Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We work gutters first and glass last, so nothing that falls from the eaves lands on clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Our crew has done this work on Elgin homes for years, and most of those houses get the spring and fall 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.
Window washing and gutter work are priced together, because our window cleaning services use one crew and one ladder setup for both. We give you a price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice. Doing the washing services and the gutter work in one visit costs less than booking two separate jobs, and the bundle is what most of our Elgin customers choose.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes longer to reach. Oversized picture windows and large panes take more time per pane. Gutters that have not been cleared in years are packed with needles and leaves, and the grime in them has to come out by hand, so we remove dirt from every seam, not just the visible stretch. Gutter guards must be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run underneath. Hard-water spotting from sprinkler heads on the glass is something no cleaning removes, so we flag it on the first visit. Gutters and downspouts are cleared in the same visit, and downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On a recent Elgin job, the price moved because the house had three stories on one side and a back run that was clogged enough to hold runoff against the fascia. The crew cleared the back run first, flushed the downspouts until they ran clear, and then did the glass, so the quote covered the extra time on the upper story. We also found a sprinkler line spraying the front windows, which is why the front panes needed a second pass. That is the kind of detail we put in the quote before we start, so you know the number before we arrive. Call (866) 435-6328 with the stories and window count, or send a photo of the front of the house by text, and we give you the number.
| 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.
On our Elgin jobs, most customers book both services twice a year, in late May or June and again in late October or November. That is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. The spring visit comes after the early bloom and seed drop, and the fall visit comes after the last leaves drop and before the first hard freeze.
In late spring, the pollen film on south-facing glass is thick enough to see from the street, and the pollen paste in the gutters has set into the elbows of the downspouts. In the fall, the leaf load is what we see first, a wet mat that packs the gutters and holds water against the fascia. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates, and we adjust when a severe storm has blown debris into the runs.
Regular cleanings twice a year are enough for most houses, but some need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the gutters between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves mineral spots that ordinary cleaning solutions will not lift, so those need a return trip to treat. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up dust faster than a quiet street. If one of those applies to your house, we tell you after the first visit how often the crew needs to come back.
On a recent Elgin job, a customer with no trees and no sprinkler problem books once a year in late fall. A different customer, with big trees over the roof and a sprinkler line hitting the front windows, is on three or four visits a year. The first customer needs one visit, the second needs the extra visits, and the first visit tells us which one your house is.
You will see windows need cleaning when there is a haze on the glass that you only notice when the sun is low. You will see gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running into the downspout. Those two signs are usually enough to know it is time to book. Clean glass and clear gutters also help curb appeal, since the front of the house is what the street sees.
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 gutters and exterior windows on residential properties across Elgin, including condos, and we work with the window cleaners and gutter crews that have been running here for years. Booking is simple: call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service or text us a photo of the front of the house, and we give you a number based on the stories and window count. Lead time depends on the season, and during the busy windows in spring and fall our calendar fills, so booking early helps. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
Professional window cleaning is what we do for every job, and the same crew handles the gutters so the two services finish together. We clean every window on the outside of the house, including picture windows, sills and frames, and we check the downspouts for clogged gutters before we start. Ladder height and access change between residential and commercial buildings, but the water-fed pole method stays the same. If a run has been holding water, the crew photographs the fascia and tells you whether there is any water damage to look at. Our multi-story buildings experience comes from the same crew that does the houses, so the ladder work is familiar.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people doing both. We clean the gutters first and then the glass, so nothing dirty from the roof lands on clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. There is no fixed figure we can give without seeing the house.
On Elgin houses the outside carries rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up between visits, so the outside often gets dirty faster than the inside. The interior and exterior of a window rarely get dirty at the same pace. Cleaning the outside keeps the glass clear even when the inside looks fine.
Most of our Elgin customers book in late May or June and again in late October or November. The right month for your house comes from how heavy the leaves and tree cover are, and we can tell you after the first visit.
Not with our order of work. We clear the gutters and flush the downspouts before we touch the glass, so the runoff has time to drain before we start on the windows.
Screens, sills and frames are part of residential window cleaning, and we rinse the screens and wipe the sills. Tracks are included in the exterior window work.
We clean exterior glass only on this visit, so the windows inside stay as they are. We do not do interior windows or pressure washing as part of the service.
You do not need to be home for exterior work. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside while ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
