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 the spring and fall, and we run the same routine on every 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.
Our window cleaning services and washing services are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing the gutters in the same visit costs less than booking two separate jobs. Window washing on a two-story house is quoted the same way, by phone or text before we come. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, so tell us the stories and a rough count of the windows when you call (866) 435-6328 or text us, and we will give you the figure before anyone climbs a ladder.
On the day, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more setup. Oversized picture windows and a high number of small panes add to the window count. Grime that has built up on the glass, and gutters and downspouts that have packed solid, both add time on the day. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear, and guards we have to lift and reseat are quoted separately. Condos with shared gutter runs take longer to scope, since the runoff from one roof can land on the next building. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line hitting the glass is something no cleaning removes, and we tell you about it rather than promising it away. The crew uses a pole to remove dirt from upper panes that a ladder cannot reach safely. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
To get the exact number, text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us how many stories it has. If the gutters on the back run sit high off the ground or the windows wrap a corner, mention that too, because it changes how many setups the crew needs. That detail is what turns a rough estimate into a figure you can plan around, and it is why we ask for it before the visit instead of after.
| 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.
Across Illinois, the spring visit usually falls in late May to June and the fall visit in October to early November, and most customers book both jobs on those two visits, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Two cleanings a year is the common pattern. What we find at each visit follows the calendar. In spring the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs the gutters, and the window and gutter pair are both dirtiest right after the seed drop. In fall the leaf load builds in the gutter runs and the glass picks up the grime that the summer storms left behind.
Some houses need a third visit. Regular cleanings keep the gutters from packing solid between visits, and heavy tree cover over the roof drops needles and grit between visits, so those gutters and downspouts fill faster. We rinse the glass with purified water, not cleaning solutions, so any spotting left behind comes from the water and not from a film of soap. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves the spots that come back a day after cleaning, and that is a reason to schedule earlier rather than later. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects dust on the glass that shows up as haze, and it may need the window cleaning on a shorter cycle than the gutters. Owners often ask about the interior and exterior glass together, but interior and exterior glass are two different jobs, and on these visits we clean the exterior only.
The sign windows need it is haze you only notice when the sun is low in the afternoon. The sign gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in the rain instead of running down the downspout. If either of those shows up between visits, that is a good reason to schedule service rather than wait for the calendar. A dusty film can also cover every window on a dry, windy week, so check the glass when the calendar says it is time.
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 houses across Bartlett and book by the stories and the window count, with a photo of the house front sent by text when you call. We serve residential properties across Bartlett, and we bundle our cleaning services for the gutters and glass because some window cleaners will do the glass and skip the gutters. Booking runs on a lead time that we confirm when you ask for the slot, and the two busy windows of the year are the spring pollen period and the fall leaf drop, when our calendar fills fastest. Clean glass and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal, so book early if you want a date in those windows. 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 is what the crew does on each house, and the same crew handles the exterior glass and the gutters. The same crew takes residential and commercial jobs, but this page covers houses. Our crew works from a boom or scissor lift on the taller buildings, and the multi-story buildings in town take the same routine as a two-story house, just with more setup. Windows inside are outside our scope on this visit, and interior and exterior glass are priced separately. Clogged gutters and water damage from them are the reason most people book the gutter side, and we photograph every run so you can see the state of the gutters before and after.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows on one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the glass is not dirtied again by water from the runs.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text before the visit. Send a photo of the front and tell us the stories, and we will quote it.
On residential window jobs in Bartlett, the outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, so the outside is where most of the grime sits even when the inside looks fine.
Across Illinois, spring visits usually fall in late May to June and fall visits in October to early November, so ask us for the next open date in either window and we will schedule service around it.
No, we do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing from the runs reaches the clean windows. That order is the reason both jobs run on one visit.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and tracks on the outside of every window are included, so nothing on the exterior is billed as an extra.
We clean exterior glass only on this visit and we do not do pressure washing as part of it.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. Call (866) 435-6328 with any question before the day.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
