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 the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. On our Watsonville jobs most customers book this in spring and fall, so the calendar fills in those two stretches. The number we give 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 residential and commercial window and gutter jobs 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 or by text is the number on the invoice. Our window cleaning services are priced per job, so the figure covers the gutters and the glass together. Our starting prices by story count set the floor for every quote, and the points below cover what sits outside that floor.
Four things move the quote on the day. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder and a boom or scissor lift. Window count and oversized panes change the glass work, and picture windows in particular take longer to do cleanly. Gutters nobody has opened in years, or packed with needles and leaves, need more hand clearing before the flush. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time. 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 not billed as extras. Cleaning solutions for frames and sills are included in the price, and because the quote covers exterior work only, interior and exterior glass never share a line on the invoice.
On one of our Watsonville jobs the quote moved because of tree cover over a two-story house and the number of windows on the upper floor, and the crew priced it from photos sent before the visit. To get your exact number, send a text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will come back with a figure that reflects your own lot. Bundling gutter and window cleanings into one visit costs less than two separate cleanings. Ask for a written estimate before we book a date, so the number is fixed before anyone climbs.
| 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 Watsonville customers book both gutters and exterior windows twice a year, in the spring visit window and the fall visit window. Many window cleaners book gutters on a separate visit, and that is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Regular cleanings on that schedule keep the buildup from getting ahead of us. In the spring window the pollen film on south-facing glass and the pollen paste in the gutters have had the whole winter to build, and professional window cleaning clears it before summer. In the fall window the leaf load and the wet leaf mat are what we find first. Storm and wind seasons can move those dates, and a heavy rain before a visit usually means we see more runoff staining on the wall beneath the gutter line.
Some houses need a third visit, and we say so after the first one. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the gutters and downspouts between visits, and clogged gutters from that grit can send water damage into the fascia boards. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the spots that come back a day later. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects a film faster than a quiet street does. Multi-story buildings and homes with a lot of glass on the upper floors also get a closer look on each visit. Our crew also works through the cleaning services the house has already had, so we do not double up on what was done last time.
Clean glass and clear gutters do most of the work for curb appeal, and that matters on a house the whole street sees. The windows inside stay out of this visit, so check the outside glass first when you see a haze or grime. Two signs tell you the windows need it. One is a haze you only notice when the sun is low in the afternoon. The other is a streak line running down the glass after the sprinklers come on. For gutters, the sign is water sheeting over the edge in rain, which usually points to a clog rather than a slope problem.
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.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text to schedule service. Send us the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we will book a date from that. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come. Our calendar is tightest in the two busy windows of the year, so a request in those months may take longer to reach a slot than one in the quieter stretch between them.
Our crews cover residential window work and window and gutter cleaning on residential properties in the city, and we also run the same washing services on commercial buildings. We clean windows on every type of home and every type of building we are asked to, including the multi-story jobs, and we check every window on the list before the crew leaves, wiping each sill as we go. For condos and townhouses, tell us about the shared gutter line so we can plan the access. Once you have a date, we will confirm it by text the day before.
Yes. The same two people do both on one visit, starting with the gutters and finishing on the glass.
We do not quote a figure here. The number for our window cleaning services comes from the stories and size of your house, and we give it by phone or text.
Yes, because the outside carries the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up between visits. The inside has its own grime, but the outside is what the weather works on.
Most of our customers here book in spring and fall. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline to get on the calendar.
No, that is why we clean gutters first and glass last. The leaves and black water come down the wall when a gutter is cleared, so we remove dirt from the wall first and the glass waits until it has stopped dripping.
Screens, sills and tracks are part of the window work, and we rinse and wipe them as we go. Gutters and downspouts are cleared before the glass, so nothing drips onto clean panes.
We clean exterior glass only on this visit. Interior glass and other washing services, such as pressure washing, are not part of it.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. If you own one of the condos in a complex, check with the building before the visit, since the gutter line is often shared.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
