The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the glass is not dirtied again by runoff. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and both jobs booked together cost less than two separate trips. On our Salinas jobs, most customers book this in the spring and the fall, which is when the dust and the leaves do the most damage to the outside of a house.
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, and we give that number by phone or text before anyone climbs a ladder. Booking the gutter and window cleanings in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
On our jobs, what moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes longer on the ladder. A high count of windows, or large picture windows that need a boom or scissor lift, adds time, and a heavy pollen film adds a second rinse. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear. A gutter guard that has to be lifted and reseated is more work, and hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line will not come off with cleaning, so we say so before we start. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of our cleaning services and are not billed as extras.
For a Salinas house, the fastest way to get an exact number is a photo of the front of the house sent by text, along with the number of stories and a rough count of windows. Our crew uses those to estimate the job before the visit, so you know the cost before we arrive. Cleaning solutions are included, and we bring the water-fed pole and purified water that dries the glass without streaks. If you have a mix of residential and commercial buildings, tell us when you call and we will quote each one separately. If you want interior and exterior glass both done, that is quoted as its own job, and this visit covers the exterior only.
One of our recent Salinas jobs was a two-story house with picture windows on the back and a sprinkler line that had left spotting on the lower panes. The crew cleaned every run and the exterior glass in a single morning, and the spotting was flagged in the photo report as something a mineral treatment could address. That is the sort of thing we tell you on the phone, before the truck is on the way.
| 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 Salinas customers book both gutters and exterior windows twice a year, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense on the calendar. We see the pollen film on south-facing glass and the paste in the gutters in the spring, and the wet leaf load in the fall. Those two visits cover most of what a house in this city collects.
Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass, or a house close to a busy road or a construction site usually needs a third visit. Multi-story buildings take more pole and ladder time than a single-story house, and that shows up in the quote. Those are the cases where the spots come back a day after cleaning and the gutters fill faster between visits. Regular cleanings on a set schedule are the simplest way to keep the outside of a house from collecting that film, and professional window cleaning is how we do it.
A sign the windows need cleaning is a haze you only notice when the sun is low in the sky, and a clean exterior also keeps curb appeal up between visits. A sign of clogged gutters is water sheeting over the edge during a rain, which usually means the downspouts are blocked, and water left running off the edge like that can lead to water damage at the fascia and siding.
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 has worked across Salinas. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front with the number of stories, and we book the estimate from that. Lead time is set by the calendar, so the estimate and the booking go together. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring dust and the fall leaf drop, so if you want a specific day in those months, book early. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
Window and gutter cleaning on residential properties is the same job whether it is a single-story bungalow or a larger house with many panes, and a residential window count is only one part of the quote. We schedule service so that every window and every gutter run is done in one visit, including the sill and the frame. Our crew can clean windows on the second story from the pole, so there is no ladder against the siding.
Yes. Our crew offers window cleaning services and gutter cleaning in one visit, with the same two people on the job. Gutters are done first and the glass last, so the runoff from the gutters does not dirty the windows we have just cleaned.
We do not quote a figure on the page. The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and you can get it by phone or text at (866) 435-6328.
On our Salinas jobs, the outside carries grime, rain dust and sprinkler spots that the inside never sees. Cleaning the outside helps remove dirt that otherwise builds up on the glass, and it is a separate job from the inside.
Most of our customers here, including owners of condos, book in the spring, after the dust settles, and in the fall, after the leaves come down. Text a photo of the house front and we will tell you which slot is open.
Not if the gutters are done first. When the leaves and grit come down the wall from a gutter, they run across any window below it, which is why we clean the gutters and downspouts first and only then touch the glass.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of our washing services, and they are not billed as extras. Tracks are cleaned with the frame.
No. This visit covers the exterior glass only. We do not clean windows inside the house, and we do not do pressure washing on this visit.
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.
