Yes, 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 both jobs done together cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Our crew has done this work for homeowners across Illinois for years, and most spring and fall calls we take are for the two services together.
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 are priced 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 glass separately. The number we give you on the phone is the number we charge, so the quote you hear is the one on the invoice.
What moves the quote is what our crew finds on the day. A third story or a roof steep enough that we cannot walk it adds time. Window count matters, and so do picture windows, which are large and need more care on the ladder. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or that are packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleaned, and hard-water spotting left by sprinklers will not come off with a cleaning. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On a recent Darien job, a two-story house with a long back run and a lot of window glass was quoted from its stories and window count, and the quote held on the invoice. The same is true of every house we visit. If you want the exact number, send a text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will come back with a figure before anyone books a date. Ask for a written estimate and we will put it in writing, with the window washing and gutters and downspouts listed line by line, a price for every window, and the line to remove dirt from the glass shown separately.
Our crew is not here to upsell you on repairs. If we see something outside the job, such as a loose hanger, we photograph it and put it in the report, and what to do about it is your call. Companies that price by linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but a house with heavy runoff at the downspouts or a lot of grime on the glass is a different job from a house with a light film, and the crew prices it that way. When we finish, the windows should be clear, the gutters should run freely, and there should be no surprise on the bill.
Condos and multi-unit buildings come up in this conversation too, though most Darien calls are single homes. For those, we confirm the exterior access and the count of units before we give a number, so the price is for the whole building and not just the part we could see from the ground.
| 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 calendar is the same for most houses: spring and fall, with a third visit for the houses that need one. Our Darien customers book both twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the leaves are down. That rhythm is why one crew, in one visit, makes sense for the outside of the house.
In spring, the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs into the gutters, so that is the first thing the crew handles. The crew uses mild cleaning solutions on the film, then rinses with purified water. In fall, the leaf load is the main job, and runoff from the wet leaf mat is the reason gutters back up in the first hard rain. Storm and wind seasons move these dates a little from year to year, and the crew calls before each visit to confirm the window.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the downspouts packed between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after the cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects grime faster than one in a quiet neighborhood. For those houses, a third cleaning in the summer keeps the glass and the gutters working, and the crew will tell you on the first visit if that is what your lot needs.
There is one exception to the twice-a-year pattern: a house with clean windows and no trees may need only one visit a year, in the fall, and the crew will say so. The regular cleanings are scheduled by the house, not by a template, and you will hear what your house needs before the calendar is set.
You will know your windows need cleaning when the haze shows up only when the sun is low, on the glass facing the street. You will know your gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge in the rain instead of running into the downspout. Either sign is a good reason to call before the next scheduled visit, and we would rather come out early than leave the job for the next season.
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 window cleaning services cover Darien and the surrounding area, for both residential and commercial work, and the crew knows how to work around the layout of most houses here. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or send a text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we confirm the date with you. The lead time depends on the calendar, and the crew gives you the earliest open slot when you call.
The busy windows are the two seasons when pollen and leaves hit the houses hardest. In those weeks our calendar fills, and the window cleaners on our crews are working at full capacity. Reaching out early in the season gives you more date options, and a text with your photo is the quickest way to hold a slot.
Professional window cleaning is our whole business, so the crew arrives with purified water, a pole system for the upper floors, and boom or scissor lifts for multi-story buildings and the houses that need them. The crew checks every window on the house before the first pane is wet. We work to keep the curb appeal of the house intact, and we are careful with the trim and the siding on the way up and down.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work on residential properties. Our crew does not come inside and does not clean the windows inside the house, and we call before we come, so you know when to expect us. We look at the house for signs of clogged gutters and downspouts before we start, and we report any water damage we find at the eaves or at the trim, since it is easier to fix early than late.
Yes. The same crew does both in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the glass does not get dirty runoff from the gutters.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we quote it by phone or text. Send a photo of the front of the house or call (866) 435-6328 and we will come back with a figure.
Yes, because the outside takes the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and those are the things the glass shows first. Interior cleaning is not part of this visit.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and the fall, after the pollen drop and after the leaves are down. To schedule service, send a text with your stories and a photo, and we hold a date.
No. We clean the gutters first, flush every downspout, give the wall a few minutes to stop dripping, and only then start on the glass. That order is the reason both jobs go in one visit.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and tracks are included on the exterior side. None of it is billed as an extra.
No. This visit is exterior glass only. We do not clean interior and exterior glass in one visit, and we do not do pressure washing on this visit.
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. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
