Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the runoff never lands on clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both together in one visit costs less than two separate trips. Across Illinois, our crews see most of their spring and fall bookings come from homeowners who want the grit and leaf film off the house before the seasons turn.
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.
The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Our window washing and gutter cleaning quote comes from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the gutters and downspouts and the glass as two separate jobs. The percentage saving on the bundle is shown on your estimate, and it is the same figure on the invoice.
Several things move the quote on our washing services. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes a boom or scissor lift, and that changes the setup. Window count matters, and so do oversized panes that take more time per square foot. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or that are packed with needles and leaves, need more passes before the water runs clear. Glass with heavy grime takes more time than a light dust film, since the crew has to remove dirt from the pane before the rinse, and any runoff left on the frame gets wiped too. Gutter guards must be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate treatment that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our Flagg jobs the quote tends to climb with stories and with how long the gutters have sat unopened. Quotes for condos are based on the exterior walls we can reach safely from the ground and the roof. The fastest way to get an exact number is to call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house along with the story count and a rough window total. We will tell you what moves your price before we come out.
| 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 homeowners book the window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, and that is what we see on our Flagg calendar too. The spring visit clears the winter film and the pollen that builds on south-facing glass, and the gutters hold a sticky paste that packs the elbows. The haze shows up first on picture windows facing south. The fall visit clears the leaf load before the first hard freeze. Heavy wind or storm seasons can push either visit a week or two in either direction.
Houses under heavy tree cover need more. Needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, so those customers book three or four cleanings a year rather than two. Our crews use cleaning solutions only where the film needs it, and the rinse is purified water. A sprinkler line that hits every window on one side of the house leaves spots that come back a day later, and a house near a busy road or construction picks up a film that a single visit will not clear. Most of our customers on those lots move to regular cleanings after the first season.
You will know the windows need it when you see a haze that only shows up when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a steady rain instead of running down 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 serves residential properties and commercial properties in Flagg and the surrounding area, and we handle the outside of the glass and the gutters in one visit. Our window cleaning services cover every window on the outside of the building, and the gutters go in the same visit. The crew sets up a boom or scissor lift on multi-story buildings before work starts. Booking runs through an estimate by phone or text, with the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and to schedule service we call before we come. Lead times depend on the season. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when the leaves and seed hit at the same time that property managers and owners call in. We keep a few slots open in those months for emergency water damage calls from clogged gutters, but the regular calendar fills fast. Booking early keeps you ahead of the rush.
Our crew does professional window cleaning from water-fed poles, so our window cleaners reach upper-story panes without bringing a ladder against the siding. The result is a cleaning that protects curb appeal and keeps water off the frames. Interior and exterior glass are separate scopes, and this visit covers the exterior only, so the windows inside stay as they are.
Yes. The same two people do both on your house in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the gutter runoff does not land on the clean windows we just finished.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate size of the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the figure before we book.
Yes. The outside of a residential window collects pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots, and once that film dries it is hard to remove dirt from with a rinse alone. On our Flagg jobs those are the things that build up between visits, and they are the first thing you see on the glass.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and again in the fall. Our crews see the spring film on the glass and the leaf load in the fall, so those are the windows we schedule around. Text a photo and we will tell you which visit your house needs first, and then we can schedule service.
Not on our jobs. We blow off the roof, clear the gutters and downspouts, and let the wall stop dripping before anyone touches the glass. That order is the whole reason we do both in one visit.
Screens come off every window that has one, get rinsed, and go back in the window they came out of. Sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included on the exterior side. 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 siding or decks.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, keep pets inside while the 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.
