The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across California, most of the homeowners who book us do it in the spring and fall, and a call to (866) 435-6328 gets you the same number that goes on the invoice.
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 the number of stories and the approximate window count, the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Before we quote, we ask for two things: how many stories the house has and roughly how many windows face the outside. A photo of the front of the house by text lets us check both without a visit.
On the day, the crew finds what drives the number. On multi-story buildings, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer on the ladder. Oversized panes and picture windows take more time per pane than standard sash. Gutters not cleaned in years, packed with needles and leaves, mean more hauling. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line will not come off with cleaning solutions alone. We treat the interior and exterior glass as two different jobs, and the windows inside are not part of this booking. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across California, the question we hear most is whether the residential and commercial buildings we clean have the same pricing logic. They do: stories, glass and debris set the number. For regular cleanings, a crew that already knows the house prices the repeat visit lower because the setup is faster. Our cleanings follow the same rule every time, so the second visit is never a surprise.
The experience behind this comes from the same jobs. Across California we have worked on houses where a picture window over a front entry needed a full extra pass because a sprinkler line hit it every morning, and the number on the phone already included that pass. Tell us what you see from the street and we will tell you what it adds.
| 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 gutters and exterior windows twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense on the calendar. Cleaning services are easiest to plan around the seasons, and the two visits do the most good when they land after the spring bloom and before the first hard rain.
In the spring, the pollen film on south-facing glass and the sticky paste in the gutters are what we see most. In the fall, the leaf load is the main job, and wind seasons move the dates a few weeks in either direction. Window cleaners who work the same streets see the same pattern: grime that builds slowly through the season and then shows all at once when the sun drops low.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters packed between visits, and when they overflow, the runoff runs down the siding. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up a film faster than a quiet street does. On those houses, professional window cleaning on a three-visit plan costs less per year than letting clogged gutters back up and waiting for water damage to show on the fascia.
You will know the windows need it when you see a haze that only shows in low sun. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge during a rain instead of running down the downspout. Clean glass and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal.
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 window and gutter cleaning jobs across Simi Valley, and the work is the same whether the house is a single-family home or one of the residential properties we service on a regular schedule. Every job starts with an estimate by phone or text: tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we give you the number we will charge.
Lead time depends on the season and is set by our calendar, so it shows when you request a slot. The two busy windows of the year are the spring bloom period and the fall leaf drop. In those weeks the calendar fills, and booking early is the only way to get the date you want. Outside those weeks there is usually room to schedule service on short notice. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will check the calendar.
We cover the outside of every window on the house, including the sill and the frame, and we do not skip a pane because it is hard to reach. A residential window on an upper floor gets the same pass as one at the front door. The goal is clean windows with dry sills, not a quick rinse. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and we ask only that the side gate is open and the cars are off the driveway if the windows face it. If you live in condos or a townhouse, tell us which windows and gutters belong to your unit before we quote.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, and they do the gutters first. When we clear a run, the grit and black water come down the wall, so the glass waits until the gutters and downspouts are flushed.
We give you the number by phone or text, based on the number of stories and the size of the house. Send a photo of the front and we will tell you the price before we book.
For most houses, yes. The outside takes the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spotting, and a regular exterior cleaning removes dirt that a rinse leaves behind. The inside and outside sit on different schedules, so we only do the exterior.
Across California, most customers book in the spring and fall. Our Simi Valley customers tend to book after the spring bloom and again after the leaves fall, so those weeks fill up first.
No, that is the reason we do gutters first and glass last. If the glass is washed first, someone has to wash it again before the crew leaves the ladder.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included in the same visit. None of them is billed as an extra.
We do exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean inside the windows and we do not do pressure washing, so those are not part of this booking. Our washing services stop at the outside of the house.
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 the ladders are up. We send photos of every run before we leave.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
