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 from the roof ends up on clean panes. We price 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 this in the spring and fall, when pollen and leaves build up fastest.
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. Booking both jobs in one visit costs less than booking the gutters and the windows separately, and the number we give you on the phone is the number we charge.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are the same ones the crew sees from the ground and the ladder. Multi-story buildings and steep roofs take longer to work safely. A high count of residential window panes, including oversized picture windows, adds time at the glass. Gutters and downspouts that have not been cleaned in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, need more passes. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers will not come off with a standard cleaning, so we flag it before we quote. Gutters and downspouts are cleared and flushed as part of the job, and screen rinsing and sill wiping are not billed as extras.
Across California, our window washing work follows the same logic: the house decides the time, not a flat rate. Some of our Palo Alto customers ask whether the two services are priced as separate line items. They are not. The crew quotes the whole exterior in one number, and the washing services, grime removal and cleanings that go into it are all in that figure. Customers who want regular cleanings usually set a schedule after the first visit, once the crew has seen how the glass and gutters hold up under the local trees and sprinklers. The interior and exterior of a window are two different jobs; we only do the exterior on this visit, so picture windows and other windows inside the house are not covered by this quote.
To get your exact number, call us, or text a photo of the front of the house along with the number of stories and a rough window count. We will tell you what the visit will include before the crew is scheduled.
| 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 services twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar.
Across California, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop has finished. Pollen settles as a film on south-facing glass and as a paste in the gutter elbows. That film shows up on residential and commercial glass alike, so the crew checks each pane before choosing the cleaning solutions. The fall visit runs from December to early January, when the leaf load comes down and the rain starts. Winter rain is heavier here, and the gutters that were cleaned in fall are the ones that handle it without overflowing.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, and clogged gutters are the first place it shows. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day later, and those need a separate pass. Runs that overflow onto the siding can cause water damage at the fascia, so the crew checks them on every visit. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more film on the glass than the rest of the street.
Two signs tell you the windows need a visit. The first is a haze that you only notice when the sun is low in the afternoon. The second is water sheeting over the edge of the gutter during a rain, which means the run is full. For a window and gutter cleaning on a schedule, the crew can plan both around your own calendar, and we will say what we see on the first visit before we set the next 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 works across Palo Alto, and the window cleaners on it also handle the gutters on most homes, so you get both done on one day. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house. We reply with an estimate and the first open date.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring and fall visits, when pollen and leaves are heaviest. During those weeks our slots fill, so booking early helps. Outside those windows, the calendar opens up and the schedule is easier to fit around your own plans.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew calls before we come, and the visit is outside the house. Professional window cleaning services are built around the glass and gutters that matter for curb appeal, and every window on the house gets the same attention, including the sill and frame. We cannot promise a slot on the day you call, but we will tell you the first open date when you reach us. If some windows matter more to you, tell us which ones when you call and we will plan the route around them.
Yes. The same crew does both in one visit, and the price for both is less than two separate trips. We work gutters first and glass last, so the runoff from the roof never lands on panes we have just cleaned.
The number comes from the number of stories, the approximate size of the house and a rough count of the residential window panes. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you the exact figure before the crew is scheduled.
It depends on what the outside carries. In Palo Alto, the outside collects pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots, and those settle on the glass whether the inside is clean or not. The same film builds up on residential properties here, so the outside glass needs its own visit. Outside glass that is never cleaned gets hazy over time, and that haze can make the inside look dirtier than it is.
Across California, our spring visits usually land in mid to late June, and our fall visits run from December to early January here in Palo Alto. Spring and fall are the two times most people book, because that is when pollen and leaves build up. Clogged gutters are the other reason, since leaves come down in the fall.
Gutters first, glass last. When the crew clears a run, the leaves, grit and black water come down the wall and across any window below. The glass is cleaned after the gutters and downspouts have been flushed and the wall has had a few minutes to drip dry, so the water that ends up on the clean panes is clean.
We clean the screens, the sills and the frames as part of the job. We remove dirt caught in the tracks by hand, because a rinse does not lift what has dried in the corners. Tracks are not billed as extras, and they are included in the number we quote. A gutter that overflows for long stretches can also lead to water damage at the fascia, so tell the crew if you have seen that.
We clean the exterior of the windows on this visit. We do not clean windows inside the house, and pressure washing is a separate job we do not take on here. Owners of condos should tell us when they call so we can confirm which exterior glass is included before the visit.
You do not need to be home. Before the crew arrives, turn the sprinklers off, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside, and leave the side gate unlocked. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
