Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs done in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across California, most of the houses we clean book this in spring and fall, which is why one crew doing both makes sense. Text a photo of the house front or call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you the number we will 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 gutter and residential window cleaning 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 on the phone is the number on the invoice, so tell us the stories and count the windows before you call.
On our jobs, the crew finds the same things move the quote. A third story, multi-story buildings in general, and a roof too steep to walk all take longer on the ladder. Oversized panes and picture windows need more care per pane. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear, and gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before anything underneath can be reached. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem that cleaning does not remove, and we say so on the visit. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Window washing is the same process on every house: purified water from a pole, frames wiped, sills wiped, screens rinsed. The price here covers the exterior only, and a job that includes interior and exterior glass is quoted separately. Washing services that use a hose and a squeegee take a different amount of time and leave a different result on large glass. What we do not bill for is the difference between a clean pane and a pane we have to come back to, because we do not leave until the glass is dry.
For a Soquel house we need three things to quote it exactly: the number of stories, the count of windows on the outside, and a photo of the front of the house sent by text. A photo shows us tree cover, the gutter line and any grime on the glass that we would otherwise have to guess at. If you want regular cleanings, say so on the call. Call (866) 435-6328 or text that photo with your address, and we will confirm the number and book a date before the truck goes out.
| 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 here book both gutters and windows twice a year, in spring and again in fall, and that is why one crew in one visit makes sense on a calendar like this. Across California the same pattern holds, but the dates move with the weather. Residential and commercial buildings collect the same film, but this page covers houses only.
In spring we find pollen on south-facing glass and a sticky paste in the gutters, the same material that clogged gutters last year. That film on the glass dries into a haze that you only notice once the sun is low. In fall the leaf load comes down and packs the gutters in wet layers, and windows show the rain dust that built up through the dry months. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, and that is when runoff and water damage tend to show up at the eaves. Storms and wind seasons move the dates, so the calendar follows the house, not the month alone.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day later, and those are mineral, not dirt. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects dust on the glass faster than a quiet street does. We rinse with purified water rather than cleaning solutions, so there is no soap film left to streak. On those houses we plan a third cleaning and tell you why on the first visit.
Gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running into the downspout, and windows need it when the haze returns faster than the calendar says. If you see either, that is the sign. Windows inside the house are a separate job and are not part of this visit.
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 Soquel and books its calendar through the same phone and text line for every house in town. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front with the number of stories and an estimate of the windows on the outside. We confirm the quote by phone before a slot is set, and the crew calls before it comes.
Lead time depends on the season. The two busy windows of the year, when spring dust and fallen leaves arrive, fill the calendar first, so book early in those months if you want a particular date. Outside those windows, our calendar opens more often, and a slot is easier to find for houses that need only one visit.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Keep pets inside while the ladders are up and leave the side gate unlocked. Our window cleaning services stay outside the house, and the crew does not enter. Clean glass and gutters do a lot for curb appeal, and the outside of the house is what the street sees first.
Professional window cleaning means every window gets the same process: the pole, the purified water, the frame, the sill and the screen. Window cleaners who skip the sill leave the dirt that runs back onto the glass in the next rain. We clean the sill on every window on the list, and we photograph each side of the house before we leave so you can see what was done.
Not every window cleaner does gutters and downspouts, but our crew does both on the same visit, and it is the same two people on the ladder. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing from the gutters runs onto clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Condos are quoted the same way, so send us the number of stories and a photo of the front, and we will quote the exact amount before anything is booked.
On residential properties in Soquel, the outside carries most of the grime: pollen film from spring, rain dust in winter, and sprinkler spots on the side facing the lawn. Interior glass is a separate job that we do not do on this visit, so the outside is what we clean.
Most of our Soquel customers book in spring and fall, the two seasons when dust and leaves are heaviest. The fall visit usually falls in December to early January, when the wettest months of the year land on the house, so the sooner you call, the better your odds of the date you want.
No, because we do the gutters first and the glass last. When the gutters are cleared, the leaves, grit and runoff come down the wall, so we rinse the wall and wait a few minutes before starting on the windows.
Screens are rinsed to remove dirt, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the visit. None of it shows up as a separate line on the invoice.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit. Interior windows and pressure washing are not part of the job, so the crew does not clean them.
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 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.
