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 jobs together costs less than two separate trips. Across California, most of our customers book this in the spring and fall, when the pollen and leaves come down and the glass shows it.
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 gutter and window cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Our washing services and window cleaning services are quoted the same way for every residential window job, so the number is set before the crew arrives. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, so tell us the stories and the window count, or text a photo of the front of the house.
On the day, the things that move the quote are the ones you can see from the sidewalk. A third story or a steep roof takes longer to work safely. Oversized panes and a lot of picture windows take more time per pane. Heavy grime on the lower panes takes more passes than a light film. Gutters and downspouts that have not been cleaned in years, packed with needles and leaves, need more clearing before the water can run. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time. A first cleaning on a long-neglected house costs more than the regular cleanings that follow. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem that cleaning will not remove, so we flag it rather than bill a second visit for it. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our Woodcrest jobs, the quote usually comes down to how the house sits and how much glass it has, not to the crew. One customer's two-story house had a lot of window washing to do on the upper floors and gutters full of wet leaves on the back run, and the quote was set from those two things alone, with nothing added after the crew arrived. For the exact number, send the stories, the window count and a photo of the front of the house by text, or call (866) 435-6328, and we will tell you what the visit costs before anyone books a date.
| 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 Woodcrest customers book gutters and windows twice a year, in the spring and again in the fall, and one crew in one visit makes sense for both because they run on the same calendar. What we find on the glass in the spring is pollen film on the south-facing panes and pollen paste in the gutters, which is why the spring visit is when the window and gutter cleaning is most visible from the street. In the fall it is the leaf load, which packs the downspouts and sits in wet mats against the fascia.
Storm and wind seasons move those dates a little. A windy stretch can drop a second load of leaves, and a wet winter means the gutters will hold more runoff and debris than a dry one. Clogged gutters through that wet stretch are the usual route to water damage on the fascia and the wall under it. Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof is the usual reason, because needles and grit keep packing the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass is another, since the spots it leaves come back a day after cleaning, and a house near a busy road or a construction site collects more dust on the frames than most.
The spring and fall schedule suits both residential and commercial properties, and multi-story buildings take the most planning, since the upper floors are reached from a pole rather than from the ground.
For the cleaning solutions we use, the rule is the same whatever the visit schedule: purified water, a water-fed pole for the upper floors, and nothing left to dry as a film. Only the outside of the glass is cleaned on this visit, so the windows inside stay as they are. On a house that gets a third visit, we tell you why at the first one, so the extra visit is a plan rather than a surprise.
The sign windows need cleaning is a haze you only notice when the sun is low in the afternoon. The sign gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in rain instead of running into the downspout.
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 have cleaned gutters and windows on residential properties across Woodcrest, and we work the city the way the calendar and the houses dictate rather than in fixed routes. Booking starts with an estimate, by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and a slot is confirmed once we agree on the window count. Our typical lead time is set on the calendar and shown when you call. Because the spring and fall windows fill, booking early is the easiest way to get the date you want. Clean glass and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal from the street. We clean every window we can reach safely from the ground or the pole, and the crew says so on the visit if one cannot be reached. Our crew calls before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
Our work is exterior only on this visit, so the quote covers the outside of every window and the gutter runs, and interior and exterior glass are never bundled into a single quote. Our window cleaners and gutter crew are the same two people, which keeps the scheduling simple, and the professional window cleaning uses the same purified-water pole on every floor. If you want to schedule service for a set date, tell us the month and the stories and we will check the calendar against your window. Whether you are a homeowner, one of the condos on a block, or a manager with several cleaning services to coordinate, the same crew handles the job and the photos come back before the truck leaves.
Yes, our crew does both on the same visit for residential properties, and it is the same two people who clean the gutters and then the glass.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and for condos, from the stories and the window count. We give it by phone or text. Send us the stories and a photo of the front and you will have the number before any date is set.
Usually, yes. On our Woodcrest jobs the outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and cleaning the outside is how we remove dirt the street can see. Glass indoors is not part of this visit, so we do not promise anything about it.
Across California, the spring visit runs mid to late June and the fall visit runs late November to December. Call or text to pick a date in either window, and the slot is confirmed once the stories and window count are agreed.
No. The gutters and downspouts come first and the glass last, because the leaves, grit and black runoff from a gutter run down the wall and onto any window below it. If the glass was washed first, it has to be washed again before the crew leaves, so we clean the gutters, flush the downspouts and wash the wall, and only then the glass.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and tracks are included on the visit. They are not billed as extras.
No. This visit is exterior only, so we do not clean the inside of the glass and we do not do pressure washing on the siding or the walks.
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 unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
