Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing that falls off the roof lands on clean panes. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across California, most of our customers book spring and fall, which is when the dust and leaf loads build up enough to matter. Tell us your stories and window count 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.
We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Doing the gutters and the exterior windows in one visit costs less than booking window washing and gutter work separately. Starting prices are set by stories and window count, and the figure you get depends on the house in front of us.
What moves a quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a roof steep enough that we have to work from a boom or scissor lift, picture windows with oversized panes, gutters that have not been cleaned 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 removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Professional window cleaning uses purified water on the glass, which dries without leaving marks behind, so the windows do not need a second pass to look right. Multi-story buildings follow the same access rules, so a tall house gets a longer quote than a single-story one.
Across California, the houses that cost the most to clean are usually the ones that have gone the longest without it, because clogged gutters hold water against the fascia and that is where water damage starts. The cheapest visit is the one booked before the gutters fill, which is why we ask for a photo of the front of the house when you call. From the photo and your stories, we can tell you whether the job is a one-visit clean or a longer one, and we will say so before anyone climbs a ladder. Clean gutters and glass do more for curb appeal than most owners expect, and the windows inside stay out of this visit. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will send the written estimate that day.
| 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 customers book both jobs twice a year, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense for cleaning services of this kind. Across California, the spring visit lands in mid to late June and the fall visit in late November to December. We time it that way because by then the spring dust has settled and the fall leaves are down, and the calendar works for both jobs at once.
On a residential window that faces south, the spring visit usually finds a pollen film, and the gutters hold a sticky paste. In the fall it is the leaf load, a wet mat that sits in the runs and blocks the downspout elbows. Storm and wind seasons move the dates, so we look at the house rather than the calendar before we book. Our customers with heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass, or a house near a busy road or construction tend to need a third visit. The sprinkler spots are the ones that come back a day after a cleaning, and those need a different treatment than a regular clean.
Most houses in our service area do well on the twice-a-year schedule, and regular cleanings keep the gutter runs clear between storms. Residential properties with heavy tree cover follow the same timing, and each visit covers every window on the house, including the upper panes. Clean windows stay that way longer when the gutters run clear. The sign that the glass needs it sooner is a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and the sign that the gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in the rain. If you see either one between visits, call us and we will tell you whether it is time to come back.
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 Mission Viejo and the surrounding area, and the fastest way to schedule service is to call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house. We ask for the number of stories and a rough window count, and from that we can give you a price and a date. Window cleaning services and gutter cleaning are one booking, so you do not need two calls. Booking runs through the usual lead time for our calendar, and when the spring and fall windows fill up, we book in the order the calls come in.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and the crew works outside without coming in. Our washing services follow the same order each time: the gutters and downspouts are cleared first, then the glass is done from a water-fed pole that reaches the upper panes, and the crew works to remove dirt from the frames and sills. Grime on the frames is wiped before the glass is rinsed. Condos get the same exterior routine, with the access worked out before the crew arrives. You will get the photos of each gutter run and the finished glass before the crew leaves. The estimate you get by phone is the one we invoice against, so the number you hear before the job starts is the number you pay.
Yes. The same two people do both, on the same visit, which is why the bundle costs less than two separate trips. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the dirty runoff does not land on clean panes.
The number comes from stories and size, the same way for a residential and commercial building, and we give it by phone or text. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will quote the job from there.
Usually the outside is what needs it first. Pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots build up on the exterior glass, and purified water lifts most of it without cleaning solutions, so a clean inside can still look hazy from the street.
Our customers here book spring and fall, when dust and leaves build up. Across California, a spring visit in mid to late June and a fall visit in late November to December fit both jobs. Regular cleanings follow the same two visits, and you can schedule service by calling (866) 435-6328.
No. We do gutters first and glass last, because the leaves, grit and black water from a run come down the wall and across any window below it. Doing the glass first means washing it again.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the exterior job, and picture windows get the same treatment. None of it is billed as an extra.
We handle interior and exterior glass as separate bookings. This visit is exterior only, and we do not do pressure washing here.
No, 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 the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. Call (866) 435-6328 with any questions before we arrive.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
