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 an approximate window count, and booking both together costs less than two separate trips. Most customers book this for the spring and fall cleanings, so the crew arrives ready for spring grime and leaf season.
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.
The direct answer is simple. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, a window and gutter visit in one trip costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will quote it from there.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. Three stories or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. Window count and oversized picture windows change the setup. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or clogged gutters packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear, and gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can get in. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate issue that cleaning alone does not remove, and we will tell you when we see it. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras, and the glass gets purified water with no cleaning solutions, so nothing is left to streak.
What drives the quote is the number of stories and a long run of gutters with tree cover over the back of the house. That is the kind of detail we ask about on the phone. The exact figure comes from stories, window count and a photo, not a guess. Text us a picture of the house front and tell us roughly how many windows face the street, and we will tell you what the visit looks like before we book it.
Our crew handles residential and commercial work, including multi-story buildings, and our washing services follow the same method: the same ladder setup, the same flushing, the same photos sent before we leave. For a house, the window and gutter bundle is the cheapest route to a clean exterior. Cleanings are scheduled around your calendar, and most homes end up on the regular cleanings schedule because it keeps the downspouts flowing and the glass clear of pollen. If you want the interior and exterior done, we do not clean windows inside on this visit, so keep that in mind when you compare quotes.
| 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.
Many of our Menlo Park customers book both jobs once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Across California, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the spring bloom finishes. In Menlo Park, the fall visit lands in December to early January, after the last leaves come down and before the wettest stretch of winter. Those months are the ones our crew plans around.
What we find on each visit follows the season. In spring it is the pollen film on south-facing glass and the sticky paste packed into the gutter elbows. In fall it is the leaf load, and the wet mat that sits in clogged gutters and drags on the fascia when the rain starts. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, so we confirm the timing when you book rather than assume it.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof, needles and grit packing the downspouts between cleanings, and a house on a busy road with dust and construction dirt all push the schedule up. So does a sprinkler line that hits the glass, because those spots come back a day after cleaning and need the water and timing checked. A house under heavy trees is the one most likely to need the extra visits, while a house with few trees can usually wait for the fall visit.
Signs that the windows need it are simple to see. Haze that only shows when the sun is low, or a film that shows up on the glass after a dry week, means it is time, and clean glass does more for curb appeal than most owners expect. Signs that the gutters need it are just as plain. Water sheeting over the edge in rain, or pooling at the low corners of the roof, means the runs are backed up with debris and need clearing before the next storm or the water damage reaches the fascia. Those are good reasons to call before the calendar says so.
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 has worked across Menlo Park, and the window and gutter cleaning schedule runs from the same calendar for every neighborhood we service. To schedule service, call or text: tell us the number of stories, send a photo of the house front, and we will give you a slot. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work, because the crew does not come inside.
Lead times depend on how busy the spring and fall windows are. Those two stretches fill quickly, so calling early helps. Outside of those windows the calendar opens up and a slot usually comes sooner. Ask when you call and we will tell you what is open.
We clean residential properties of every size, from single houses to condos, and the same booking steps cover a single house or a larger lot. Every window on the exterior gets wiped, and each residential window gets its frame and sill done in the same pass. Every gutter run gets cleared and every downspout gets flushed first, so the clean windows are not hit by runoff. Once the visit is booked, a text with the arrival window comes the day before.
Yes, and it is the same crew doing professional window cleaning and gutter work. We do both in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the runoff from the roof does not end up on clean glass. Our crew also handles the flushing and the photos for the gutters and downspouts.
The number comes from stories and size, and we quote it by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a figure before we book.
On a Menlo Park house, the outside carries the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, so the glass gets dirty from the outside first. Cleaning only the inside leaves the outside grime in place, and it comes back within weeks. Outside cleaning is the only step that can remove dirt the rain has already laid on the glass.
Across California, the spring visit lands in mid to late June. In Menlo Park, the fall visit lands in December to early January. Those are the windows our calendar fills first, so calling early helps.
No. We clean the gutters first and flush every downspout, then give the wall a few minutes to stop dripping before we touch the glass. That order is the reason both jobs go in one visit.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and frames are cleaned as part of the visit. Tracks are included in the same pass, so there is no separate line for them.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean windows inside and we do not offer pressure washing, so if you need either, ask about those washing services separately and we will tell you who to call.
You do not need to be home. Turn off the sprinklers the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. That is the whole list, and we text you when we are on the way.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
