Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both together costs less than booking two separate trips. Our crew has done this work for homeowners across California, and most of our Rio Vista customers book it for spring and fall.
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.
The number we give you on the phone is the number we charge. We price by stories and approximate window count, and a window and gutter visit booked together is cheaper than two trips, because one setup covers both jobs. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate before the crew is scheduled.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer on the ladder. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down heavier, packed with needles and leaves. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared. Oversized panes and picture windows take more time per pane, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a stain no cleaning removes, so we flag it on the visit instead of promising it away. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing, sill wiping and cleaning solutions are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Our crew handles these details the same way on every house. We look at the roofline, count the stories and the panes, and note where the gutters need clearing. Interior and exterior glass are different jobs, and this visit covers the outside only. If you have had a window and gutter quote elsewhere, send us the photos and we will tell you what we would expect to find. The number is driven by what is on the house, not by a formula we keep to ourselves.
Here is a recent pattern from our Rio Vista work. Houses with heavy tree cover tend to need the gutters cleared more often and need more time on the upper windows, because the grime and grit settle in the same places every few months. Those jobs go in as a regular cleanings plan, and that is the cheapest way to keep the bill steady across the year.
| 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 cleaning services for gutters and exterior windows twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense on a regular calendar. On our Rio Vista jobs the pattern holds: the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop has finished, and the fall visit lands in late November to December, after the leaves are down.
Each visit finds different things. In spring the pollen settles as a film on south-facing glass and as a paste in the gutters. In fall the leaf load builds in the valleys and the wet mat sits against the downspout outlets. Clogged gutters are the usual reason a roof edge sheets water in a storm, and that spill is how water damage starts on the siding below. Wind and storm seasons move the dates a little, and the atmospheric rivers that bring most of the year's rain in a handful of days are the reason a gutter that looked clean in June can be full again by the first big storm.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between cycles. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and the mineral treatment is a separate step we quote after the crew sees it. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up dust faster. Our professional window cleaning crew checks each of these on the first visit and tells you which of them apply to your lot.
You will see when the windows need it: a haze that shows only when the sun is low, or a film on the glass that the rain does not wash off. You will see when the gutters need it: water sheeting over the edge in a rain, instead of running into the downspout. Those are the two signs we look for, and either one is a reason to call before the next visit is due. Clean glass also does more for curb appeal than most people expect, so the street side is the first place we look.
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 Rio Vista on window and gutter cleaning jobs, and we schedule service by phone or text. Send us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate and a date. Lead time depends on the season, and the calendar fills fastest in the two busy windows, when the pollen and leaf loads are heaviest, so booking early in those months gets you a slot. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text us.
Our window cleaning services cover the outside of every window we can reach from the ground or from a boom or scissor lift, including the upper stories of multi-story buildings and the residential window on the second floor of a typical house. We clean residential properties and commercial buildings alike, and residential and commercial customers get the same care on a sill. Condos get the same schedule as a single-family home. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
Yes, it is the same two people on the same visit, and gutters and downspouts are cleared before the glass is touched. The runoff from the gutters does not end up on clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Text a photo of the front of the house to get a written estimate before the crew is booked.
Yes, because the outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and the inside never sees any of them. Condos and houses both collect that film on the street side.
Our Rio Vista customers book in mid to late June for the spring visit and in late November to December for the fall one. Outside those windows, we can still schedule, but the calendar fills first in those months.
Not on our jobs. Gutters first, glass last: when we clear a run, the grit and the black water come down the wall, so we wait a few minutes for the wall to stop dripping before we touch the glass.
Screens are taken down, rinsed to remove dirt and put back, and sills are wiped as part of the visit. Tracks are included on the exterior side, and none of those are billed as extras.
Not on this visit. Our washing services stop at the exterior glass, so windows inside stay as they are, and we do not do pressure washing here.
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 unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
