The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing that falls from the roof lands on clean glass. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together in one visit costs less than booking them as two separate trips. Across California, most homeowners who book us do it in the spring and fall, when the runoff and pollen build up fastest. Call (866) 435-6328 to book and we will give you the number on the phone.
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.
Window washing on our Manhattan Beach jobs is priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking our two washing services in one visit costs less than booking them as separate trips. The number we give you on the phone is the number we charge, because it comes from those two things and nothing hidden gets added at the end. Clearing the gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras. For residential window work, interior and exterior glass are different quotes, and this visit covers the outside only.
What moves the quote on window cleaning services is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes more time on the ladder and more setup, and multi-story buildings add to it for the same reason. A large number of window panes, including oversized picture windows, adds time at the glass. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or that are packed with needles and leaves, need more passes before they run clear. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated to reach the run beneath them, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate treatment that no cleaning removes, so we flag it before we quote the glass.
On our Manhattan Beach jobs, a two-story house with a steep front roof and a long run of picture windows is the kind of job that shows the pattern most clearly. The gutters were packed, the glass had a film of grime from the street side, and the owner wanted both done in one visit rather than two trips. The quote came from the story count, the window count and the state of the gutters once we had them open, and the bundle was the lower of the two options. If you want an exact number, send us a text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will come back with the figure before anyone is booked.
| 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 Manhattan Beach customers book their window and gutter work twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, and that is why one crew in one visit makes sense for both. On our jobs the pollen film shows on south-facing glass and as pollen paste in the gutters during the spring window, and the leaf load comes down in the fall. Pollen and leftover cleaning solutions both leave a film if they dry on the glass. The gutter rule is the same on residential and commercial buildings, because water runs the same way on both. Storm and wind seasons move the exact dates. Across California, the spring visit usually falls in mid to late June and the fall visit in late November to December, though the house decides the exact date.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between cleanings, and clogged gutters on those houses are often the reason for a second trip. Regular cleanings twice a year keep that load from building up and help remove dirt before it bakes onto the glass. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, which is a sign the water is the problem and not the dirt. Windows inside the house are not part of this visit, so if the haze you see comes from inside the glass, that is a separate job. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more runoff and grime than a quiet street does. We tell you which of these applies after the first visit.
The sign that the windows need a cleaning is haze you only see when the sun is low. The sign the gutters need one is water sheeting over the edge during rain instead of running down the downspout, and that overflow can lead to water damage on the fascia and siding below.
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 on residential properties across Manhattan Beach, and we book the estimate the same way every time. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we confirm the window count and note every window that needs extra time before we set a date. Booking with us means a real slot on a real calendar, and the lead time depends on how full the schedule is that month. The two busy windows of the year are the spring and fall visits, when our calendar fills fastest, so booking early in those months gets you the date you want.
We are a crew of window cleaners that does exterior work only, and our cleaning services stop at the outside of the house, which is why we bring the ladders, the purified water and the poles. Professional window cleaning on our jobs also means nobody needs to be home while we work. We call before we come, and we send photos of every run once the job is finished. Our goal is that the house looks right from the street and the gutters run clear in the next rain, which is the curb appeal most homeowners are after. If you have a particular window or gutter run you want us to look at first, say so when you call and we will schedule the visit around it.
Yes, on our jobs the same two-person crew does both in one visit, starting with the gutters and finishing with the glass.
The number comes from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book.
On residential properties in Manhattan Beach, the outside is where pollen, runoff and sprinkler spots collect first, so cleaning the outside alone still does a lot to remove dirt from the glass that people see from the street.
No, condos and other multi-story buildings are quoted the same way as a house, by story count and window count, so send us both when you call.
No, we clean the gutters and downspouts first and the glass last, because water and debris from the roof run down the wall and across any window below it.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and the tracks are included on the same visit.
Our residential window work is exterior only on this visit, so the interior glass and pressure washing are not part of it.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside, 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.
