Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. Every residential window on the house gets the same care, the upper floors included. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them separately. Across Illinois, most of our customers book this in spring and fall, when pollen and leaf load are heaviest on the glass and in the gutters, and clean glass and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal.
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 our window cleaning services by the number of stories and the approximate window count, the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give you on the phone is the number we charge. Stories and steep roofs take longer on the ladder, and multi-story buildings need more ladder setups. Window count and oversized panes change the time on the glass, and gutters that have not been cleaned in years or packed with needles and leaves need more time at each downspout. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated are quoted before the visit, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate treatment that cleaning alone will not remove. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across Illinois, the houses that come in higher are the ones where the crew finds the most on the day, not the ones with the biggest lot. Send us a photo of the front of the house by text, or call (866) 435-6328, along with the number of stories, and we can tell you what we expect to find before anyone climbs. A photo of the whole front, taken from across the street, gives us enough to see the stories, the roof pitch and the window layout.
Window washing services on a house with picture windows or large panes take more care than standard sashes, and the crew sets up for each pane rather than working down a row. Interior and exterior glass are not the same job, and this visit covers the exterior only. Regular cleanings keep the time on each visit down, because a gutter cleared every season carries far less debris than one left for two years.
| 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 customers book both twice a year, and our Crestwood calendar fills around the same two windows, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the season. Spring and fall are when the calendar is busiest and when the work is most worth doing on the glass and in the gutters.
In spring we find pollen on south-facing glass as a yellow film and a sticky paste packed into the gutters and downspout elbows. In fall the leaf load comes down in wet mats, and clogged gutters hold that water against the fascia through the first freeze, which is how water damage can start at the fascia. Storm and wind seasons move the dates a few weeks in either direction, so we book from the house as it stands rather than from the calendar alone.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, because they are mineral and not dirt. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects grime faster than a quiet street, and the glass shows it first.
You will see when windows need it: a haze that shows only when the sun is low. The crew uses water and mild cleaning solutions on frames and sills, and water alone handles most of the dirt on the panes. You will see when gutters need it: water sheeting over the edge in rain instead of running into the downspout.
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 has cleaned houses across Crestwood, and the calendar tells us which streets fill first. We quote residential and commercial jobs by the same two measures, stories and window count, so the number on the phone is the number we charge. Booking starts with an estimate by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text: send the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you a time window. Lead time depends on the season, and during the busy spring and fall windows the calendar fills, so the sooner you call, the easier it is to get the date you want.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our cleaning services cover gutters and the outside of the glass on residential properties, and our window cleaners work from the ground or from a boom or scissor lift on taller houses. We clean every window on the outside of the house that can be reached safely, and professional window cleaning is the same visit as the gutter run, so there is no second trip and no second setup. If you want the date on the calendar, the easiest way is to schedule service now, while the crew still has room in the week.
Yes. The same two people do the gutters and downspouts and the exterior glass in one visit, and they do the gutters first. Nobody leaves the house for a second crew.
We do not quote a figure without seeing the house. The number comes from the stories and size of the house, and we give it by phone or text before the visit.
On a Crestwood house the outside takes the tree dust, rain dust and sprinkler spots first, and a pane can look fine from the room and still haze over from the street side. Exterior cleaning on a residential window removes that film, and it is the part of the visit that changes how the glass looks from the curb.
Across Illinois most customers book in spring and fall, when tree dust and leaves are heaviest. Booking earlier in those windows usually gets a better date.
No, because gutters come first and glass last. When a run is cleared, leaves, grit and black water come down the wall and across any window below it, and runoff from an uncleared run carries the same grime down the glass, so the glass has to wait until the gutters are done.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit, and the crew uses water to remove dirt from the frames. Tracks are included as part of the exterior glass work, and none of it is billed as an extra.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean inside the glass and we do not pressure wash on this visit.
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. For condos, check the building rules for ladder access before you book.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
