Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price both jobs by the number of stories and how many windows the house has, and doing them together in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Most of our Shafter customers book this bundle twice a year, in spring and again in fall, so the crew has learned what the glass and the gutters pick up here between visits.
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.
The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. We quote window and gutter work from the stories, the approximate window count and a photo of the front of the house, sent by text. Booking the bundle in one visit costs less than two separate jobs, and the exact saving is shown on your quote. The cleaning solutions we use on glass and gutters are included in the price, and downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. We do not price interior and exterior glass as one job, so this quote covers the exterior only.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are the same every time. A third story or a steep roof takes longer to reach safely. Oversized panes and picture windows take more time per pane than standard sash windows. Gutters that have not been opened in years arrive packed with needles and leaves, and gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line is a separate problem, because no cleaning removes it. We tell you which of these we found before any work starts. Regular cleanings are quoted the same way, by stories and window count, so a repeat visit does not start from a new price sheet.
Our crew sees the same pattern on most houses: the gutters and downspouts carry a film of pollen and grit that the glass picks up when the run is not cleared first. So the bundle is built around doing the gutters first. If you want the closest number we can give you before a visit, text us the stories, the window count and one photo of the front of the house, or call (866) 435-6328. Ask for a written estimate and we will send it the same day. If a property is part residential and commercial, say so in the message and we will tell you whether it fits this quote.
| 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 crew books gutters and exterior windows twice a year, in spring and again in fall, because the two calendars run together. The spring visit lands in mid to late June and the fall visit in late November to December, and that is when most of our cleaning services get booked.
At the spring visit, professional window cleaning starts with the pollen film on south-facing glass, and the pollen paste packed in the gutter elbows comes out with it. In late fall the leaf load is what we clear, a wet mat that holds water against the fascia if it sits through the rain. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, and a storm that arrives early can bring the fall visit forward. Clogged gutters left through the wettest months, which in Shafter are February, March and December, are where water damage at the fascia can begin.
Some houses, and multi-story buildings in particular, need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the downspouts packed between visits, and we see clogged gutters on those houses sooner than on open lots. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves the round spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up dust on the frames faster than the glass alone would show. We take a third visit on those houses when the photos show it.
Most windows show the need for a visit as a haze that you only notice when the sun is low in the afternoon. Gutters show it as water sheeting over the edge in a rain. Clean glass and clear gutters do more for curb appeal than most owners expect. Haze on the outside of the glass is what we clean on this visit, and haze on the windows inside is a separate job we do not price here. If you see either, text us a photo and we will tell you what it is before we quote anything.
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.
Window and gutter cleaning is one job for residential properties. We clean the gutters, then the outside of every window of the house, so each residential window gets done on the same visit. The point of the visit is clean windows, not a quick rinse, and a sill, a screen or a track is cleaned with the window it belongs to, with nothing billed separately for it. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside, and we call before we come.
To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text us the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you an estimate by phone or text. Lead time is shown when you book, and we will tell you the first open date at that point. The two busy windows of the year are the spring and fall visits described above, and our calendar fills faster in those weeks. Booking early in those months gets you the date you want.
Our crew covers Shafter as a whole, and at the time of your estimate we will confirm which parts of the city we already work in. Send us the address with your stories and window count and we will answer the same day.
Yes, our window cleaning services and the gutter work are done by the same two people. We clean the gutters first and then the outside of the windows, so the run is clear before the glass is touched.
We do not give a figure on this page. The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, so call (866) 435-6328 or text us those details, and we give the figure by phone or text.
On our Shafter jobs the outside carries the pollen film, the grime from the street and the sprinkler spots, and those build up on the glass whether or not the inside is clean. Outside glass is what we clean on this visit.
Across California, the spring visit lands in mid to late June and the fall visit in late November to December. Those are the two dates the crew plans around, so book early in those weeks to get the date you want.
No, we clean gutters first and glass last. When a run is cleared, the runoff and black water come down the wall, so the glass is washed once, after the gutters and downspouts are done.
Screens, sills and tracks are part of the window cleaning and are not billed separately. We rinse the screen and wipe the sill with each window, and the same pass helps remove dirt from the tracks as well as the glass.
We clean exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean the inside of the windows, and we do not do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move the cars off the driveway, keep pets inside, and leave the side gate unlocked. Owners of condos should check with the association about gutter access before the crew comes.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
