Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Our crew has done this work on Modesto homes through the spring and fall seasons, when most of the pollen and leaf load comes down.
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 bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Window washing and gutter work go on one quote. Our washing services cover both, and our window cleaning services are priced by the job, not by the pane. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and it is set before the truck rolls.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are predictable. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more gear. Oversized panes and a high window count add time at the glass. Heavy grime on the sill adds a pass, and runoff staining under a clogged downspout adds another. Gutters and downspouts that have not been opened in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, need more passes. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is etched into the glass, and no cleaning removes it. Crews remove dirt from the frame before they touch the glass, and downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
One Modesto job shows how the details add up. The house had a walkway-side run that had sat full through a long dry stretch, a window count that stretched the afternoon, and a sprinkler line that had left spots on the south glass. Those three things, in the words we wrote on the estimate, set the number, and that is the number on the invoice. A similar house with fewer panes and clear gutters comes in lower, and we tell you that before we start. A condo with a shared roofline gets its quote run by run, not by the building. The quickest way to get an exact number is a text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, or a call at (866) 435-6328 for a written estimate.
| 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.
On our Modesto jobs most customers book both twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense for them. Each visit catches a different load, so the two dates do different work. Most of our cleanings fall in those two windows.
In spring the pollen film is thick on south-facing glass and the pollen paste sits in the gutters and at the elbows. What we find on the glass is a yellow haze that wipes off with plain water on the first pass. Our cleaning solutions come out only when plain water leaves a film behind. In fall the leaf load is the job, a wet mat two inches deep at the low end of the run. Storm and wind seasons move the dates a few weeks in either direction, so we book from the house, not the calendar.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the downspouts between visits, and those houses are on every three to four months. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those houses need the extra visit too. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects a film of dust that makes a second pass necessary. The same dust builds up on residential and commercial buildings, and regular cleanings keep it from setting.
For a customer with no trees and no sprinkler problem, twice a year is enough. For one with tree cover and spotting, we have seen three or four visits a year settle the glass and the gutters. Our visit covers the exterior only, and interior and exterior work is quoted as its own job. After the first visit we tell you which of those your lot needs, and we put the photos in the report so you can see it yourself.
Windows tell you when they need it: a haze you only notice when the sun is low, or streaks that show up on the south side first. Picture windows show a haze first, since one pane can cover a whole wall. Gutters tell you the same way: water sheeting over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspout. If you see either, call (866) 435-6328 and we will schedule service at the next open date.
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 offers cleaning services for gutters and exterior windows across Modesto, and the booking is simple. Call or text, give us the number of stories, and send a photo of the house front. That gets you a quote and a date, and we call before we come. Professional window cleaning goes on the same route as the gutters, so one appointment covers both.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring pollen season and the fall leaf drop, so booking early in those months helps. Outside them we usually have room, and the lead time is set by the date we give you on the phone. We do not promise same-day or next-day service unless the schedule says so for that week.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew does not work on the windows inside the house, so nothing needs moving indoors. Our crew stays outside, and the photos of every run and the finished glass go to your phone before we leave. We are set up for residential window cleaners work on single homes and for the multi-story buildings that some owners in town run on the same route. Clean windows and clear gutters both carry curb appeal, and clogged gutters left alone are where water damage starts, so the two jobs belong on the same visit.
Yes. Our crew does both on the same visit, gutters first and glass last, so you do not have to coordinate two companies. The service is built for residential properties across Modesto.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Send the story count and a photo of the front, and we will quote the job from those.
Usually the outside is where the problem is. Pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots collect on the outside of the glass, and cleaning the inside does not touch them.
Most of our customers here book in spring and in fall. Spring catches the pollen and fall catches the leaves, and those are the two loads that matter on the glass and in the gutters.
Not with our order. Gutters first, glass last, so the water and debris from the runs has already drained before anyone touches the glass.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included when they are reachable from outside. Every window gets the same exterior treatment, so the screens and sills on each one are handled on the same pass.
We clean the exterior of the glass on this visit. We do not clean inside the windows, and we do not do pressure washing on this visit.
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 leave the side gate unlocked. Text a photo of the roofline and we will confirm the date.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
