Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing dirty runs back onto clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both together in one visit costs less than two separate trips. Across California, most of our customers book this in spring and fall, when pollen and leaves build up fastest on the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us for the number before the crew arrives.
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.
Window cleaning services are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are the same each time. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer on the ladder. Window count matters, and so do picture windows, which need more care per pane than a standard sash. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, take more time to clear and flush. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate issue: it sits in the glass and no cleaning removes it, so we flag it on the visit. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Here is how we arrive at the number for a house like yours. Tell us the number of stories and roughly how many windows the house has, and text us a photo of the front of the house. Our crew counts every window from the outside before we give a number. That gives us what we need to quote the gutters, the exterior glass, or both. We will also tell you when a job needs more than one visit to reach washing services standard, for example under heavy tree cover where the gutters refill fast. Our crew works from the outside only, and we charge for the gutters and downspouts and the window washing you asked for, nothing hidden. Most of the grime we remove is dust and runoff from the roof, and it can leave a film that is hard to remove dirt from once it dries. Ask us about condos and multi-unit buildings too, since the quote follows the same logic.
| 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 two cleanings a year for window and gutter work, once in spring and once in fall, and we run both on the same calendar so one crew can do both in one visit.
In spring, the pollen film builds on south-facing glass and sticky residue packs into the gutter elbows. Across California, our spring visits fall in mid to late June, when the film is thick enough to show in low sun. In fall, the leaf load arrives, and wet leaves in the gutters are heavy enough to sag a run. Storm and wind seasons can move these dates, so we schedule around the weather when we can. Film that has dried on the glass sometimes needs cleaning solutions rather than water alone, and we bring them when the pane calls for it.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof fills the gutters faster, and a sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. Keeping up with regular cleanings on that schedule keeps the spots from setting. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grit on the glass between visits. When we see these conditions on the first visit, we tell you what we would plan.
Here is how it looks on a real job. One customer with no trees over the roof does well on two visits a year. Another with trees over the roof and sprinkler spotting runs on three or four. Your schedule comes from what your house collects, not from a default plan. The same logic holds for residential and commercial buildings, since the film and the leaves do not care who owns the house.
Windows need cleaning again when the glass looks hazy only in low sun, which is the sign you can see most easily from a patio chair in the afternoon. Gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge during rain, instead of running into the downspout.
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 exterior windows and gutters for residential properties across San Clemente, with the same crew on each job. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front with the number of stories, and we give you a quote and a date. Lead time depends on the season, and during the busy spring and fall windows our calendar fills, so the earlier you call, the sooner the crew can come. We will tell you the earliest slot when you call. Our crew is also a professional window cleaning crew that handles multi-story buildings and tall houses with a boom or scissor lift when a ladder is not safe.
We call before we come so you know the crew is on the way. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. A run of clogged gutters is a common cause of water damage at the fascia and along the wall, so cleaning them on schedule keeps that from starting. Our window cleaners work from the ground and the lift, and we keep the curb appeal of the house in mind as we finish each side. The windows inside the house are not part of this visit, so nothing is done indoors and the crew never comes in.
Yes, on our jobs the same two people do both in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the dirty runoff from the gutters never lands on the clean windows we have already done.
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 and the number of stories, and we will quote the job. The number covers every window on the outside of the house.
Yes. The outside carries the pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots, and those sit on a residential window whether or not the inside is clean. A clean interior does not remove them.
Across California, the spring visit runs mid to late June and the fall visit runs late November to December. Book early, since those windows fill up.
No. Gutters first, glass last, so nothing from the gutters runs down onto windows we have already done.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are wiped where they are reachable from the outside.
We split interior and exterior work. This visit covers the exterior glass only, so we do not clean windows inside the house and we do not do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, and keep pets inside while ladders are up. Leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
