Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. Our gutter and window cleaning services in Orinda run in one order: gutters first, glass last, so the runoff never lands on clean panes. We price by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. On our Orinda jobs most customers book in spring and fall, when dust, sap and leaves build up fastest. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
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 quote from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking the window and gutter work in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, so you know the total before the crew arrives. Quotes for residential and commercial buildings start with the same questions. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. The glass is rinsed with purified water rather than cleaning solutions, so the pane dries without a film.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote more than anything else. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more safety setup. On a typical residential window count, oversized picture windows and tall panes need more care per pane. Clogged gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear than a run that is cleaned twice a year. A clogged run that overflows in a storm can also lead to water damage along the fascia. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is not removed by cleaning at all. Multi-story buildings and homes with a lot of glass usually need a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder, and we say so when we quote.
Here is what we ask you for. Tell us the stories, roughly how many windows you have, and whether the gutters have been cleaned in the last year. A photo of the front of the house sent by text helps us see the roofline and the glass before we arrive. We use the same numbers for the estimate and the invoice, so the figure does not change on the day.
Across California, the cases that run longer tend to share the same features: tall structures, heavy debris, and glass that has been sitting under a sprinkler line. The exact number depends on your house, so the fastest way to get it is to send the stories and a photo. Ask for a written estimate and we will send it the same day we speak.
| 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 here book two cleanings a year, once in the spring after the haze settles and once in the fall after the leaves come down. That is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Regular cleanings keep the gutters clear between storms. Orinda gets about 26.8 inches of rain a year, most of it in January, February and December, so the winter runs fill fast. Across California the rhythm is similar, though the exact weeks shift with the weather.
At each visit we see different things. In the spring the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs the gutters and the elbows of the downspouts. In the fall the leaf load is the problem, a wet mat that holds water against the fascia. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, and in a heavy rain year we sometimes see the runs filling faster than a normal season would.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves round white spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects grime faster than one on a quiet street. For those houses we suggest a schedule that matches what we find, and when you schedule service we set the next visit from it rather than from a fixed calendar.
You will know windows need cleaning when you see a haze that only shows up when the sun is low. You will know gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspouts. Clean glass and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal, and that haze is the first thing a neighbor notices.
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.
We have cleaned gutters and exterior glass across the city, and we handle window and gutter cleaning as one professional window cleaning visit, so you are not waiting on two crews. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or send a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. We will tell you the lead time when you call, and we call before we come.
The two busiest windows of the year are the spring haze and the leaf drop, and our calendar fills in those weeks. If you want a slot in those months, book early. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew does not come inside the house.
We clean residential properties of all sizes, and each residential window gets its own pass, including the sill and the frame. Clean windows change how a house looks from the street, and a single visit covers every window on the exterior. Single-family homes and condos, and residential and commercial buildings, get the same order of work, gutters first and glass last. Tell us what you have and we will tell you how we would approach it.
Yes, it is the same crew. We clean the gutters first and then the exterior glass in one visit, so the runoff from the gutters never reaches the clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and our window cleaning services are priced on the same quote as the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the figure before the crew comes out.
On our Orinda jobs the outside carries rain dust, sprinkler spotting and road dust that the inside never sees. Cleaning the outside alone is how we remove dirt that builds up between visits.
Most of our Orinda customers book in spring and fall. Those are the two windows when leaves and spring haze are heaviest, so booking early in those months gets you a slot.
No, because we do the gutters first and the glass last. When the runs are cleared and the gutters and downspouts are flushed, the wall has time to stop dripping before we touch any window.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of our window washing services. Tracks are included with the window work, and we do not bill them as extras.
We do not clean the windows inside on this visit, and we do not do pressure washing. Interior and exterior work are two separate jobs, and this visit covers the exterior only.
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 unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
