The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing that falls from the roof lands on clean panes. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of the homes we clean are booked for spring and fall, the two times the spring growth and the fall leaves get heavy enough to see on the glass.
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 the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the gutters and the windows separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we bill, so ask for it before we schedule anything. Starting prices are given by phone, before any crew is booked.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. Multi-story buildings and steep roofs mean more ladder time and a boom or scissor lift on some runs. A large number of oversized panes adds time at each sill. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or packed with needles and leaves, need a longer clearing before the flush. Clogged gutters that overflow can lead to water damage on siding and soffit, so the clearing comes first. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated to reach the run beneath them, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers does not come off with cleaning. Windows inside the house are not part of the quote. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not billed as extras.
Across our window cleaning work, the quotes that move most are the ones with heavy grime on the lower panes and a lot of glass on the upper floors. On the jobs we have done in Collinsville, the houses with the most exterior glass and the heaviest buildup are the ones where the quote runs higher, and that is the first thing we check on the phone. Some window cleaners quote by the pane and some by the hour; we quote by stories and window count. Send a photo of the front of the house by text and we can usually tell you the stories and window count from it before the crew is sent out. Professional window cleaning on a house this size is the same job we do on every other house: gutters cleared, downspouts flushed, glass rinsed with purified water and left to dry without streaks. Clean gutters and glass do more for curb appeal than most people expect. The window washing and clogged gutters are the part people underestimate, and why the bundle is usually the better call.
| 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 Collinsville customers book both jobs twice a year, once in the spring after the spring bloom and once in the fall after the leaves come down, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense on this calendar. In spring the pollen film shows on the south-facing glass and the spring growth packs the gutters, and in fall the wet leaf mat is the problem. Storm and wind seasons can move either date by a few weeks. To schedule service, we look at what the house needs before we look at the calendar. Our cleaning services follow this calendar for most homes, and a residential window that faces south shows the film first.
Houses under heavy tree cover get the third visit, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings. Regular cleanings keep the film from building up on the glass, and they keep the gutters from backing up between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass causes the spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those houses need a mid-season look. A house near a busy road or a construction site gathers a film that the spring visit does not clear. Most houses with few or no trees do well with one visit a year, late in the fall.
Two sights tell you the windows need it: a haze that only shows when the sun is low, and streaks that come back quickly after rain. Clean windows give the sun nowhere to show a film, so a haze in low light is the first sign. The sign gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in a steady rain. If you see either, text us a photo and we will tell you which visit it belongs to.
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 neighborhoods of Collinsville, and we can tell you whether your street is on our regular route when you call. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and give us the number of stories. Lead time varies with the season, and the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, fill the calendar fastest, so booking early in those months gets you the slot you want. We will call before we come, and we will confirm the arrival window the day before.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and our crew does not come inside the house. The only thing we ask is that gates are unlocked and cars are off the driveway if the windows face it. Our washing services cover gutters and downspouts from the roof line down, and our window cleaning services cover the outside of every window and sill. We also deal with the runoff that carries dirt from the roof to the wall below. We clean the grime that builds up on the glass and the frames, and we remove dirt from the tracks and screens as part of the visit. Residential properties in Collinsville, condos and single-family homes alike, get the same crew and the same order of work.
Yes, it is the same two people. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, so the runoff from the roof does not land on panes we have already done. One visit, one invoice.
We do not give a figure here because the number depends on the size of the house and the window count. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will quote it from those.
On most houses here, yes. The outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and those sit on the glass whether or not the inside is clean. Cleaning only the inside leaves the film that the sun shows you every afternoon.
Most of our customers here book late May or June for spring, and late October or November for fall. Customers who want regular cleanings book both windows every year, and one visit a year is enough for most houses with few trees. Those are the windows when the dust and the leaves are heavy enough to see on the glass and in the gutters.
No, because we clear the gutters and flush the downspouts before we touch the glass. Gutters first, glass last is the order on every house we work, and it is the reason the runoff never reaches clean panes.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleared of dirt as part of the visit. The glass gets purified water rather than cleaning solutions, so nothing is left behind to streak. Picture windows take longer at the sill, and that time shows up in the quote.
The prices here are for houses, so ask us about any other building on the phone. On this visit we clean the exterior only, and the windows inside stay as they are unless you book that separately.
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 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.
