Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. Across California, most of our customers book this bundle in the spring and fall, and the crew works through the house from the roofline down to the sill.
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 gutter and window cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count. The bundle, done in one visit, costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. The starting figures are a floor, not a quote. We use the same method for residential and commercial buildings, so the quote is built from stories and window count either way.
On our jobs, the crew finds the same few things drive the number up. A third story or a roof steep enough that the crew has to work it from a boom or scissor lift adds time. So do oversized picture windows, which take longer to rinse and dry without marks. Clogged gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take the longest to clear. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are priced on the day you see them. Hard-water spotting from sprinkler lines will not come off with cleaning, so we flag it on the visit and quote it separately if you want it addressed. Gutters and downspouts get flushed, screens get rinsed and sills get wiped as part of the job, not extras billed later.
The quickest way to get an exact number is to call or text (866) 435-6328 with a photo of the front of the house and the stories you count, and we will tell you what the window count and gutter condition add. Our crew has cleaned houses where the lower floor was a quick run and the upper story with a long run of washing services took most of the afternoon, and the number reflected that before the first rung was set. The same logic applies to multi-story buildings: each added floor adds time, so the price follows the floors. For a home with more glass than usual, the price goes up with the window count, not with the square footage. Our crew can also give you a written estimate before anyone is booked, so you can compare it with other window cleaning services and see what is in it.
Window washing on picture windows and large glass panels takes the same care as the rest of the house, so we quote them by pane rather than by the wall. Grime that has built up over months takes more passes to remove dirt, and a window that has never had regular cleanings can take longer on the first visit than on the ones after it. Interior and exterior glass are quoted separately, and the standard visit covers the exterior only. Our crew will tell you on the phone whether your house is likely to be a first-visit job or a routine one.
| 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 Rancho San Diego customers book window and gutter cleaning twice a year, in spring and again in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Across California, the same pattern holds: the spring visit clears the pollen and the fall visit clears the leaves before the wet months.
What the crew finds in spring is pollen, a fine film on south-facing glass and a pollen paste packed into the gutters and downspout elbows. In fall, clogged gutters are the usual result of the leaf load, a wet mat that sits in the runs and holds grit against the metal. Storm and wind seasons move the dates a little, and when the wet season comes early we sometimes book the fall visit sooner than planned. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, and houses that sit under heavy tree cover tend to need a third visit, because needles and grit keep packing the downspouts between cleanings.
A third visit is worth booking when there is heavy tree cover over the roof, when a sprinkler line hits the glass and leaves the spots that come back a day later, or when the house sits near a busy road or active construction. Multi-story buildings under the same conditions are the same case, since the upper floors collect the same grit and take more time on the ladder. Those are the cases where cleaning solutions alone do not hold for long, and where the outside of the glass picks up dust faster than the window and gutter schedule allows.
Windows tell you when they need it: a faint haze shows only when the sun is low on the glass, and the windows inside the house can look clean while the outside is hazy. Gutters tell you too: water sheeting over the edge in a steady rain instead of running down the downspout, and a run that stays wet can lead to water damage at the fascia and sill.
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 cleans gutters and exterior windows on residential properties across Rancho San Diego, and most of our booking comes in by phone or text. To start, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front with a count of the stories. A written estimate usually follows the same day, and we will tell you the next open slot on the calendar. We offer professional window cleaning and gutter cleaning services, and every window on the house is included in the exterior visit, not just the ones that face the street. A residential window gets the same pole and water method as the rest of the glass.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew does not come inside, and it calls before it arrives so you know the window is coming. Gutters and downspouts are cleared before the glass is touched, so the two jobs run in one order. Condos get the same visit, though a shared wall or a common roof can change the access, so we confirm that on the call. The two busy stretches of the year are the spring pollen window and the fall leaf window, and when those open, the calendar fills first. If you want a particular month, ask early.
We keep the sill and the frame on the list, because a dirty sill is where the outside of the glass gives up first, and clean sills matter for curb appeal. If you need to schedule service for the back of the house on another day, that is possible, though the bundle is priced for one visit. Our window cleaners work the whole house in one pass, and the quote follows the stories and window count, as above.
Yes, and it is the same crew. We clear the gutters and downspouts first and do the glass last, so the runoff from the roof does not land on the panes we have just cleaned.
The number comes from the stories and the window count, and each residential window is counted before we give a figure by phone or text.
Here the outside carries pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots, so cleaning it is how you remove dirt the inside never shows, and the inside can look fine while the outside is hazy.
Most of our customers on residential properties here book in spring and in fall, and the calendar is fullest in those two windows.
No, because gutters first and glass last means the roof and gutters are cleared and flushed before the glass is touched.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleared as part of the exterior visit.
Not on this visit. We do exterior glass only and do not do pressure washing here.
You do not need to be home. Turn off the sprinklers the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside while ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. If you live in condos, ask the building about roof access before booking.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
