Our crew cleans the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the glass is not dirtied again by the runoff. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across California, spring and fall are when most homeowners book this combined visit, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
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 stories and approximate window count, both jobs in one visit cost less than two separate bookings, and the number we quote by phone or text is the number on the invoice. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
What the crew actually finds on the day is what moves a quote. A third story or a steep roof means more time on the ladder. Picture windows and oversized panes add time on the glass, and so does a high window count. Gutters that have not been cleared in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer than a light run. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time, and so does hard-water spotting from sprinklers, which no cleaning removes and which we flag before we start.
Clogged gutters are the first thing we fix, because that is where water damage starts on a wall. Multi-story buildings and homes with many panes are quoted after we see them. Window washing and professional window cleaning are both built on the same approach: purified water, a pole, and a slow pass on each pane, with no cleaning solutions added.
Tell us the number of stories and a rough window count, and text a photo of the front of the house. That is enough for an estimate. We do not cover interior glass on this visit, so windows inside are not part of the quote.
| 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, the answer is spring and fall cleanings, with a third visit when the house needs one. The pollen film on south-facing glass and the pollen paste in the gutters are the spring problem; the wet leaf mat is the fall one. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass, or a house near a busy road means a third visit is worth scheduling, since those are the spots that come back within a day.
Most of our crews keep residential window cleaning services on a regular rhythm, and the residential properties we see most often book regular cleanings twice a year. A rhythm helps because clean windows stay clear longer and a regular schedule service means no runs get missed. Check every window and sill on the visit, not just the ones you see from the street.
Windows need a visit when haze shows up only when the sun is low. Gutters need one when water sheets over the edge in rain. Call (866) 435-6328 to set the spring or fall date and we will confirm the slot.
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 across Milpitas, and we book by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text once we have the stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time is shown on the booking page, and the busy windows are the spring months and the fall leaf months, when the calendar fills first. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
The washing services we run are built for the grime that builds up on glass and in gutters: the runoff from roofs, the dirt that sits on sills, and the buildup along the gutters and downspouts. We remove dirt from the glass without leaving streaks, and we clear the gutters before anything hits the wall below. Single-family homes, townhouses and condos are all on the same route plan, and residential and commercial buildings are quoted by stories and window count, with multi-story buildings checked on site first.
Our window cleaning services and gutter work go out on the same truck, so one call covers both. If a slot opens up sooner than you expected, we will tell you.
Yes, it is the same two people. We do the gutters first and the glass last, which keeps the runoff off the clean windows.
We do not quote a figure off a chart. The number comes from stories and window count, and we give it by phone or text. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
On the outside, rain dust and sprinkler spots build up, and that is what we see on most glass here. Cleaning the outside is the part that changes the curb appeal of the house from the street. Interior and exterior cleaning is a separate job that we do not do on this visit.
Across California, spring and fall are the usual windows. Our Milpitas customers tend to book in the spring season and again in the fall leaf season, and one visit each time covers both jobs.
Not if we do it in the right order. Gutters go first, and the glass gets washed only after the wall stops dripping, so nothing from the gutters lands on clean panes.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included on the outside as well, so you do not get a separate bill for them.
We clean the outside of the glass only, on this visit. We do not do interior glass or pressure washing, so if you need those, book them separately.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside while 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.
