the seed drop finishes, and the fall visit is late November to December, after the last leaves come down and ahead of the wettest months.
At each visit we find something different on the glass and in the gutters. The pollen film on south-facing windows and the sticky paste in the gutters are the main things we see in spring. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat that packs the downspouts, and on houses that skipped that visit we have found runs that sagged under the weight by the wet months. Storm and wind seasons move the dates, and when atmospheric rivers bring most of the year's rain in a handful of days, the gutters that were not clear before the storm are the ones that overflow.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means the clogged gutters fill again within months, and the grit gets into the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and houses close to a busy road or a construction site collect more dust on the frames. Most of the multi-story buildings we see need professional window cleaning done alongside the gutters, because the water damage from a blocked run usually starts at the same wall.
Clean glass matters for curb appeal. You will see the windows need it when there is a haze you only notice when the sun is low. The windows inside the house are not part of our visit, so that haze is on the outside glass. The sign gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in the rain. If you see either one between visits, text us a photo and we will tell you whether it can wait.
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 cleans the window and gutter work across La Quinta, and we know which streets have the most tree cover and which have the sprinkler lines that spot the glass. Booking starts with a phone call or a text, where we take the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and that is enough for us to give you a written estimate. Lead times depend on the season, and the lead time for each visit is shown when you book.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring season and the fall leaf season, and that is when our calendar fills first. If you want a slot in those windows, call (866) 435-6328 to book early, because the schedule service fills before the rest of the year. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come, so you know the crew is on the way.
We do residential window and gutter cleaning for homeowners and for residential properties, and we do commercial gutter work for buildings that need it on a schedule. Whether it is a single house or a set of clean windows across a property, we give each window the same attention, and every window is checked before we leave.
Yes, our crew handles both washing services in one visit, so one booking covers window cleaning services and the gutter work. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the dirty water from the gutters does not end up on the clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. Condos are quoted the same way, by stories and window count. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will give you the exact figure.
On our jobs, the outside carries dust, rain residue and sprinkler spots that build up between visits, and that grime is what makes the glass look hazy even when the inside is clean. Cleaning the outside is how we remove dirt from the glass, and that is the part that changes how the windows look from the street.
Most of our customers book in the spring, once the seed drop is done, and in the fall, after the leaves come down. Those are the two windows when our calendar fills first.
No, we clear the gutters and downspouts first and the glass last, so the runoff from the runs does not land on windows we have already washed. The reason is simple: if the glass were done first, someone would have to wash it again before we left.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit. Tracks are included on the exterior side, and they are not billed as extras.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean inside the windows and we do not do pressure washing here.
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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
