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 the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across California, most of the homes we work on book this combined visit in spring and fall, when pollen and leaves build up fastest.
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, and doing the gutters and the exterior glass together in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will work the quote from there.
Several things move the quote, and they are the things our crew finds on the day: a third story or a steep roof that is hard to work from a ladder, a residential window count with oversized picture windows, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning will remove. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not billed as extras. We will tell you up front which of these apply to your house.
On our McFarland jobs, the pattern is consistent: the window washing and window cleaners a homeowner books are usually the same crew doing the gutters, so a professional window cleaning visit that covers clogged gutters is the efficient option. A house with curb appeal concerns often wants the glass done along with the gutters, since water damage from a backed-up run can show up on the trim just below the windows. Multi-story buildings are where the quote changes most, because the lift time and the number of setups go up. Send us the stories and a rough window count and we will give you the exact figure before anyone climbs a ladder.
| 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 McFarland customers book both jobs twice a year, in the spring and fall months, when leaf and dust loads peak, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense. Across California the timing follows the same pattern, but the local dates are what we track on our own jobs.
At each visit, the pollen film is heaviest on south-facing glass, and the sticky tree-debris paste packs the gutters in spring; in fall the wet leaf mat is the problem. Storm and wind seasons can shift the dates, and we adjust for them. Some houses need more than the regular cleanings: heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass and leaves spots that return a day later, or a house close to a busy road or construction. Our schedule service fills those in as the season requires.
Clean windows should look clear at any hour, not only at midday, so when a haze shows only when the sun is low, it is time to book. Your gutters need it when water sheets over the edge during rain instead of running down the downspout. Until then, the sill and the frame are the first things we wipe, because that is where the dust settles between cleanings.
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.
We have cleaned gutters and exterior windows across McFarland, and the crew knows the lots, the roof lines and the access on most streets. Booking works like this: you call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, tell us the number of stories, and we give you a written estimate. Lead time depends on the season, and the busy windows of the year are the spring and fall months when our calendar fills, so booking early helps.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come and again when the crew is on the way. Our washing services cover the whole house, including window cleaning services for every window and the grime that builds on the sill. The crew also clears gutters and downspouts and checks for runoff at the outlets, so water is not pooling against the foundation. For the outside of your windows and gutters, we remove dirt and debris from every run in the same visit.
If you run condos or a small multi-unit building, the same crew handles it with one schedule for the whole property. Our crew serves residential and commercial clients, and residential properties get the same gutter-first order as every other job.
Yes. The same two-person crew does both in one visit, starting with the gutters and finishing with the glass. That is why a combined booking costs less than two separate trips.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front, and we will quote it before the visit.
On our jobs, the outside carries the dust film, rain residue and sprinkler spots that build up between visits, so the glass looks cloudy even when the inside is clean. Cleaning the outside is what restores the view. We use purified water rather than cleaning solutions, so the glass dries without a film.
Most of our McFarland customers book in the spring and fall months, after the spring peak and again after the leaves drop. Booking early helps, since those are our busiest windows.
Not when we do it right. We clear gutters first and flush the downspouts, then give the wall a few minutes to drip before we touch the glass, so nothing runs back across a clean pane.
They are part of the job. We rinse screens, wipe sills and clean the frames on every exterior window, and none of it is billed as an add-on.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean windows inside the house, so this is not an interior and exterior package, and we do not do pressure washing either. The glass and gutters are the scope.
No, 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 unlock the side gate. Our crew sends photos of every run before they leave.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
