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 the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Our crew does this work on a regular schedule through the spring and fall, and that is when most of our Evanston customers book it.
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 for window and gutter cleaning in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips with two window cleaners. The number we give you on the phone is the number we charge for each cleaning, so tell us the stories and the window count and we will come back with a figure before anything is scheduled.
Most of 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 takes more time on the ladder. A spring coat of pollen adds a rinse on any house, and a house with a lot of large or oversized picture windows takes longer than one with standard panes. Clogged gutters that have not been opened in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, need more clearing before the water can run, and a run that stays full can lead to water damage at the fascia. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time on each run. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers does not come off with cleaning solutions alone, so we will tell you on the visit if it is there and what it will take.
Gutters and downspouts are one job, so downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the exterior price and are not billed as extras. We run water through every downspout until it flows clear, and we rinse the screens and wipe the sills as we work. We quote the outside of the house only, so this is not an interior and exterior package.
Our Evanston experience has shown that the quote usually lands where it should once we know the stories and the approximate number of windows. Send us a photo of the front of the house by text and we can usually tell you the stories and the rough window count before we call back. From there, the number on the phone is the number on the invoice, with no surprises after the crew is done.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate for the bundle and for each job on its own so you can compare.
| 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 Evanston customers book gutters and windows twice a year, in the spring and the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for both of these cleaning services. Professional window cleaning in the spring clears the pollen film on the south-facing glass and the pollen paste that collects in the gutters. The fall visit clears the leaf load that packs the runs and the downspouts before the cold weather arrives.
What we find on each visit changes with the season. In spring the glass carries a thin pollen film and the gutters hold a paste of pollen and seed. By fall the runs are full of wet leaves, and clogged gutters are common where the downspouts meet the elbow. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates a little, so we book the visit as the calendar allows rather than on a rigid schedule. Regular cleanings matter most before the wettest months of May, June and August, when rain carries the dust down the glass.
Some homes need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the downspouts between visits, and we see those houses come back to us several times a year. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves round spots that return a day after cleaning, and those need a separate look. A house close to a busy road or active construction collects more grime on the frames and sills, so the crew has to remove dirt from them on each visit. Multi-story buildings take longer on the ladder. We flag all of these on the first visit and tell you how often we think the house needs us.
You will usually see when the windows need attention, because the haze shows up only when the sun is low. Runoff that sheets over the edge of a gutter in the rain is the sign the gutters need clearing.
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.
We do window and gutter cleaning across Evanston on residential properties and condos, and we take the occasional commercial job, so the same crew handles residential and commercial work, with the same washing services for both. Booking starts with a phone call or a text: tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we will confirm the estimate and the earliest slot. Lead time depends on the season, and our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring and the fall, so book early if you have a set date in mind.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew does not come inside, so windows inside stay as they are, and we call before we come so you know when to expect us. We work to schedule service around the weather, and we will not start on wet glass or a wet roof, so a rain day moves the job to the next dry one.
We clean every window on the outside of a residential property that we can reach safely from the ground or a boom or scissor lift, and we clean the sill and frame of each residential window. If a pane is out of reach, we photograph it and tell you before we leave. Our goal is clean windows that stay clean between visits, with the gutters running clear.
Yes. The same two-person crew cleans the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the falling grit does not end up on clean glass.
Our washing services are priced from the stories and the size of the house, and we give the number by phone or text. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will return a written estimate.
On Evanston houses the outside of the glass carries pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots, so the outside gets dirty faster than the inside. Cleaning the outside also adds to curb appeal, whatever shape the inside is in.
Most of our Evanston customers book in the spring and the fall, which is when the pollen and leaves build up in the gutters and on the glass.
No. We clean the gutters first, flush the downspouts, and give the wall a few minutes to drain before we touch the glass, so the runoff does not land on clean panes.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the exterior job, which takes off the grime that has built up on the frame. Tracks are included when they are reachable from the outside, and we tell you on the visit if one needs more time.
No. On this visit we clean the exterior glass only, and we do not do interior windows or pressure washing.
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. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a date, or text a photo of the roofline and we will confirm the estimate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
