Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two trips. Across California, most of our customers book it in spring and fall, and that is the rhythm we keep here too.
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.
A professional window cleaning quote comes from stories and window count, and the figure we give on the phone is the figure we charge. Both jobs done together in one visit come in under two separate bookings, and the saving is shown on your quote. Nothing else is stacked on top: downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are a third story or a steep roof the crew has to work from a boom or scissor lift to reach, a window count with oversized panes, gutters that have not been cleared 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. When the crew finds clogged gutters that have started to back up, we photograph them and note how far the water has gotten before anyone looks at the glass. Left alone, that runoff finds the sill and the framing, and a small leak turns into water damage that costs far more than the visit. Dirty glass and a backed-up gutter both cost a house its curb appeal long before they cost anything in repairs. Quotes cover the outside glass only, so windows inside stay off the price unless you ask for them separately.
Across California we are asked how to get an exact number, and the answer is simple. Text us a photo of the front of the house, and tell us the number of stories and roughly how many windows face the street and back yard. Our crew uses that to set the quote before a truck is booked. Window washing quotes work the same way, and for larger properties and multi-story buildings we walk the exterior once and price it per building.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will send a written estimate the same 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.
Across California, most of our customers book both twice a year, once in mid to late June and once in late November to December, and one crew in one visit is the simplest way to do it. The spring visit clears the pollen film off south-facing glass and the pollen paste that packs the gutters. The fall visit clears the leaf load before the wet season. Regular cleanings twice a year keep the sill clear of the grit that builds up between seasons. Storms and wind shift the calendar some years, and when they do we call first.
Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass, or a house on a busy road usually needs a third visit. A residential window that takes sprinkler spray is the usual case, and those spots come back a day later, while the gutter runs on those houses fill fastest. Our cleaning services are scheduled around that, so the house gets the attention it actually needs rather than the same visit every time. If you want the third visit, ask us to schedule service for it when you book the first one.
The sign that windows need it is a haze you only notice when the sun is low. The sign that gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in a hard rain. Every window on the house gets checked on each visit, not just the ones facing the street.
Ask for a date on the phone at (866) 435-6328 and we will hold it.
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 work residential properties across the city, and we keep a clear record of the neighborhoods where our crew has already done clean windows and gutters before. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text: stories, approximate window count, and a photo of the house front. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we tell you the first open date when you call. The two busy windows of the year are the spring season and the fall leaf season, and that is when the schedule fills first.
Our washing services cover the glass, the frames and the sills, and the window cleaning services we provide on the exterior include screens when you ask for them. The gutters and downspouts are cleared, flushed and checked for runoff that could reach the wall below. We do not leave grime behind on the sill, and our crew will remove dirt from the frames too, with any dirt we cannot remove noted on your invoice.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and the crew works from the outside of the house. Condos and multi-unit buildings are scheduled per building so the access is cleared ahead of time.
Yes. The same two people do both on a single visit, gutters first and glass last. Most customers who book both get the cleanings done in one trip, which is cheaper than two bookings. That order matters because gutter runoff on the clean glass means a second pass before we leave.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text. We quote residential and commercial properties the same way, starting with a photo of the front of the house, and we will quote it the same day.
Here the outside carries rain dust, sprinkler spots and road film, which are what make a window look dull from the street. Outside-only cleaning takes care of that film. Interior and exterior glass are different jobs on our side, and the exterior is what this visit covers.
Across California, most of our customers book in mid to late June and late November to December, after the spring bloom and after the leaves come down. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you the first open date in each window.
Not if the order is right. We clear the roof, the gutters and the downspouts first, let the wall stop dripping, and only then start on the glass. The glass is rinsed with purified water, which leaves no cleaning solutions on the sill.
Sills are wiped as part of the job. Screens are rinsed on request, and tracks are cleaned as part of the exterior visit when they are reachable from outside. Picture windows are done from the pole, with the frame and sill wiped too.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean the interior glass or do pressure washing, and we will say so before we book.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, keep pets inside, and leave the side gate unlocked. Text (866) 435-6328 if anything changes.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
