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 roofline ends up on clean panes. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across California, most of our customers book the work in spring and fall, which is when pollen and leaf loads build up on both the gutters and the glass.
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 the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle of gutters and window washing services in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Our cleaning services cover the exterior of every window in that price, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote show up on the day. A third story or a roof steep enough that the crew works from a boom or scissor lift changes the setup. Window count matters, and every window on the list gets a pane-by-pane look before the number is set. Oversized picture windows need more reach and more time per pane. Gutters that have gone years without cleanings, or that are packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear and haul. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem that cleaning alone will not remove, so we note it and quote any treatment separately. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Quotes for interior and exterior glass are separate, and this visit covers the exterior only.
One job in Potomac Park shows how this plays out. The quote came in higher than the customer expected because the house had two stories plus a lower wing, a row of large front windows, and a back run of gutter that had gone several seasons without a clean. The crew cleared it, flushed every downspout, and sent photos of each run before leaving. The customer booked the window washing and the gutters in the same visit rather than splitting them, which is the setup we see most often when the house has more than one story.
Price follows the house, not the other way round. The fastest way to get an exact number is to text us a photo of the front of the house along with the number of stories and a rough window count. We will come back with the figure, and it stays the same when the crew shows up.
| 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 residential and commercial customers book window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, and one crew doing both in one visit makes that schedule simple. Across California, the spring visit falls in mid to late June, and on our Potomac Park jobs the fall visit runs December to early January.
What we find at each visit depends on the season. In spring, the pollen film on the south-facing glass is the first thing we see, and the gutters hold pollen paste that has to be flushed out of the downspout elbows. In fall, the leaf load builds up in the gutters and on the sills. Storm and wind seasons can move both dates, and the wet months from January through March are the ones when clogged gutters show up as water damage on the fascia and the wall below.
Some properties need more than the two regular cleanings a year. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or construction picks up extra dust and runoff on the windows, and we remove dirt that has baked onto the glass rather than only rinsing it. On multi-story buildings and condos, the upper windows collect more grime than the ground floor, so the schedule follows the exposure. Windows inside run on their own schedule, since interior glass is not part of these exterior visits.
A window that needs cleaning shows haze you only notice when the sun is low, and that haze tells you the cleaning solutions are wearing off the glass. Gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in the rain instead of running down the downspout. Those are the two signs we look for when we talk through the schedule with you.
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 Potomac Park, and we keep track of the neighborhoods where we have cleaned so you can ask about your street. Plenty of window cleaners quote the glass alone and send the gutters somewhere else, so we keep both on one crew. Booking starts with a quick estimate by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time depends on the calendar at the time you call, and we will tell you the next open slot when you ask.
The calendar fills fastest in the two busy windows of the year, the spring and fall visits, so booking early in those months keeps more options open. Outside those windows, we usually have more room to fit a job in, and clean gutters and glass do a lot for curb appeal. Either way, we call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
Our window cleaning services and gutter work are scheduled as one visit, so you do not have to coordinate two companies or two dates. The professional window cleaning on the glass is done by the same crew that clears the gutters. To schedule service, tell us how many stories the house has and roughly how many windows, so the crew can plan the ladder and lift work for every window in one trip.
Yes. Our crew does both gutters and exterior glass in one visit, gutters first and glass last. Many window cleaners only do the glass, so the same two people clear the gutters and downspouts and then do the windows from start to finish.
A residential window job is quoted from the stories and the size of the house, and we give the number by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. Send us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will quote the job.
On our jobs, the outside carries most of what dulls the glass on residential properties here: pollen in spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spots that build up over the season. Cleaning the outside keeps the glass clear even when the windows inside are already clean.
Across California, most customers book the spring visit for mid to late June, and our Potomac Park fall visit runs December to early January. Those are the windows when the pollen and leaf loads are heaviest.
No, that is why we do gutters first and glass last. When a run of gutters and downspouts is cleared, the leaves, grit and black water come down the wall and across any window below it, so the glass is done only after the gutters and downspouts are finished and the wall has stopped dripping.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are wiped when we are on the window. None of that is billed as a separate extra.
No. This visit is exterior only, so we clean the outside of the glass and do not clean inside the windows or do pressure washing.
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. The crew sends photos of every gutter run and the finished glass before they leave.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
