The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit here, gutters first and glass last, so the glass is not dirtied twice. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them separately. Across California, most of our customers book it in spring and fall, and we have been doing this work on houses long enough to know where the grime settles first.
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. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, so tell us the stories and send a photo of the front of the house by text and we will give you the figure before anyone comes out.
What moves it on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a roof steep enough that we tie off, a window count with oversized panes or picture windows that need a different setup, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared, and hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
We cannot say what a single house will cost from a general page, so the honest move is to get the exact number. Stories, window count, and a photo of the front of the house are enough for us to quote it, so call (866) 435-6328 with those details and we will give you the figure. The residential and commercial jobs we run follow the same method, and the quote does not change once the crew is on the ladder unless we find something outside the scope we agreed on, which we photograph and report rather than bill.
Plan on the cleanings being regular cleanings rather than one-time fixes: the gutter that is clear this spring fills again by fall, and the glass that was clean in June carries the film of spring dust back by the next season. The cleaning solutions on the glass and frames are included in the job, the same as the downspout flushing. If the schedule you pick is the schedule you keep, the per-visit number stays predictable, and the interior and exterior work is quoted separately if you ask for it, though we only do the exterior on this visit.
| 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 most of our customers book these cleaning services twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the leaves are down, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. The spring visit lands in mid to late June across California, and on our Oroville jobs the fall visit falls in December to early January, and that is the calendar we plan around.
What we find at each visit follows the seasons. In the spring the pollen settles as a film on south-facing glass and as a paste in the gutters, and the downspout elbows pack with seeds, which is how clogged gutters start. In the fall the leaf load is what we clear, a wet mat two inches deep in the runs under the trees, and on the glass the rain has been carrying dust down the frames all year. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, so a storm the week before our booking can push the crew into a second visit, and a gutter that overflows in a storm is how water damage starts at the fascia.
Some houses need a third visit as we see them. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, so those are on every three to four months. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the round spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those need the crew back sooner. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up a fine layer faster than the rest of the block. Multi-story buildings with a lot of glass take a longer visit and more ladder setups, so the schedule for those is planned before the crew arrives.
Gutters and windows are cleaned on the same schedule because they share the same calendar, and most of the steps in the visit happen from one ladder setup per side of the house. Windows show the need for a cleaning as a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and gutters show it when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspout. Cleaning the windows inside will not remove that haze, since the film sits on the outside glass, so the outside is where professional window cleaning earns its keep and where curb appeal changes first.
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 Oroville, and the residential window and gutter cleaning we do covers homes of all sizes, along with the residential properties that need every window and every run done on the same visit. Booking starts with a phone call to (866) 435-6328 or a text: tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the figure and a date. Lead time depends on the season, and our calendar is fullest in the two busy windows of the year, the spring after the seed drop and the late fall after the leaves, so book early if you want to schedule service for a specific week.
When the crew arrives, we call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work because the crew stays outside. We leave the glass and the gutters in the state we found them in except for what we cleaned, and we send the photos of each run and the finished windows before we leave, so you can see the clean windows and the sill and frame work for yourself. If you want the job scheduled with a particular date, ask when you call, and we will confirm it in writing.
The point of booking the outside of your windows and the gutters together is that one visit covers the whole exterior, from the roof edge to the sill, and you only have to schedule service once. If something outside the agreed scope turns up, the crew photographs it and reports it, and nothing gets added to the invoice without you agreeing to it first.
Yes. The same two people handle the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, and we do the gutters first and the glass last. That order keeps the glass from being dirtied twice, and it is the main reason our window cleaning services are booked together with gutter work.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it to you by phone or text before we come out. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will give you the figure.
On our Oroville jobs the outside carries the most of the grime: a film from the spring air, rain dust that washes down the frames, and sprinkler spots. Our washing services focus on the exterior for that reason, because clean inside glass does not help once the outside is dirty, so the exterior is the part that changes what you see.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and the fall. Across California the spring visit falls in mid to late June, and our Oroville fall visit runs December to early January, when the leaves are heaviest.
No, as long as the gutters come first. When we clear a run, the leaves and the black runoff come down the wall, so we clear the roof, then the gutters and downspouts, and clean the glass last.
Screens are rinsed to remove dirt, sills are wiped, and tracks are part of the job on the exterior, so those are not billed separately. Downspout flushing is included too.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit, and we do not do interior window cleaning or pressure washing on it. The exterior-only scope applies to condos and houses alike, so the inside glass stays as it is.
No, you do not need to be home, since the crew works outside and sends photos before they leave. 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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
