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 both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them separately. Our crew does this work every spring and fall, and on our Chicago jobs most customers book both in the same visit.
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 washing services and gutter work are priced 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 we charge. Our crew finds what drives a quote on the day: stories and a steep roof, window count and oversized panes, gutters not cleaned in years or packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our Chicago jobs the same few things change the number. A residential window with a large pane takes longer on the glass than a standard sash, so a house with window washing needs on oversized picture windows takes longer again. A run of gutters and downspouts that carries grime from years of runoff takes more time to clear than one that was cleaned last fall, and a downspout that is clogged at the elbow is a different job than one that flows. Condos with shared gutters and a stack of windows per unit need a plan for who is on the ladder and in what order. We get the count right before we come, so you hear the number before any work starts.
To get your exact number, send us the stories, the approximate window count and a photo of the front of the house by text. For one Chicago house, the quote rose once the crew found the gutters full, since the job then needed the full run cleared, flushed and rinsed to remove dirt before any glass was touched. That is the pattern we see: the gutters decide the time more than the windows do. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate.
| 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 Chicago customers book both twice a year, once in late spring and once in late fall, and one crew in one visit makes sense for that schedule. In late May or June the pollen film builds on south-facing glass and a sticky paste packs the downspout elbows. In late October or November the leaf load is at its heaviest and the wet mat sits in the gutters over the winter. The window and gutter work has to line up with those dates, because the glass picks up whatever the gutters are holding.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the gutters between visits, so those customers book three or four times a year. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those houses need a mid-season pass. A house close to a busy road or active construction collects a film on the glass faster than one set back from the street. We tell you which of those your lot needs after the first visit.
On a house with a regular schedule, the interior and exterior glass tend to get separate attention, and we only handle the outside on our visits. Picture windows and tall sashes are the ones most people notice first when the haze builds up. Keeping regular cleanings on the calendar means dust and grime never gets a full season to set. Leftover cleaning solutions from a spray bottle leave a film that holds dust, which is one reason we rinse with purified water. The sign that windows need it is haze you only see when the sun is low. The sign gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in rain.
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 cleans gutters and exterior windows across the city, and we book from a phone call or a text with your stories and a photo of the house front. Our window cleaning services cover residential properties and residential and commercial jobs alike, and to schedule service call (866) 435-6328 or text the same photo. Most estimates come back within a day, and the lead time depends on the season, so ask us for the next open date when you call. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills with professional window cleaning and gutter jobs at the same time. Booking early in those windows gets you the date you want.
Multi-story buildings and older houses with clogged gutters take the most planning, since the crew needs the right lift set up for the run. We are careful with curb appeal on front-facing glass, because a streak on the street side is the first thing a neighbor sees. Cleaning services for condos and townhomes follow the same order: the gutters come first, then the glass. Water damage often starts at a clogged gutter that overflows onto the siding, so we check the runs before we start on the windows.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and our crew will not enter the house. Our window cleaners work from the ground and the pole, and the photos of each run go to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people. We do the roof blow-off and the gutters first, then the exterior glass, so nothing dirty washes onto clean windows. One crew, one visit, one bill.
We quote from stories and size, and we count every window on the house before we give the number by phone or text. The number we quote is the number on the invoice, so you know the cost before the truck arrives.
On a Chicago house the outside carries pollen in late spring, rain dust and sprinkler spots, and those build up faster than the inside gets dirty. Cleaning the inside does nothing about that film on the frame and the pane.
Most of our customers book in late spring, around late May or June, and again in late fall, around late October or November. Those are the two windows where we see the most debris on the glass and in the gutters.
Not on our jobs, because we do the gutters first and the glass last. When the glass is washed first, the leaves and grit from the gutters run down the wall and across the window, so someone has to wash it again.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and those are included in the price. Tracks are part of the exterior clean, and we will tell you on the phone if anything else needs a separate quote.
We do exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean the windows inside or do pressure washing on these jobs, so if you need that, it is a separate service.
No, 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. Our crew texts photos of every run before they leave.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
