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 booking both together costs less than two separate trips. Across California, most of our customers book it in the spring and fall, and the number we give you 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 the number of stories and the approximate window count. Booking gutters and windows together in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes more time on the ladder. A large window count, or oversized panes, adds glass to every visit. Gutters not cleaned in years, or packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear. Heavy grime on the glass takes more time than a light film. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time too. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line does not come off with a standard cleaning, so we flag it before we start. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On a typical job here we start with the stories and a photo of the front of the house, sent by text. A two-story home with a moderate window count and a clean run of gutters is the simplest quote we write. A house with tree cover over the roof and a long run of glass on the back side is quoted higher, and we tell you why before the crew arrives. Between the glass and the gutters, the window washing and the washing services are the same crew, and the window cleaning services line up with what you see on the front of the house. Picture windows and regular cleanings get the same care, with the frame and sill wiped each time. Our crew counts every residential window on the house, measures the stories and gives you one number, so you know what the visit costs before anyone gets on a ladder.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the number and book a date that works for you.
| 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 windows together twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense.
What we find at each visit follows the seasons. In spring the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs the gutters. In the fall the leaf load builds up, and wind and storm seasons move the dates. A house with heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass, or a home near a busy road or construction usually needs a third visit, because spots come back a day after cleaning and debris keeps packing between visits.
Window and gutter cleaning on the same schedule keeps the job simple. Cleaning solutions are rinsed off so the glass does not streak, and the gutters are flushed so nothing is left to wash down the glass the next rain. Residential and commercial properties follow the same rhythm, and most residential properties keep the same twice-a-year schedule, with multi-story buildings checked on the same visit. Clogged gutters are the usual cause of water damage at the fascia, so we clear gutters and downspouts and flow-test each run before we leave, because runoff that spills over the lip runs straight down the glass below.
You will know the glass needs it when there is a haze you only see when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in the rain.
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 gutters and exterior windows across South San Francisco. Booking starts with a call or text to (866) 435-6328: give us the number of stories and send a photo of the front of the house, and we confirm the window count and the lead time. Lead time is set by our calendar, and we tell you the first open date on that first call.
Across California, our calendar fills in two visit windows: mid to late June in spring and late November to December in fall. Booking early in those windows gets you a slot you can plan around. Our cleaning services run on the same crew every time, so the window cleaners who walk the glass are the ones who come back for the next visit. Professional window cleaning means the same care on every residential window, on the second floor as on the first, and the same attention to the curb appeal of the front of the house. Use the call or text to schedule service, and we will make every window and every sill part of the visit.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and we send photos of the finished job.
Yes. The same crew does the gutters first and the glass last, so the water and grit from the gutters do not land on clean windows, and the crew will remove dirt from the frame before the glass is left to dry.
We quote it by phone or text from the stories and the window count, and condos are quoted the same way as a house. The number we give you is the number we charge.
Yes, because the outside takes the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots here, and none of that is touched by inside cleaning.
Most book in the spring and the fall, after the pollen and leaf drop, which is when the glass and gutters carry the most.
Not on our jobs, because we do the gutters first and the glass last. Done in the other order, the runoff runs down the wall and across the panes.
Yes, screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the visit.
No. This visit covers exterior glass only, so windows inside the house are not touched, and it is not an interior and exterior package. Pressure washing is not part of it either.
No. 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.
