Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, and we always do the gutters first and the glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Our crew has been doing this on our Campton jobs for spring and fall visits, so most of the houses we see are already on that schedule.
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 cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number our window cleaners charge, and downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not billed as extras.
On the day, the crew sees what drives the quote: a third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked, oversized panes and a high window count, gutters not cleaned in years and packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Each of those adds time, so each one is named before we start, and windows inside the house are never part of this quote, so interior and exterior glass are priced as two separate jobs.
Getting the exact number is simple. Tell us the stories and the window count, or text a photo of the front of the house, and we come back with a figure in writing. Our window washing and professional window cleaning work follows the same method on every house, with purified water in place of cleaning solutions, so a quote on one Campton home sits close to the quote on the next one with the same layout. Outside glass tends to hold more grime on the street side, which is also the side that drives curb appeal, so that is where most of the crew's time goes on a typical job. Clogged gutters on a multi-story building or a house near trees are the most common reason a quote comes in above the starting figure, and we say so before the truck rolls.
Leaving a gutter full of debris before a window cleaning is a mistake we see often, because the runoff from the gutter cuts through the freshly cleaned glass. Water damage from a gutter that overflows behind the fascia is a separate repair, and we report it rather than sell it. Ask for the written estimate and we send it by text or email.
| 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 runs late May to June and the fall visit late October to November, and most of our customers book both cleaning services in those windows, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Those two windows follow the pollen drop and the leaf fall, so the crew reaches the gutters while the debris is still loose.
At the spring visit we find a pollen film on the south-facing glass, and a residential window, or one of the picture windows on that side, is usually the worst of the house. In the fall the leaf load in the gutters is the main thing, and on houses that skipped the fall visit the runs sag under the weight of wet debris by late winter. Storm and wind seasons, including the summer derechos and severe thunderstorms across Illinois, can move a visit date, and we move it with you rather than leave the gutters full through a storm.
Some houses need a third visit on top of the regular cleanings, which makes three cleanings a year. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, and 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 picks up dust faster than a quiet street, and that is one more reason to plan for three cleanings.
You will know it is time when there is a haze on every window that only shows when the sun is low, and clean windows look noticeably brighter once they are done. You will know gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running down the downspout. If you want to schedule service before the calendar fills, ask us at the estimate.
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 the city and the houses on its edges, and the neighborhoods we clean most often are the ones we list on the estimate page. Residential properties and the houses around them make up most of our calendar, though we also quote residential and commercial jobs on the same route, and our washing services and window cleaning services run on the same crew. Booking starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text: give us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we tell you when the next open day is. Lead times depend on the calendar, and in the two busy windows of the year, the spring and fall visits, the calendar fills first, so booking early keeps your slot.
Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. We call before we come, and we call again when the truck is on the way, so there are no surprises at the door. Condos and multi-story buildings with shared gutters and downspouts take a little more planning, and we schedule those with the building manager. Anyone who wants the full scope, from the gutters and downspouts down to the sills, can ask for it at the estimate, and the crew will remove dirt from every frame it reaches.
Yes. Our crew does both, in one visit, and we do the gutters first and the glass last so the runoff never reaches clean windows.
We don't give a range on the web, because the number comes from the stories and the size of the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we send a written estimate.
On our jobs the outside carries most of the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots, on residential and commercial buildings alike. The crew rinses the glass with purified water rather than cleaning solutions, so the outside is where the visible haze builds up first.
Across Illinois, the spring visit runs late May to June and the fall visit late October to November, and the calendar fills in those windows. Two regular cleanings a year suit most houses.
No, that is the reason we do the gutters first and the glass last. Once the gutters are clear and every downspout is flushed, the wall has time to stop dripping before anyone touches a window.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and tracks are included on the standard visit, so they are not billed as extras.
No. This visit is exterior only, so we do not clean the windows inside the house, and interior and exterior glass are two separate jobs. Large picture windows on the front of the house are cleaned from outside with the same pole as every other pane, and we don't do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
