Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing that falls off the roof ends up on clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and both jobs booked together cost less than two separate trips. Across California, most of our customers book this in spring and fall, when leaves and grit are heaviest.
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, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Window washing is quoted by glass count and stories, and the gutters go on the same ticket. Clean glass and clear gutters do more for curb appeal than either job alone, which is why a professional window cleaning crew does both. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Give us the stories and a rough window count and you get the figure before anyone climbs a ladder. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house to get your number.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes longer to work safely. Window count matters, and so do oversized panes. Gutters that have not been cleared in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, take more time than a light run. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can clear the run beneath them. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate issue, because no cleaning removes it. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our South Pasadena jobs, one customer with a two-story house and a long back run had a window count that doubled the glass time and a set of clogged gutters that had sat for two years. The quote reflected both, and the gutters were cleared before any glass was touched. Stories, window count and the state of the gutters are the three things we ask about on the phone, along with a photo of the front of the house sent by text. That is how we get the exact number, and it is the number you pay.
Because the job is exterior only, we do not quote the windows inside the house, and we do not do pressure washing on this visit. Any water damage we see on the fascia or the wall is photographed and reported, not added to the bill.
| 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 South Pasadena customers book cleaning services for both gutters and windows twice a year, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. Across California, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit lands in late November to December, after the leaves are down. Local timing still depends on your trees.
What we find at each visit follows the season. In spring the pollen forms a film on south-facing glass and a paste in the gutters, and the downspout elbows are the first place it blocks. In fall the leaf load builds up and the wet mat is what sags the hangers. Every residential window and gutter has its own pattern, but the season sets the baseline. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, so we book by what the roof looks like, not by the calendar alone.
Some residential properties need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots on every window it wets, and those spots come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects grime faster than most. If your house has one of these, we will say so on the first visit and suggest the interval that fits it.
Clean windows show the first haze when the sun is low, and that is the sign they need cleaning sooner. The sign that gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in rain, which means the run is full and cannot carry the flow.
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 provides window cleaning services across South Pasadena, and the neighborhoods we clean most often are the ones our customers ask about by name. Booking starts with a quick 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 before we set a date. Our washing services and gutter clearing are booked as one visit, and lead time depends on the season and the calendar, so we will tell you the first open date when you call. Booking is simple, and most houses are on the schedule within the week.
The two busy windows are the spring and fall visits, when leaves and grit are heaviest and the calendar fills. If you want to schedule service in those months, call (866) 435-6328 early. We do not promise same-day or next-day service unless the calendar has an opening, so the sooner you ask, the better the date.
We call before we come, so you know the crew is on the way. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew does not come inside. Gutters go first, so the runoff is gone before any glass gets wet, and the frames and screens get their pass to remove dirt before the panes. Gutters and downspouts are cleared and flushed, screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit, and the photos reach your phone before the truck leaves. Streets and driveways leave grime on the lower panes, so those get a second pass from the pole.
We also handle condos and multi-story buildings on a scheduled basis, with the same two-person crew and the same order of work.
Yes. Our crew does both in one visit, with the gutters done first and the glass last. Clearing the gutters first keeps the dirty runoff off the windows we have already washed.
The number comes from the number of stories and the size of the house, not from a fixed rate. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we give you the figure before we book.
It is, if the grime sits on the exterior. Rain dust and sprinkler spots build up outside, and the interior and exterior of a window pick up different dirt. The inside can look fine while the outside is hazy when the sun is low. We clean the exterior glass with purified water and no cleaning solutions, and leave the interior to you.
Most of our South Pasadena customers book two cleanings a year, one in the spring and one in the fall, and regular cleanings in those two windows keep the buildup from setting. Across California the spring visit lands in mid to late June and the fall visit in late November to December, which are the two windows when leaves and grit are heaviest.
No. We do the gutters first and the glass last, because the leaves, grit and black water from a gutter run down the wall and across any window below it. Clearing the gutters first means the glass is the last thing we touch.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit, and we do not bill them as extras. Picture windows, which are large single panes, are cleaned from the outside the same way. Tracks are cleaned as part of the exterior glass job when they are reachable from outside.
Exterior only on this visit. The scope is exterior only, for residential and commercial buildings alike. We do not clean interior glass and we do not pressure wash siding or decks, so the outside of the windows and the gutters are the scope.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
