Yes, the same two people handle professional window cleaning and your gutters in a single visit. We work gutters first and glass last, so nothing that comes off the roof lands on clean panes. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across California, most of our customers book this combined visit in the spring and again in the fall, when the pollen and leaves are heaviest. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will check the next open date with you.
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 washing services, including window cleaning services, are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking window washing and gutter work separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, with nothing added at the end.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are the ones the crew sees from the driveway and the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk changes how many setups the work takes. Residential window count matters, and so do oversized panes, which need more care to reach and clean evenly. A gutter that has not been opened in years, packed with needles, leaves and grime, takes longer than one cleared every visit. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem: cleaning does not remove it, so we note it on the visit. Runoff from a clogged run streaks the glass below it, so the crew clears the gutter first and wipes the frames to remove dirt before it touches the panes. Flushing the gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Here is one example from our Laguna Niguel work. A house with a full set of gutters and a large run of exterior glass came to us with the back gutters packed through the spring pollen drop. What moved its quote was the stories, the window count, and the tree cover over that back roof, which meant the gutters needed more time than the front. The crew wrote up what it found and sent the photos before leaving. (See the job record linked from our coverage section.)
If you want the exact number, the fastest way is to text us the number of stories, your approximate window count, and a photo of the front of the house. We reply with the number from those three things, and a second visit is not needed to give you a firm quote.
Interior glass is not part of this visit, and neither is pressure washing. We do the exterior windows and the gutters, and that is the whole scope of the job. Condos and townhomes with shared gutter runs are quoted the same way, by stories and window count.
| 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 window and gutter work twice a year, in the spring and again in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for regular cleanings.
Across California, the spring visit falls in mid to late June. By then the pollen has built a film on the south-facing glass and a paste in the gutters, and the downspout elbows are where the trouble starts. Heavy film needs more than a rinse, so the crew picks its cleaning solutions to match what is on the glass. The fall visit runs late November to December, when the leaf load comes off the trees and the wet mat sits in the runs. Storm and wind seasons can move these dates a little, so we confirm the day when you book.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps feeding needles and grit into the gutters between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after we clean them. A house with large picture windows, or one close to a busy road or active construction, collects more dust on the frames and sills than a quieter street. In those cases we suggest a third visit in the middle of the year, and we say so at the first estimate rather than after the first job.
We have seen two different patterns on our jobs across residential and commercial properties. One customer with no trees near the house has us out once in the spring and once in the fall, and the glass and runs stay clean between visits. Another customer, with trees over the back roof and a sprinkler line on the front windows, is on three or four visits a year, and the difference shows up on the glass by the next season. We talk through which pattern your house matches before the first visit.
The sign that clean windows need attention sooner than you expect is a haze that only shows when the sun is low and hits the glass at an angle. For gutters, the sign is water sheeting over the edge in a rain, instead of running into the downspout. When either shows up between visits, text us a photo and we tell you what it is.
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.
To schedule service for professional window cleaning, start with a quote by phone or text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front, so the crew knows what it is walking into. Lead time varies with the season and the day of the week, and when you call we tell you the first open date. We call before we come, so you are not waiting on a truck that arrives without a plan.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring and fall visits, when pollen and leaves are heaviest across Laguna Niguel. Our calendar fills in those windows, so call (866) 435-6328 as soon as you know the month you want, rather than waiting for the leaves to drop. Outside those windows, we usually have more open days for the same window cleaning services.
Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. The crew does not come inside, and it sends photos of every run, every sill and every window before it leaves. Plenty of window cleaners skip the gutters, but we do both, and the glass keeps its curb appeal between visits. We are equipped for multi-story buildings, and we run the same setups on residential properties with two stories as on those with three. When gutters have been left too long, the crew flags any clogged gutters and water damage it sees on the fascia, and reports it so you can decide what to do next. This visit covers the exterior only, so interior and exterior glass are booked as separate jobs.
Yes, our crew does window and gutter cleaning in one visit, and gutters always come first, followed by the glass.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and a residential window count is part of the same quote. Send us the story count and a photo of the front of the house and you get the figure before the crew is booked.
On residential properties in Laguna Niguel, the outside carries pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up between visits, so the glass looks dull from the street even when the inside is clean. Clean windows on the outside change how the whole house reads, and this visit covers the outside only, so interior and exterior glass are handled as separate jobs.
Across California, most of our customers book in mid to late June for the spring visit and late November to December for the fall visit. When you call, we can check the next open date and schedule service in either window.
No, we work gutters first and glass last, because the leaves and grit that come off the gutters run down the wall and across any window below. Cleaning the glass first means someone has to wash it again.
Screens are rinsed, and the sill on every window is wiped as part of the visit. Tracks are included on the same pass. None of it shows up as a separate line on the invoice.
No, this visit covers the exterior glass and the gutters only, and we do not clean inside the windows or do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home for the exterior work. 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 leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
