Yes, 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 the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of our customers book it for spring and fall, when the pollen and the leaves are at their worst. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house for a quote.
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, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Our window washing and other washing services are quoted the same way, by stories and window count. What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a large number of oversized panes, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated before anything can be cleared, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Clearing the gutters and downspouts, rinsing the screens and wiping the sills are all part of the job, and none of them is billed as an extra.
Across Illinois, the houses that take the longest are the ones where the gutters have gone the longest without attention. The runoff that comes off the roof on those runs carries grime and debris that ends up on the glass below, and the crew has to work around it. Most of the quotes that surprise people are for window cleaning services where the customer only mentioned the glass and left out the gutters. Tell us about both when you call, and we can give you one number for the visit.
The fastest way to get the exact number is to text us a photo of the front of the house, with a rough count of the stories and the windows on each side. We check the photo, ask about any guards or steep sections, and call you back with the figure before anything is booked. If you have a sprinkler line that hits the glass, mention it up front, because a plain wash will not remove dirt that sprinkler water has dried onto the glass, and the spotting needs a separate treatment that we quote on the visit, not after. If your house is one of several condos sharing a gutter run, tell us when you call so the quote covers the right runs.
| 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, most of our customers book both window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in the spring after the spring debris has settled and once in the fall after the leaves are off the trees, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. In the spring we find a pollen film on the south-facing glass and a sticky paste packed into the gutter elbows. That grit is heavy enough that it sticks to the frames and the sills, and it dries into a haze you only see when the sun is low. In the fall the problem is the wet leaf mat, which holds water against the fascia and sags the hangers on runs that have not been cleaned since the previous year.
Storm and wind seasons move the dates. A bad summer thunderstorm can drop debris into a gutter that was clean in May, and a windy stretch in October can bring down a load of leaves before the scheduled visit. When that happens, the crew will tell you on the call before the visit and can move the date. The glass gets purified water and no cleaning solutions, so a storm-delayed visit does not leave a film behind. Nobody here wants to clean a gutter that is full of wet debris from last week's storm and call it done.
Some houses need a third visit. We see that most often where there is heavy tree cover over the roof, where needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings, where a sprinkler line hits the glass and leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, or where a house sits close to a busy road or a construction site and the dust settles on the glass faster than normal. If you are on a three-visit schedule, the crew will tell you which visit is the extra one. The timing advice here applies to residential and commercial buildings alike. Most of our regular cleanings run on the same two dates, and we keep that rhythm unless the house tells us otherwise.
You will know the windows need attention when the glass looks hazy in the low sun, even after a rain. Picture windows show it first, since one large pane catches the low sun and every smear shows. When you book, be clear about the interior and exterior glass you want done, because this visit covers the exterior glass only. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in a steady rain instead of running into the downspout. Either sign means it is time to book the next visit, and we can usually fit it in on the next open slot that works for the calendar.
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 works across Beach Park, and our cleaning services follow the same booking process for every house: you call or text, we ask for the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you a quote before we set a date. Call (866) 435-6328 for the estimate by phone, which is the first step, and once the date is set, we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, because the crew does not come inside. The one thing we ask is that you keep the side gate unlocked so the crew can reach the back of the house.
In the busy windows of the year, when clogged gutters pile up after spring and the leaves drop in the fall, our calendar fills faster, so it is worth booking early. We would rather tell you the lead time on the call than promise a slot that is not there. The crew handles every house with the same care whether the job is a single-story house or one of the multi-story buildings we quote, and the work is done the same way from the first run to the last window. It covers the outside of the glass only, not the windows inside.
Professional window cleaning is the same skill for a house or a larger property. For the window cleaners on our crew, the order of work is what makes the difference, and we apply it the same way across Beach Park. Clean glass and well-kept gutters do more for curb appeal than most people expect. If the house has a lot of glass, a complicated roofline or runs that have been neglected for years, the crew will tell you what they see and what it will take before anything is done. Gutters that overflow for years can also cause water damage to the fascia and siding, and the crew will flag it when they see it.
Yes. The same two people do the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the glass is not washed twice. We do not send a second crew for the gutter work.
We do not give a number from the web page. The price comes from the stories, the approximate window count and what is in the gutters, and we quote it by phone or text before anything is booked. Text us a photo of the front of the house and we will call you back with the figure.
On the houses we clean, the outside carries most of the grime. Tree dust, rain dust and sprinkler spotting land on the outside panes first, so the inside stays clean longer. In Beach Park, spring film builds on the outside panes, so clean windows inside can still look dull from the street.
Most of our customers book in the spring and in the fall, which is the schedule we use for residential properties. Across Illinois, the spring visit lands in late May to June, and the fall visit lands in late October to November, before the first hard freeze. If you have heavy tree cover, ask us about a third visit. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house.
Not if the order is right. When we clear a run, the leaves, the grit and the black water under them come down the wall and across any window below it, so the gutters are done first and the glass is done last. That order applies to every window on the house, and it is why we do both in one visit.
On a residential window job, screens are taken down, rinsed by hand and put back on request, and the sill is wiped as part of the visit. Tracks are included in the same visit, so you do not have to book them separately.
No. On this visit we clean the exterior glass only, and we do not do interior windows or pressure washing. If you need either, tell us when you call and we will say what we can and cannot do on that visit.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and unlock the side gate. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
