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 nothing runs back onto clean panes. We price by the number of stories, and both jobs done together cost less than two separate trips. Spring and fall are when most people book, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
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 doing the gutters and the outside glass in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Cleaning solutions and purified water are included in that number. Give us your stories and rough window count, and we will tell you where the house lands.
On the day, a few things change the quote. A third story or a steep roof means the crew works from a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. Oversized picture windows take more time per pane. Gutters that have not been opened in years arrive packed with seeds, pollen paste and leaves, and that takes longer to clear. A house on regular cleanings is quicker than one that has gone years without one, because packed runs take the longest. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleaned. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate treatment that no cleaning removes, so we flag it before we start. We never bill interior and exterior glass as one job; this quote is for the outside only. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
A recent Grant job shows how it adds up. The owner had a two-story house with a sprinkler line hitting the front glass and gutters that had gone a full year without a cleaning. We cleared the runs, flushed every downspout until the water ran clean, then did the exterior glass once the wall had stopped dripping. Stories, window count and what we found in the gutters are what set the number, and the photos of each run came to the owner's phone before the crew left. Text us a photo of the front of your house and we will get you the exact figure.
The house-by-house figure always starts with the same facts: how many stories, how many windows, and what is sitting in the gutters now. Tell us those and we give you one number before anyone climbs a ladder.
| 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 Grant customers book gutters and windows twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across Illinois the pattern is similar, though the exact timing moves with the weather. Many homeowners book cleaning services this way instead of waiting for a problem.
In spring the glass has a film of pollen on the south-facing side and the gutters hold a paste of seeds that has packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat that matters, and on houses that skip that visit we often find runs that sagged under the weight by the next winter. Clogged gutters left over from fall are what load those runs until they sag. Storms and wind seasons can shift both dates, so we look at the house rather than the calendar. Professional window cleaning booked on a set schedule beats a rushed call when the leaves are down.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between visits, and those customers are on every three to four months. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and a house near a busy road or a construction site collects a fine layer of dust that builds up quickly. Left alone, clogged gutters are how water damage starts at the fascia board. Those houses need the glass done more often than the gutters, and we tell you which pattern your house follows after the first visit. Multi-story buildings are quoted on the same stories count as a house, so the visit length follows the height.
You will know windows need it when the haze shows up only in low sun, and gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a heavy rain instead of running down the downspout. Haze on the outside also makes the windows inside look cloudy. Clean glass does more for curb appeal than most owners expect.
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 cleans gutters and windows across Grant, and the neighborhoods we work most often are the ones where the houses sit under mature trees or near the busier roads. Our crew works residential properties, and each residential window gets the same pane-by-pane check. Every window on the outside of the house gets checked before the crew leaves. Booking starts with a call or text: tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the front of the house, and we come back with a quote the same way. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text that photo. Clean windows and clear gutters are booked on the same call. Lead time depends on how full the calendar is, and the two busy windows of the year are the spring pollen period and the fall leaf drop, when slots fill fastest. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Booking a window and gutter cleaning early in those months keeps the date you want.
Yes. The same two people handle the gutters and downspouts and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. You get one appointment and one invoice, and the washing services are priced as one job.
We give that number from the stories, the window count and what is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will quote it before anyone comes out. We quote residential and commercial jobs on the same count, so tell us the building type when you call.
Usually yes, because the outside carries the pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up between visits. Grime on the outside is what makes the glass look hazy even when the inside is clean, and it comes off first.
Our Grant customers mostly book in late spring and again in fall, after the seed drop and after the leaves come down. Those are the windows when the calendar fills, so book early if you want a particular date.
Not if the gutters go first. When a run is cleared, the leaves and black runoff come down the wall, so we rinse the wall and only then clean the glass. Doing it the other way round means you have to remove dirt from the same panes twice.
Screens are taken down, rinsed and put back, and sills are wiped as part of the exterior job. Tracks are cleaned on request during the same visit. These washing services are part of the one visit, not extra line items.
No. Our window cleaning services on this visit cover exterior glass only, and we do not do interior windows or pressure washing on it.
No, you do not need to be home. 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. If your place is a condo, tell us when you call so the quote matches the windows you own.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
