The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs done together in one visit cost less than booking two separate trips. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Illinois, most of our customers book this in spring and fall, once the seeds, pollen and leaves have come down.
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 window and gutter cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count. The bundle, both jobs in one visit, costs less than booking window cleaners and a gutter crew separately, and the number we quote over the phone is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate from those details.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are predictable. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer on the ladder. Oversized picture windows and tall glass take more time per pane. Here, clogged gutters, the kind packed with needles and leaves after years without a cleaning, need more clearing before the flush. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers does not come off with cleaning at all, so we tell you about it before the visit. Gutters and downspouts are cleared and flushed as part of the job, and screen rinsing and sill wiping are included too, not billed as extras.
Cleaning solutions are only part of professional window cleaning. The crew brings purified water for the glass, which helps remove dirt and dries without streaks, and what keeps the clean windows clean longer is the order we do the work in. Residential and commercial jobs follow the same sequence on our end, and our washing services run in that order, but this page covers houses only, so multi-story buildings are not priced here. On this page, interior and exterior glass is never on the same quote, because it covers the outside only. Most residential window jobs we see have a mix of ground-floor and upper-story glass, and the upper windows are done from the pole, not from a ladder leaned on the siding.
Here is what a recent Gurnee visit looked like. The house had two stories, a moderate window count with a row of picture windows across the back, and gutters that had gone a full season without cleaning. The quote came from the stories and the window count, and the crew cleared the gutters and flushed the downspouts before touching the glass, so the number on the invoice matched what we said on the phone. Our crew flags any extra work before it starts, and we do not bill for regular cleanings that were already part of the plan.
| 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 customers in Gurnee book both jobs twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Across Illinois, spring visits usually land in late May to June, and the fall visit usually lands in late October to November.
In the spring we find the pollen film on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packed into the gutters. In the fall it is the leaf load and the wet mat that sits in the runs. Gurnee gets about 36 inches of precipitation a year, and May, June and July are the wettest months, so the glass and runs take the most water then. Across Illinois, summer derechos and severe thunderstorms can move the dates, so we book around the forecast rather than around a fixed week. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass, or a house near a busy road or construction usually means a third visit, because the grime and runoff come back faster than twice a year allows.
Gutters need a look when water sheets over the edge in a rain, and windows need a look when a haze shows up only when the sun is low. A run of clogged gutters that backs up in a storm can send water behind the fascia and cause water damage, so an overflowing run gets a look before the next storm. Professional window cleaning is also what keeps the front of the house sharp for curb appeal between visits. Those are the signs we tell customers to watch for.
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 the outside of residential properties in Gurnee, houses only, including every residential window on the house, and runs window and gutter cleaning as one scheduled visit. Booking starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text, and condos are not priced on this page, so tell us what kind of building it is when you call. We give the estimate from the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we call before we come. Lead time depends on the season, and during the two busy windows of the year our calendar fills first. Schedule service early in those months and you will get a slot that suits you, and the house front keeps its curb appeal between visits. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, but before the truck leaves we want every run checked and every pane confirmed against what you expected, so you get clean windows and no surprises.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, and they do the gutters first.
We give a number from the stories and the size of the house, by phone or text, and that number is what you pay.
On our jobs the outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and cleaning it is how we remove dirt the inside never gets, so the glass looks different once it is done.
Most of our Gurnee customers book in spring and fall, when the pollen and leaves have come down.
No, because we do gutters first and glass last, so nothing from the runs reaches the panes we have just finished.
Yes. Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and tracks are part of the visit, so the window washing services we price already include them.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean the windows inside the house or do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside 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.
