Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and both jobs done together in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across California, most of the houses we clean are booked in the spring and fall, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
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 by stories and approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Our window washing services and gutter cleaning are quoted as one number, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day: a steep roof or a third story, a large window count or oversized panes, gutters not cleaned in years or packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Gutters and downspouts are cleared together, and runoff from a clogged run is cleared before the glass is touched.
To get the exact number, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house along with the stories and the window count. Across California, the quotes that hold up are the ones built from those three things, so the photo matters more than a guess on the phone. We will tell you what the gutters and the windows each need before we set a date.
Window cleaning services and gutter work are priced the same way from house to house, and condos are quoted the same way too. The crew will show you the run and the glass before any money changes hands. Sprinkler spots and grime on the outside of the glass are usually what add time, so tell us about those when you call. Before the glass, the crew has to remove dirt from the gutter run, and that is in the price. The price reflects the time on the ladder and the work to finish it.
| 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, the answer is spring and fall, and one crew in one visit covers both gutters and the outside of the windows. Each visit is set for the season, so the two jobs run on the same calendar. This page covers houses, not residential and commercial contracts, so ask us separately if the building is not a house.
On our jobs, what we find in the gutters in spring is pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, and what we find on the glass is a pollen film on the south-facing panes. In fall it is the wet leaf mat and the grit under it. Storm and wind seasons move the dates, so we confirm the slot when you book.
Some houses need a third visit, and a few move to regular cleanings after the first one. The third visit comes up when there is heavy tree cover over the roof, when a sprinkler line hits the glass and leaves spots that come back a day later, or when the house sits near a busy road or a construction site. On those, the crew sets the interval after the first visit, not before.
You can tell the windows need it when there is a haze you only notice when the sun is low on the glass. Picture windows show the haze first, since there is so much glass in one pane. You can tell the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspouts. The crew picks the cleaning solutions for each job to suit the house. Our crew works the exterior only, so this is never an interior and exterior job on one visit. Our crew checks both on every visit and tells you what it sees in the photos.
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 work across the San Mateo area and book the estimate by phone or text. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text us the number of stories and a photo of the house front. We confirm the window count and the gutter run before we set a date.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring and fall visits, when leaves and gutter debris put the most work on the calendar. In those weeks our schedule fills, so the sooner you ask, the sooner a slot opens. Outside those windows lead time is shorter, and the lead time we quote is the one that applies to your booking.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and the crew works from the outside of the house without coming inside. The crew never goes past the outside glass, so the windows inside stay as they are.
Our professional window cleaning and gutter cleaning services are built around the way a house actually gets dirty, so the scope is set from what we see on the roof and the glass. That keeps the job from turning into repeat trips and leaves curb appeal where it should be, and it helps catch clogged gutters before they turn into water damage on the fascia. Multi-story buildings get the same check: the crew looks at the stories and the reach before it sets the ladder or pole position. When you compare window cleaners, ask what they do on the gutters, not only the glass.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. That order keeps the gutter debris from landing on glass we have already cleaned.
For residential properties the number comes from the stories and the size of the house, not from a fixed figure. Send us a text with the stories, the window count and a photo of the front, and we give you the number by phone or text before the crew comes out.
It is, because the outside carries the rain dust and the sprinkler spots that build up between visits. Those sit on the exterior glass whatever the inside looks like, so cleaning only the inside leaves the haze in place. Clean windows on the outside are the difference people notice first, and every window on the house gets the same exterior work.
Across California our customers book in the spring and the fall, which lines up with leaf season. In San Mateo that is when most of our calls come in, so the sooner you ask, the sooner a slot opens.
No, because the crew does gutters first and glass last. When a run is cleared, the leaves and grit come down the wall, so the glass waits until the wall has stopped dripping.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the window work, so they are not billed as extras. Those are included in the number we give you.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean the inside of the glass and we do not do pressure washing, so the crew works only on the outside of the windows and the gutters. A residential window gets the exterior cleaning described above, and nothing else.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, 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.
