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 in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across California, most of the homes we work on are booked for the spring and fall cleaning, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote.
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 window cleaning services are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and window washing done in the same visit as the gutters costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes longer to work safely. Oversized panes and a high window count add time at the glass. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or packed with needles and leaves, need more passes, and grime that has built up in the runs adds time too. Clearing the gutters and downspouts comes first, and that step is already in the price. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated are timed separately, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers will not come off with cleaning alone. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Where the crew has to remove dirt from a clogged run before it can flush, that time is also in the quote.
To get the exact number, text us the front of the house and tell us the stories and roughly how many windows face the street. Across California, the homes we quote most often are the ones where a second opinion on window count changes the price, so a photo does more than a guess. We will tell you which parts of the job the photo shows and which need a look from the ladder. On the condos and multi-unit buildings we see, the count of windows and the height of the roofline set the time, and the crew confirms both before any work starts. Runoff from the roof is the first thing we check in any of our washing services, because it tells us whether the gutters are holding or overflowing before we bill a single pass.
| 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 homes are cleaned twice a year, and one crew does the window and gutter work in one visit each time. The spring visit falls in mid to late June, when the seed heads and dust have built up, and the fall visit falls in late November to December, when the leaf load needs clearing before the rains. Regular cleanings on that schedule keep the spring film from setting into the glass, and the same timing works for residential and commercial buildings.
Pollen is the thing that changes the glass. In the spring it lays a yellow film on south-facing windows and turns to paste in the gutters. Picture windows show it most, since one big pane shows every streak. By fall the leaf load is what fills the runs. Storm and wind seasons move the exact dates; the big rain years put the most water through the gutters in a few days, and that is when a run that was fine in March starts to overflow.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass, or a house near a busy road or construction all fill faster. Sprinkler spots come back a day after cleaning, and the trees keep dropping needles between visits. The crew picks cleaning solutions only for the spots that water will not lift. We tell you which of these your house has after the first visit, and we do not add visits you do not need.
Windows tell you when they need it: a faint haze that only shows when the sun is low. Gutters tell you too: water sheeting over the edge in a rain. If you see either, book a visit for the exterior glass, since our crew does not take interior and exterior glass together on one visit. Ask for the spring or fall slot and we will confirm the date by phone.
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.
We clean gutters and exterior windows for residential properties across Riverside and the surrounding area, and the crew works from the same calendar for both jobs. Booking runs through a short estimate by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text: give us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we confirm a date and arrival window. Lead time depends on the season, and we tell you the open dates when you call.
The busy windows are the two seasons when the leaves and seed heads come down, and our calendar fills then. Book early if you want a specific week, and say so when you schedule service. Outside those windows, slots open up more easily. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come. The crew checks every window on the street side first, then works around to the back. For professional window cleaning on multi-story buildings, the crew uses a water-fed pole from the ground wherever it can reach.
Window cleaners who skip the gutters often leave runoff on the glass below, and clogged gutters can cause water damage to fascia and siding over time. We do both jobs in one pass so the curb appeal of the house holds through the season. Our window cleaning services cover the outside of the home, and the windows inside stay as they are, so the visit stays predictable.
Yes, on our jobs the same two-person crew does both. The gutters are done first and the glass last, so the runoff from the roof does not land on clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the window count, and we give it to you by phone or text. We will not guess it from the street, so send a photo of the front of the house.
On the outside of a residential window, pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots build up fast, and the inside glass does not catch them. Exterior cleaning on every window is what changes how the house looks from the street.
Across California most customers book spring and fall. The spring visit runs mid to late June and the fall visit runs late November to December, and we can schedule service for either.
Not if the order is right. Gutters first, glass last, so the leaves and black water are gone before anyone touches the glass.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and the frames are done as part of the window work. They are not billed as separate add-ons.
No. We do exterior glass only on this visit, and we do not do pressure washing. We do not take interior and exterior glass as one job, and the outside is what we clean.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside, 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.
