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 doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across California, most of our crews book the job in the spring and fall, which is when pollen, seeds and leaves build up fastest. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house for a number you can plan around.
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 stories and approximate window count, and one window and gutter visit costs less than two separate jobs. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or packed with needles and leaves, need more passes. Gutter guards must be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers needs a separate treatment, since cleaning solutions alone will not remove it. Oversized and picture windows take more setup per pane.
The quote moves with the window count and how long the gutters have gone without clearing, so tell us both when you call. Text a photo of the front of your house and the number of stories, and we will work out the approximate count with you. Houses on regular cleanings usually need less time than ones that have gone years without, and the pricing covers exterior glass only. Ask for a written estimate before anyone books a date.
| 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 Lafayette customers book both twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. That is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Spring is when pollen settles as a film on south-facing glass and turns to paste in the gutters, which is when professional window cleaning pays off most. Clean glass and clear gutters also help curb appeal before the warm-weather visitors arrive. Fall brings the leaf load, and the wet mat it leaves in the runs becomes clogged gutters that sag hangers over winter.
Some houses need a third visit, especially multi-story buildings, where every run takes more ladder time. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the downspouts packing between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and a house near a busy road or construction picks up more grime than the others. Left alone, an overflowing run can lead to water damage at the fascia. We see these cases most often, and they are what we check first on the estimate call.
You will know the windows need it when you see haze that only shows 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. Book a date when you see either one, and the crew will tell you what it finds on the first visit.
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 and gutter cleaning covers residential properties across the Lafayette area and the homes around it, and the crew does clean windows and runs on the same visit so you deal with one crew. This page is about homes only, since residential and commercial buildings are a different scope. Booking starts with a phone or text estimate: tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front. From there we give you a window and a date, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
Our calendar fills fastest in the two busy windows of the year, the spring season and the late fall leaf drop. If you want a slot in those months, it helps to ask early. We will tell you the typical wait when you call, and we will not promise a date we cannot keep. Each residential window gets the same outside pass as the rest of the house, and we treat every window on the house and check each sill as we go, so the finished job covers the whole outside, not just the ones you can see from the street.
To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 and we will walk you through the estimate.
Yes. Our window cleaning services include the gutters, and it is the same two people on the ladder. We do gutters and downspouts first and glass last, so nothing that falls from the runs ends up on clean windows.
We do not quote a number here. The price for our cleaning services comes from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and we give it by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house.
Yes, because the outside collects rain dust and sprinkler spots between visits, and a visit is how you remove dirt from the glass and frames. Windows inside are a separate job and are not part of this visit.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and again in the fall after the leaves drop. Across California, the spring visit falls in mid to late June and the fall visit in late November to December.
No, because we do gutters first and glass last. Once the runs are cleared and the downspouts flushed, the wall gets a few minutes to stop dripping, so no runoff is left to hit the glass.
Our washing services include rinsing the screens and wiping the sills, and none of it is billed as an extra. Tracks are included on exterior glass visits.
Not on this visit. We do exterior glass only, and interior and exterior work is a separate estimate. Pressure washing is not part of this visit either.
You do not need to be home, and condos are quoted the same way as houses, from the stories and window count. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, unlock the side gate and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
