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 both jobs booked together cost less than two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of the homes we clean book this in the spring and fall.
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 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 for a residential window job of this size. Stories and steep roofs, 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 are the things the crew finds on the day that move the quote. 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 with a third story or a lot of glass, and the ones where the gutters have not been opened in years. To get your exact number, text us the front of the house or call (866) 435-6328, tell us the stories and roughly how many windows you have, and we will quote it from that. Our crew cleans the outside glass, the window washing, the washing services and the window cleaning services together with the gutters. We do not bundle the interior and exterior of a window into one price, so this visit is the exterior only, and it covers the grime built up on the picture windows and the regular cleanings most homes need each season.
| 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 Des Plaines customers book both twice a year, in late May or June and again in late October or November, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. In the spring the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs the gutters, and in the fall it is the wet leaf mat that sags runs under ice by March. Residential and commercial buildings alike see those dates move with storm and wind seasons, so we call before we come.
Some houses, and multi-story buildings in particular, need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass, and a house close to a busy road or construction all pile up grit faster than twice a year can keep up with. We also use cleaning solutions on the glass only where the grime needs it, and the crew checks the runs for clogged gutters on every visit. A window that streaks the next day is usually a sign the sill was missed, and water sheeting over the edge in rain is the sign the gutters need attention before the next visit, because that overflow is how water damage gets into the wall below.
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 residential properties across the Des Plaines neighborhoods where the houses sit close together and the gutters take the brunt of the tree cover. Booking is simple: you send the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we return an estimate by phone or text. We will tell you the lead time for a slot when you call, and the calendar fills quickly in the two busy windows of the year, so it is worth booking early. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
We book a slot, call before we arrive, and keep the schedule service tight so the crew is on the ladder when we said. Professional window cleaning from the pole reaches the upper panes, and our window cleaners give every window the same attention, including the sill. The same visit also helps curb appeal, since the gutters and glass are the first things a visitor sees from the street, and the pole lets us remove dirt from the upper panes without a ladder on the siding. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline to get on the calendar.
Yes, it is the same two people. Our crew does the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing dirty runs back onto clean windows.
We do not quote a figure without seeing the house. The number comes from the stories and the size of the home, and condos are quoted from the same stories and window count, so you can get the figure by phone or by text.
On the houses we clean in Des Plaines, the outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, so the glass gets dirty from outside first. The windows inside can stay as they are, since this visit covers the outside, and the outside still needs the visit.
Spring and fall are when most of our customers here book, and that is when we see the pollen and the leaf load on the houses. Across Illinois the same two windows apply.
No, we do gutters and downspouts first and glass last. When we clear a run, the grit and the black runoff come down the wall, so the glass waits until the wall has stopped dripping.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are part of the job. They are not billed as extras.
We do not clean inside the windows or do pressure washing on this visit. We clean the exterior glass only.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
