Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit here in Whittier. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the runoff never 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. On our Whittier jobs, most customers book spring and fall, and that is when the crew sees the most tree dust and leaf load on the house.
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 the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, the same two numbers most window cleaners ask for on the phone. Booking the gutters and the exterior glass together in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof means more time on the ladder. A high window count, picture windows and multi-story buildings all add setup. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleaned. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is etched into the glass and no regular cleaning removes it. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras, and clean gutters and glass do a lot for curb appeal.
Our Whittier jobs vary, and professional window cleaning is quoted on the house in front of us, not on a guess. To get an exact number, send a photo of the front of the house by text along with the stories and an estimate of the windows. A house with clogged gutters that have sat through a wet winter may show water damage on the fascia, and we will photograph it and tell you what we see. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will send a written estimate.
| 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 Whittier customers book both twice a year, in the spring month when pollen peaks and again in the fall after the leaves drop, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. On the glass in spring we find a dust film on the south-facing panes, and in the gutters a damp paste that packs the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat that fills the runs, and it is the same leaves that come down on the windows below them.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the gutters between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and we can only tell you about them, not stop them. A house near a busy road or a construction site gets a heavier film on the glass and needs regular cleanings more often than a quiet street does.
Clean windows should not show a haze you only see when the sun is low, and that haze is the sign they need cleaning. The sign that gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspout. Our crew works from the same ladder position for both jobs, so booking them together keeps the cleaning services on a single calendar. Call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service for the next 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 provides window cleaning services and gutter cleaning across the city, and the calendar fills fastest in the two busy windows of the year, when the leaves are at their worst. Booking works the same way every time: you call or text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front, we give you the estimate, and we confirm the slot. Lead time is short in the off months and longer in the busy ones, and we tell you the date when you book.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, but we call before we come. Our crew handles residential window washing services and the gutters and downspouts on the same visit, and the work covers the glass, the sills and the runoff that washes down from the roof. Residential properties, condos and smaller multi-unit buildings follow the same process, and residential and commercial exteriors are quoted the same way, one building at a time. We remove dirt and grime from the frames and the glass in the same pass, so every window comes out clean all the way round. We quote interior and exterior glass as separate jobs, and this visit covers the exterior only.
Yes, and it is the same crew. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, so the runoff from the runs never reaches the windows we have already cleaned.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Send the stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we send a written estimate.
On our Whittier jobs the outside carries the grime, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and those sit on the glass whatever the inside looks like. Outside cleaning is what removes them.
Our Whittier customers mostly book in the spring and in the fall, which is when the pollen and the leaves are heaviest. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the calendar for the next visit.
No, that is why we do gutters first and glass last. When a run is cleared, the leaves and the black water come down the wall, so the glass waits until the gutters are done and the downspouts are flushed.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the window job. If you want to know which cleaning solutions the crew uses, ask when you book, and none of it is billed as an extra.
We do exterior glass only on this visit, so the windows inside the house are not cleaned. We do not do pressure washing, and we tell you that up front on the phone.
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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
