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 both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across California, most of the homes we service book this pairing in spring and fall, which is why the crew keeps both on one calendar. Tell us your stories and roughly how many windows you have, and we give you the number on the phone.
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.
Our crew gives you one number, quoted by phone or text from your stories and approximate window count, and the number we give is the number on the invoice. Booking both jobs in one visit costs less than two separate trips, so the figure you get from us is the one that counts. Our window washing and washing services follow that same quote, and the window cleaning services we price are for the exterior only, even when a customer asks about interior and exterior work. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are the same every time. A third story or a steep roof means boom or scissor lift work and more time on the ladder. Window count matters, and so do oversized picture windows that need more care per pane. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate question: a regular cleaning removes the dust and grime, but the mineral marks stay until they are treated, and the crew flags them on the visit so you know before the bill.
Here is the most useful thing we can tell you about the number. Send a photo of the front of the house by text and tell us the stories and window count, and we can narrow the quote before anyone comes out. That is how we keep the phone number and the invoice the same. Our regular cleanings are scheduled around the spring and fall visits, so the price for a repeat booking follows the same logic as the first 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 customers in Rancho Santa Margarita book both gutters and windows twice a year, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. On our jobs, the spring visit clears the pollen that settles on south-facing glass and packs into the gutters as pollen paste, and the fall visit clears the leaf load before the wet season. Across California the storm and wind seasons move the dates a little each year, so we book by the state of the roof, not by a fixed day. The cleaning solutions we use suit residential and commercial glass alike, and windows inside are not part of this visit.
Some houses need a third visit. We see it most under heavy tree cover over the roof, where window and gutter debris keeps arriving between visits. Clogged gutters on those roofs can back water toward the fascia, and water damage starts small: a stain on the trim, then soft wood. A sprinkler line that hits the glass is the other common reason for an extra trip, because the spots come back a day after a cleaning if the water is still hitting the pane. A house near a busy road or a construction site also tends to need the glass done more often, and so do multi-story buildings in the same spot, since the film settles faster.
You can tell when windows need it by haze you only notice when the sun is low, and when gutters need it by water sheeting over the edge in rain. Those two signs are a better guide than the calendar, and if you see either one between visits, call (866) 435-6328 and we will look at 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.
Our crews have worked across Rancho Santa Margarita as professional window cleaning crews, and the neighborhoods we clean most are the ones our customers ask about by name when they call. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time varies with the season, and we tell you the next open slot when you call. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
The two busy windows of the year are early spring and the fall leaf month, and that is when our calendar fills fastest. Booking early in those months gets you the slot you want, and the crew can plan the route around your house. Our crew is the same crew that does the work, so the person who gives you the estimate is the one who knows the house.
Gutter and window cleaning services are one job for us, so we treat the whole outside of the house together, and we run the same routine on every window and every gutter run. Clean glass and clear gutters also do a lot for curb appeal from the street. Schedule service by phone or text, and the crew will confirm the day before.
Yes. Our crew cleans the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. It is the same two people on the ladder, which is why the bundle costs less than two separate trips.
The number comes from your stories and approximate window count, and we give it by phone or text. Condos and residential properties are quoted on the same basis, and the figure we quote is the figure on the invoice, with downspout flushing and screen rinsing included.
On our jobs, the outside carries most of what dirties a residential window here: dust, rain spotting and sprinkler spots. Interior glass is not part of this visit, so the outside is where we can remove dirt well in one trip.
Most of our customers here book in early spring, once the dust has settled, and again in fall, before the leaf load and the wet season. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will set the dates from your roof.
No, because we clean gutters and downspouts first and glass last. When a run is cleared, the debris and runoff come down the wall, so the glass waits until the wall has stopped dripping.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and they are not billed as extras. Tracks are included on the exterior side when they are reachable from outside.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean inside the windows and we do not do pressure washing on this visit.
No, you do not need to be home. 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.
