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 the runoff never lands on clean panes. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Most of our Oak Park customers book us in spring and fall, which is when the leaves come down hardest.
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 by the number of stories and the approximate window count, both jobs in one visit cost less than two separate trips, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Standard window cleaning services cover the exterior glass, frames and screens.
Most of what moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer on the ladder. Oversized panes and high picture windows count toward the window total. Gutters nobody has opened in years, packed with needles, seeds and wet leaves, need more time to clear. Grime that has baked onto the glass for a season takes extra passes. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add labor. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line is something a standard cleaning won't remove, so we note it on the estimate instead of surprising you on the invoice.
Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job. Clearing gutters and downspouts and washing the glass fall under one price, and our window washing services are quoted the same way whether you book them alone or with gutter work. Part of the time goes to remove dirt from the frames before the glass is rinsed. We quote condos the same way, by stories and window count. Ask for a written estimate and we'll list every line before anyone climbs a ladder.
On our Oak Park jobs, a two-story house with a heavy canopy over the back run ended up costing more than the same footprint on an open lot. The crew spent extra time clearing the grit packed in the downspouts and rinsing the screens that had been left alone for two seasons. Text a photo of the front of your house and we can tell you what we'll find before we give you the number.
| 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.
Across California we see most customers book both jobs twice a year, and that holds for our Oak Park jobs too: once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense on a twice-a-year schedule. Accounts for residential and commercial buildings follow the same rhythm, and most of our cleanings land in those two windows.
In spring the pollen film is thick on south-facing glass, and the pollen paste in the gutters has set into the elbows. We rinse with purified water rather than cleaning solutions, so the film comes off without a residue. In fall the leaf load comes down all at once, and wet leaves in the gutters are the first thing that sags under weight. Wind and storm seasons move the exact dates, so we book from what the house is doing, not from the calendar alone.
Some houses need a third visit, and a few need regular cleanings on top of the twice-a-year rhythm. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up dust faster than a quiet street. We see those houses on a three- or four-visit schedule.
The sign the windows need cleaning is a haze you only notice when the sun gets low. The sign the gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge during a rain instead of running into the downspout. Interior and exterior glass come up on different schedules, so a haze inside is a separate call.
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 run professional window cleaning and gutter jobs from our own crews, and we clean the houses on the neighborhood streets of Oak Park where our crews have worked. Our window cleaners work from the same ladder position for both jobs. You book by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text: give us the number of stories and send a photo of the front of the house, and we'll come back with a number.
Lead time is listed in our schedule each week. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, when the leaves and the needles hit at once, so booking early in those months is the easiest way to get the date you want. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Clean windows and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal, which is why most owners book both at once. Cleaning the windows inside is a separate request, and this visit covers the outside only.
Owners who manage several properties ask us the same thing: one contact for cleaning services across the block, with a single invoice. We keep multi-story buildings on the same route so the crew isn't driving back and forth. Our cleaners carry a short list of what we do and don't do, and we keep to it, which is how you avoid water damage from clogged gutters that nobody noticed.
Yes. The same two-person crew does both in one visit, gutters first and glass last.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front and we'll give you the figure.
Yes, if the outside carries pollen, rain dust or sprinkler spots. Those build up on the glass between visits whether the inside is clean or not. Clean windows on the outside are the part people notice first from the street.
Most of our Oak Park customers book in spring and in fall, and the calendar fills fastest in those months, so call early if you want to schedule service in either season.
Not with our order of work. The gutters are cleared, the downspouts flushed and the wall given time to drip before anyone touches the glass. The same order holds for residential properties, and every window gets checked before the crew leaves.
Screens are rinsed, and the sill under each window is wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included as well.
Not on this visit. We do the exterior glass only, on each residential window we can reach. Text a photo of the roofline if you need something else looked at, and we'll tell you what we can do.
You don't need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off, move your 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.
