Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of our customers book this in spring and fall, so the calendar is built around those two windows.
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. Window and gutter cleaning is one job on one visit, so doing both costs less than booking two jobs separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. The glass is washed with purified water, not cleaning solutions, and downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the price, not extras. Gutters and downspouts are cleared on the same visit as the glass.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a large number of oversized picture windows, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning will remove. Stories matter most, and multi-story buildings take longer on the ladder for the same reason. We quote exterior glass only, so interior and exterior work is never folded into the number. Each one takes more time on the ladder, so we name it before the crew starts.
Getting the exact number is simple. Call (866) 435-6328 or send a text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will come back with a written estimate. We use the same residential window and gutter approach on every house, so the number holds when the crew arrives.
| 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 Barrington customers book both twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Across Illinois the pattern holds, with spring visits after the seed drop and fall visits after the leaves come down. Our cleaning services follow that calendar.
In spring we find a pollen film on south-facing glass and a sticky paste packed into the gutters. In fall it is the wet leaf mat that matters, because clogged gutters hold water that freezes on houses that skipped the fall visit, and that is where we see runs that sagged under ice. Water damage tends to start where a clogged run overflows onto the same wall season after season. Storm and wind seasons move the dates a little from year to year, so we book by what the roof and glass show, not by the calendar alone. Professional window cleaning is timed the same way, so we look at the glass before we set a date.
Regular cleanings twice a year catch most of what builds up, but some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day later. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up a film that builds faster than usual. The sign windows need it is haze you only notice when the sun is low, and the sign gutters need it is water sheeting 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.
We clean residential properties across the city of Barrington, and the crew covers the full residential window and gutter route on each visit. Booking is simple: you get an estimate by phone or text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we confirm the date once the estimate is agreed.
Two windows of the year fill our calendar fastest, the spring season and the fall leaf season. If you want a slot in either, call (866) 435-6328 early and ask us to schedule service for the month you have in mind. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come so you know the crew is on the way.
Professional window cleaning reaches every window we can get to from the ground or the pole, and we flag any that we cannot reach safely so you are not surprised on the day. The result is clean windows across the house, better curb appeal, and a clear list of anything the crew could not do.
Yes, the same two people do both on one visit. We clean the gutters and downspouts first and the glass last, so runoff from the gutters never lands on the clean windows.
We do not give a figure on the page because the number depends on size and stories. Our window cleaning services are quoted by phone: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will send a written estimate. A residential and commercial building gets its own quote, since it is measured on site.
On our Barrington jobs, the outside collects grime faster than the inside, from rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up quickly. Cleaning the outside is how we remove dirt the weather brings, and it keeps the glass clear even when the inside is already clean.
Most of our customers here book our cleaning services in spring and fall. Spring catches the pollen season and fall catches the leaf load, and both windows fill quickly.
No, because the gutters are cleared first and the glass is cleaned last. The leaves, grit and black water come down the wall during the gutter work, so the glass has to wait until that is done.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included in the visit when they can be reached from the outside.
Our washing services cover exterior glass and gutters only. We do not clean windows inside the house and do not do pressure washing on this visit.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Condos with shared roofs get a look before we quote.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
