The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the job by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of our customers book the work in the spring and the fall, when the pollen and leaves are heaviest on the house. Call (866) 435-6328 to book, or text us a photo of the front of the 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.
We price gutter and window washing by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Professional window cleaning is priced the same way on our jobs, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are the same ones you would expect. A third story or a steep roof, which is common on multi-story buildings, means a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. Window count and oversized panes change how long the glass takes. Some of the clogged gutters we see have not been opened in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, and they need more time at the downspouts. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before anything underneath can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem, because no cleaning removes it. Water damage behind a leaking gutter is a repair job, not a cleaning, and we say so on the phone. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
The easiest way to get an exact number is to text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us how many stories it has and roughly how many windows face the street. We can usually give you the figure while you are still looking at the photo. Some window cleaners quote by the pane, and we quote by stories and window count, so the number matches the house. Our quotes cover the outside only, so the windows inside the house are a separate job. Clean glass and clear gutters also do a lot for curb appeal, and that is often the reason a house gets booked.
One Batavia job shows how this works. A house that had gone several seasons without its gutters opened needed the downspouts cleared before any glass work could start, and the window count was higher than the owner had guessed. The owner heard the figure before the crew arrived, and that is the same process we use on every job here. The full case is on its own page.
| 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 customers in Batavia book both jobs twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. Our cleaning services for gutters and glass run as one visit, which is why one crew makes sense on a house like this, and owners with several residential properties often book them the same week.
In the spring we find a pollen film on every window that faces south, and on a residential window the film shows up first on the sill, along with pollen paste packed into the gutters. In the fall we find the leaf load, and the wet leaf mat that sits in the runs for weeks if nobody clears it. Wind and storm seasons can move those dates by a few weeks, so we look at the house before we set the calendar.
Some houses need a third visit. A house with heavy tree cover over the roof keeps shedding debris between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on the glass than one on a quiet street. We check these on the first visit and tell you what we think your house needs, and you can schedule service for the extra visit right then.
You will see window haze when the sun is low in the afternoon, and that is the sign the glass needs attention, because clean windows look clear from any angle. For gutters, the sign is water sheeting over the edge during rain instead of running down 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.
Our window cleaning services cover exterior windows and gutters across the city, and we can usually fit a visit in once we have your stories and a photo of the front of the house. Booking starts with an estimate: call (866) 435-6328 or text us, and we call before we come, so you know the crew is on the way and can plan around the visit.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, including condos where the crew works from the outside only. The crew does not come inside, and the photos of every gutter run and the finished glass go to your phone before the truck leaves.
The busiest stretches of the year are the two windows when pollen and leaves peak. That is when our calendar fills fastest, so booking a spring or fall visit early keeps your slot. Our crew handles the washing services and the gutters and downspouts as one job, so the runoff never carries grime or dirt down onto the glass after we leave, and we remove dirt from the sills before the truck leaves.
Yes, and it is the same crew. We clean gutters first and the glass last, so the runoff from the gutters does not end up on clean windows.
We give a number from the stories and the size of the house, and the same method covers residential and commercial buildings. Text us a photo and tell us the stories, and we will give you a figure before we book.
On our Batavia jobs, the outside carries pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots, and those build up no matter how clean the inside is. Grime collects on the exterior glass first, and the interior and exterior are separate jobs, so we clean only the outside.
Most of our customers book in the spring and the fall, when pollen and leaves are heaviest. Booking early in either season keeps your slot, and owners who want regular cleanings usually set up both seasons at once.
It can, if the glass is washed first. Gutters first, glass last keeps it off the windows, and that is the order we work in on every house.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are a separate line on some quotes, and we tell you before we start. Between cleanings, a quick rinse of the sills keeps the pollen down.
On this visit we clean the exterior only. We do not do interior glass or pressure washing here, so ask us if you need those done separately. If a film will not lift with water, ask us about cleaning solutions before the crew starts.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside, and leave the side gate unlocked. The picture windows get the same process as any other pane, so there is nothing extra to do for them, and we can book the next visit before the crew leaves.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
