Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the glass is not washed twice. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both jobs together in one visit costs less than two separate trips. On our Millbrae jobs, most customers book this in the spring and fall, when pollen and leaves build up fastest on the house.
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 window and gutter cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. Oversized picture windows and a high count of small panes add time at the glass. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or clogged gutters packed with needles and leaves, need longer to clear and flush. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers does not come off with a regular cleaning, and we tell you about it before we start.
Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not extras. Gutters and downspouts are cleared and flushed on every visit, and we do not add them on the invoice. The windows inside are not part of this visit, and quotes for interior and exterior glass are separate, so this price covers the exterior only.
Some window cleaners price each pane. We quote the whole house from the stories and a rough count instead. On a house in Millbrae, the easiest way to get an exact number is to call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house along with the number of stories and a rough window count. The window and gutter cleaning quote comes back the same way, in writing, before anyone books a date. This price is for a single home, and residential and commercial buildings are scoped separately, so call before booking anything larger. We keep the scope the same on every visit, so the figure you get is the figure you pay, and your cleanings stay on the same plan from one season to the next. The crew uses purified water on the glass and reaches for cleaning solutions only where water will not lift a film.
| 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 Millbrae customers book both twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense on these houses.
In spring we find a pollen film on south-facing glass and sticky tree residue packed into the gutters, and by late spring the outside glass carries a grime film from road dust. In fall the leaf load is what we clear first, and the wet mat sits in the runs until it is hauled out. Winter storms and wind move the exact dates, so we book around the weather rather than a fixed calendar. Clean glass and clear gutters also do more for curb appeal than most owners expect, and our cleaning services follow the same calendar.
Across California, spring visits run mid to late June and fall visits late November to December. Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up dust faster than most. On those houses our customers are on regular cleanings three or four times a year, and we set the plan after the first visit.
Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, and that is when clogged gutters and water damage show up on a house. Millbrae averages about 19.6 inches of rain a year, with January, February and December the wettest months. A run that backs up in one of those storms is where water damage starts, so we check the downspouts before the wet months.
Windows need a visit sooner than you might expect when you see a haze only in low sun. Gutters need one when water sheets over the edge during rain instead of running down the downspout.
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 handles the exterior window and gutter cleaning jobs on residential properties throughout Millbrae. Professional window cleaning and gutter work happen on the same visit, and we clean windows and clear gutters together. Each residential window on the outside of the house is cleaned from the ground or from a boom or scissor lift where the height calls for it, and the pole lets the crew reach every window above the first floor without a ladder against the siding. Our window washing services follow the same process whether the house is a single-storey home or one of the multi-story buildings with a row of picture windows. Runoff from the roof carries grit onto the glass and the sill below, so the gutters go first. If you live in one of the condos, check with the association first, since they may own the gutters.
To book, you call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front with the number of stories. We come back with a written estimate, and once you approve it we schedule service for a date. Lead times depend on the season, and we tell you the next open slot when you call.
Spring and fall are the two busy windows, because the leaves are heaviest then, so the calendar fills faster. Book early in those months if you want a specific day. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come so the crew arrives when expected. If you want the visit scheduled around a parking or gate issue, tell us when you call and we plan for it.
Yes. The same two people do both on one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the runoff from the gutters does not land on clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house. Text us a photo of the front and the window count, and we send the quote in writing.
Usually the outside carries more of the grime here: tree dust in spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spots that build up on the exterior glass. Those are the things a regular interior wipe does not reach.
Most of our Millbrae customers book in spring and fall, after the pollen drop and after the leaves come down.
No. We clean the gutters and downspouts first and the glass last, so nothing from the runs washes down onto the windows we have just finished.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and tracks are cleaned as part of the visit, and none of it is billed as an extra.
We do exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean the windows inside and we do not do pressure washing here. The glass is rinsed with purified water to remove dirt without streaks.
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. If you live in one of the condos, check with the association first, since they may own the gutters.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
