Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing washes back onto clean panes. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. Our crew handles this work across California every spring and fall, and the estimate starts with a quick count on the phone or by text.
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 washing on a house like ours is priced by stories and approximate window count. Booking the gutters and the windows together in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. We quote from stories and window count, so tell us those when you call at (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house.
On our jobs, what moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. Stories and steep roofs take longer to reach safely. Window count and oversized panes add time at the glass. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or that are packed with needles and leaves, need more passes. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate issue that cleaning alone will not remove. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras, and the windows inside the house are not part of the quote at all. The crew brings its own water, ladders and cleaning solutions, so the number on the phone covers supplies as well as time. Clogged gutters that have been sitting full for a season can also hide water damage at the fascia, which we photograph and report rather than bill for.
For residential and commercial properties with a larger lot, the quote changes with multi-story buildings and the number of entries we need. Professional window cleaning on these properties is scheduled around the job, so ask for a written estimate and we will send one by email before we book a date. Most owners who compare our number against a bid from other window cleaners find that the difference is in the stories and window count, not in the method, so give us those counts and we will show you exactly where the number comes from. Clean glass and gutters also add to the curb appeal of a property, which is one reason owners ask for the outside on its own.
| 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, on residential and commercial properties alike, book the gutters and the windows together, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense on these houses. Across California, spring visits run mid to late June and fall visits run late November to December. We schedule service around the calendar, so text a photo of the roofline and we will suggest the first open slot for our cleaning services. Owners who keep up with regular cleanings in both windows avoid letting the glass and gutters build up through a full season.
What we find at each visit depends on the season. The pollen film settles on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs into the gutter elbows in the spring. In the fall the leaf load sits in the gutters and the rain carries grit down the wall. Storm and wind seasons move the dates, because the wettest months here are January, February and December, and a heavy run of rain can push a fall visit earlier. Across California most of the year's rain falls in a handful of atmospheric river storms, which is why clean windows and clear gutters both matter before those storms arrive.
Some houses need a third visit. We see that on properties with heavy tree cover over the roof, where needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. It also happens when a sprinkler line hits the glass, leaving spots that come back a day after cleaning, and on a house close to a busy road or active construction, where the glass picks up dust faster. A sign that windows need attention sooner is haze on every window that only shows when the sun is low. A sign that gutters need attention is water sheeting over the edge in 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.
Our crew works across San Francisco, and our window cleaning services are scheduled around your gutters rather than a fixed route. Booking starts with a phone or text estimate that covers the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time varies with the season, and the two busy windows of the year, the spring pollen months and the fall leaf months, are when our calendar fills first. Call (866) 435-6328 early in those windows to lock in a date.
We call before we come, so you know the crew is on the way. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, since the crew does not come inside. On our commercial jobs we also work at condos and mixed-use buildings, where the gutters and downspouts drain onto walkways and the runoff needs to be checked. Our crew sweeps grime and remove dirt from the gutter troughs and from every residential window on the exterior as part of the same visit, so nothing is left on the walkways below. Picture windows get the same exterior pass as every other pane, and we clean the outside only, so interior and exterior work is never bundled into one visit. Washing services for the exterior are scheduled as one job with the gutters, which keeps the number on the phone the number on the invoice.
Yes. The same two people do both jobs in one visit, and they do the gutters first and the glass last, so every window gets its pass after the wall has stopped dripping. Our crew uses its own water, ladders and cleaning solutions on every job.
We do not give a range here. The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text once we have those.
On our jobs, residential and commercial alike, the outside carries most of what dirties a window here: pollen in the spring, rain dust, and spots from sprinklers. Outside, clean windows also show the curb appeal of the house, and the inside can stay as it is without any loss.
Across California, spring visits run mid to late June and fall visits run late November to December, and those are the windows when pollen and leaves do the most damage. Regular cleanings in those two windows keep the glass and gutters from building up.
No, because we do gutters first and glass last. When we clear a run, the grit and water 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 picture windows get the same outside pass as every other pane. Tracks are included on the exterior side.
No. Our visit covers the exterior glass only, and we do not do interior glass or pressure washing, so we never bundle interior and exterior work into one quote.
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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
