Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. Gutters go first and the glass last, so nothing dirty from the roof lands on clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both together in one visit costs less than two separate trips. Our crew does this work for homeowners across California, and most of our West Sacramento customers book it in spring and fall.
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 our window washing services by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Our window cleaning services and the gutter work are one visit and one invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you the figure before anyone is scheduled.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are the same every time. On multi-story buildings, including a house with a third story or a steep roof, the crew works from a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder, which adds time. Window count matters, and so do oversized picture windows, because each pane takes longer to reach and dry. A run of gutters and downspouts that have not been cleaned in years, or that are packed with needles and leaves, takes longer to clear and flush. Heavy grime that builds up over a season takes more time per pane than a light film does. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time too. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is the last item: no cleaning removes it, so we say so on the visit. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
For a homeowner who wants to know whether the bundle is worth it, the simple test is to add up the two separate quotes and compare. Most houses come out ahead on one visit, since the crew sets up once per side of the house. Regular cleanings keep the job quicker each time, because the buildup never gets to the stage of needing a long clear. Interior and exterior work are separate jobs, and the quote here covers exterior glass only. Ask for the number in writing and check what is in it against the list above.
| 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 West Sacramento customers book both twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. In spring, pollen settles as a film on south-facing glass and packs into the gutters as a paste. Leaves drop in fall and build a wet mat that backs water up under the shingles, and the runoff from it stains the fascia below. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, and West Sacramento gets about 18.1 inches a year, mostly in December, January and February, so we book from the house, not the calendar.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the gutters between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day later, and that is a water problem, not dirt. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up a film faster than one on a quiet street, and multi-story buildings with a long gutter run pick up more of it than a single story. We see clogged gutters on these houses sooner than on the others, which is the reason to watch them closely. The same timing holds for residential and commercial buildings, since spring dust and leaves do not check the zoning.
We know the signs that tell you it is time. Windows need it when you see a haze that only shows when the sun is low. Gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspout. Left too long, that overflow can cause water damage to fascia and the wall under the run, and the repair costs more than the cleaning. We use cleaning solutions only on frames and sills where a film has set, which is the quickest way to remove dirt before it bakes on. Dirt on windows inside the house comes from other sources and is not part of this schedule. If you are not sure which applies to your house, text us a photo and the crew will tell you whether a visit is due.
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 window cleaners work across West Sacramento, and we keep a calendar open for the residential properties we serve, so a slot usually comes up within the lead time shown on our booking page. Booking for these cleaning services starts with a phone or text estimate: give us the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we confirm a date and a two-hour arrival window. We call before we come, and again when we are on the way, so you are not waiting on the step.
The busy weeks are the two windows of the year when leaves and buildup peak. Our calendar fills in those weeks, so the sooner you call, the easier it is to get the date you want. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Clean glass and clear gutters are the fastest way to lift curb appeal on a house that has sat through a season of dust. If you want to protect your schedule, use the same service the first time and keep the house on a repeat visit. We do the work with professional window cleaning tools and a clean supply of water so the glass dries without streaks, and we wipe every sill, check every window and every run before we leave. Call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service.
Yes, it is the same two people. We clean the gutters first and the outside of the windows second in one visit, so the glass is the last thing touched on the house.
The number comes from the number of stories and the size of the house, and condos are quoted the same way. Text us a photo of the front and we give you the figure by phone, before anyone is scheduled.
On our jobs, the outside carries most of the problem on a residential window here: pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots build up on the exterior glass. Cleaning the windows inside does not remove any of that.
Most of our West Sacramento customers book in spring and fall. Those are the two windows when dust and leaves build up enough to show on the glass and in the gutters.
No, because we clean gutters first and glass last. When the runs are cleared and every downspout flushed, the runoff has drained and the wall gets a few minutes to stop dripping before anyone touches a pane.
Screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed separately. Window tracks are included when they are reachable from outside.
We do exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean the inside of the windows, and we do not do pressure washing on this visit.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn off the sprinklers the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the 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.
