Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing runs back onto clean panes. We price by the number of stories, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. Our crew works through spring and fall, and the number we quote 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.
Our window washing services are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and a bundled visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice, and it covers the exterior glass only, since interior and exterior work are never bundled into one price. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our jobs the quote moves for a few reasons we see on the day. On multi-story buildings, including a house with a third story, a steep roof that is hard to walk takes more time on the ladder. Oversized picture windows and a large window count add hours to the glass, and heavy grime on the lower sills adds more. Gutters not cleaned in years come down packed with needles and leaves, and guards we have to lift and reseat take extra care. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is something cleaning alone will not remove, so we flag it before we start rather than bill it after.
On one Oakland job, a two-story house with a large window count and gutters that had not been opened in several seasons came in higher than a smaller home on the same street. The crew photographed each run, cleared it, and the customer saw the before and after before the truck left. For your own number, send us your story count and a rough window count, plus a photo of the front of the house by text, and we will give you the figure directly. Call (866) 435-6328 or text the photo to get the estimate.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $150 | from $240 |
| Two stories | from $195 | from $210 | from $325 |
| Three stories | from $255 | from $285 | from $430 |
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 Oakland customers book both jobs twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for a home on the same calendar. On the glass in April we find pollen film on south-facing panes, and in the gutters we find pollen paste mixed with seeds. In the fall it is the leaf load that matters, and clogged gutters holding a wet leaf mat through the cold months are where water damage to fascia and soffits begins.
Storm and wind seasons shift the dates, so we schedule around the weather and call you before we come, and the crew brings its own cleaning solutions. Houses under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the roof, tend to need a third visit, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between cycles. A sprinkler line that hits the glass causes the spotting that returns a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up dust faster, and those homes often need an extra visit as well.
A customer on regular cleanings with no trees on the lot is usually fine on the twice-a-year schedule. A customer under trees, or with sprinkler spotting on the glass, is more often on a three or four visit schedule. On our Oakland jobs, once we have seen the first visit we can tell you which of those your lot needs. You will notice a window needs cleaning when you see a haze only in low sun, and gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in 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.
Our crew provides window cleaning services and gutter work across Oakland, for residential and commercial clients, and books through a phone call or a text with your story count and a photo of the house front. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. In the two busy windows of the year, the spring pollen season and the fall leaf drop, our calendar fills faster, so booking early keeps your slot. We are a crew of employed cleaners rather than a directory of contractors, which means the people who give you the estimate are the people on the ladder.
For professional window cleaning on a home that also needs its gutters done, one visit covers the roofline, the gutters, every downspout, and every window on the exterior. That keeps the curb appeal of the front of the house intact and avoids dirty runoff hitting windows you have already paid to clean. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will confirm a date that works for your house.
Yes, and it is the same two people. Gutters and downspouts go first, then the glass, so the crew does not have to wash the windows twice.
The number comes from your story count and window count, and a condo with the same count is quoted the same way. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house, and we will quote the bundled visit directly.
On our Oakland jobs, the outside of a residential window carries pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up between visits. Cleaning the inside does not remove dirt from the outside, so the outside glass is where most of the grime sits.
Across Michigan, spring visits fall in late May to June and fall visits in late October to November. Booking ahead of those windows keeps your Oakland slot.
Not when the crew works in order. Gutters are cleared first and downspouts flushed, then the wall gets a few minutes to stop dripping before anyone touches the glass, so nothing runs back onto clean panes.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the exterior job. None of it is billed as a separate extra.
Not on this visit. Windows inside stay as they are, since we clean the exterior glass only and pressure washing is not part of this bundle. We serve residential properties in Oakland with that same exterior work.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn your sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, 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.
