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 an approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of our customers book this bundle in the spring and fall, and we keep the calendar set 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 window washing and gutter cleaning 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.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are a third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked, window count and oversized picture windows, gutters that have not been cleaned in years or are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Cleaning gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the residential window cleaning services we price here, and none of them is billed as an extra. The quote covers exterior glass only, so ask us first if you want interior and exterior glass handled together.
Across Illinois, the homes we clean tend to show the same pattern: the bigger the window count, the more time goes into the setup, and the more the glass has picked up from the road and the yard. Regular cleanings keep that grime from building into a film that needs more work each time, and they remove dirt before it sets. To get an exact number, call (866) 435-6328 or text us the front of the house with the stories and about how many windows you have. Our washing services are quoted from those details alone, and we will take it from there.
| 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 Carpentersville customers book both jobs twice a year, once in late spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Spring is when the pollen film settles on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs the gutters, and fall is when the leaf load comes down and the wet mat sits in the runs until the first hard freeze.
Some houses need a third visit. We see it most often under heavy tree cover where the roof collects needles and grit between visits, on houses where a sprinkler line hits the glass and leaves spots that come back a day later, and on homes near a busy road or active construction. Setup takes longer on multi-story buildings than on a single-story house, so the crew plans the ladder work before the visit. Where a film has built up, cleaning solutions go on before the rinse, and the rinse is always purified water. Storm and wind seasons can also shift the dates, so we look at the house on each visit rather than working from a calendar alone. The same order of work applies to residential and commercial buildings, but this page covers houses only.
You will usually notice when the glass needs it before anyone tells you. It is a haze that only shows when the sun is low. Windows inside are a separate job, so a haze on that glass needs its own call. For gutters, the sign is clogged gutters that send runoff over the edge in a rain, and that is a reason to call us before the next storm, not after the first water damage shows up in the basement.
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 on residential properties across Carpentersville and the surrounding cleaning services area, and you can schedule service by calling (866) 435-6328 or texting us. To get on the calendar, send us a photo of the house front and the number of stories, and we confirm a visit window before we come. We call before we arrive, so nobody has to wait on the lawn for the truck.
The two busy windows are the spring pollen season and the fall leaf season, when our calendar fills fastest. Booking a few weeks ahead keeps the slot you want, and the lead time for your visit is listed on your estimate. If you have compared window cleaners, ask whether the quote includes the gutters, since ours does when you book the bundle. For buildings and homes that need the bundle, condos included, we keep the two jobs on one schedule so the work stays a single visit.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew does not come inside, and we send photos of every gutter run and the finished glass before we leave. We clean every window we can reach safely from the ground or the pole, and the crew tells you about any it cannot reach. Professional window cleaning on a regular schedule protects the curb appeal of the house, and that is a reason to set up a standing visit rather than waiting for a problem.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the glass in one visit, and they do the gutters first so the water does not land on clean windows.
We do not quote a figure without seeing the house. The number comes from the stories and the size of the job, and the count of windows is part of that size.
On our Carpentersville jobs, the outside carries the pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots, so the glass looks hazy from the street even when the inside is clean. Cleaning the outside is how you clear the grime from the glass the street sees.
Most houses we clean here book in late spring and in fall. Across Illinois, those are the two windows we see most often.
No. We do gutters first and glass last, because the leaves and black water coming down a wall will run across any window below it.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included on the exterior side of the window.
Not on this visit. We clean the exterior glass only and do not do pressure washing as part of this service. The same exterior quote method works for other multi-unit homes, built from the stories and window count.
No, 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 while 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.
