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 together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of our customers book this in the spring and fall.
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 washing and gutter work by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle of window cleaning services and gutter work in one visit costs less than two separate trips. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and it comes from those figures.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes more time on the ladder. Oversized picture windows and a high count of small panes add time on the glass. Heavy grime on the lower panes takes extra passes. Gutters and downspouts nobody has opened in years, or packed with leaves and needles, take longer to clear. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem that cleaning will not remove. Every run starts with a step to remove dirt and debris before the water runs clear. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across Illinois, the figures that drive the quote are the same ones you can give us by text: how many stories, roughly how many windows, and a photo of the front of the house. Send those and we will tell you what the visit includes before we book it. If you live in a condo, send the count for your own windows and stories, and we will quote the glass and gutters we can reach from the outside. The one thing we cannot price from a distance is the condition of the gutters, which is why we look at every run before the crew starts. Ask for a written estimate of the washing services and gutter work if you want the figures on paper before you commit.
| 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 of our customers book window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. Those two visits line up with what we find on the house: the pollen film on south-facing glass and the pollen paste in the gutters in late spring, and the wet leaf load after the trees drop in the fall. Residential and commercial buildings collect the same spring film and fall leaves, so the timing holds for both. One crew in one visit makes sense because the gutters have to be clear before the glass is done.
In spring the downspout elbows fill with seeds and dust, and the film shows up as a yellow haze on the glass. In fall the leaf mat sits in the troughs and the grit washes down onto the sills. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates, so we call before we come.
Most houses do well with regular cleanings twice a year, and some need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and cleaning solutions will not lift them. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects dust faster. If your house is in one of those situations, we will tell you after the first visit how often it needs to come back.
Two signs tell you the windows need a visit: a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and water that sheets over the edge of the gutter in rain. Either one means it is time to book. Owners who want interior and exterior glass done on the same day should know we work on the exterior only.
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 works across Hanover and the surrounding area, and we book our window and gutter cleaning services on a schedule that fills up in the two busy windows of the year, when the spring film and fall leaves arrive. To get on the calendar, call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo of the front of the house and tell us the number of stories. We will give you a time frame for the visit, and we call before we come so nobody has to wait around.
We do both exterior gutter cleaning and professional window cleaning, using purified water and a water-fed pole for the upper stories. We also handle multi-story buildings, and we are set up for the larger jobs that take a boom or scissor lift. Water damage from clogged gutters is the reason many customers call us, and we would rather clear the runs before they overflow than repair the wall afterward. Clean glass and clear gutters also do more for curb appeal than most owners expect.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew does not come inside, so the windows inside stay as they are, and photos of the finished job go to your phone before the truck leaves. That is the whole process from the first call to the last photo.
Yes, on our jobs the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit. Gutters go first and the glass goes last, so the dirty runoff does not land on clean panes.
We do not quote a figure from a general guide. The number comes from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and we give it by phone or text before the visit.
Yes, because for a residential window the outside carries most of what dulls the glass here: spring film, rain dust, and sprinkler spots. Clean inside glass will still look hazy from the outside if the exterior is not done.
Across Illinois, most customers book in the spring and in the fall. That timing catches the spring film and the leaf load before they bake onto the glass and pack into the downspouts. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo of the front of the house.
Not if the order is right. We clear the roof, the gutters and every downspout first, let the wall stop dripping, and only then clean the glass, so the clean windows stay that way.
Every window gets its screen, sill and frame done as part of the exterior job, and none of it is billed as an extra. Tracks are included on the exterior side of every window.
Not on this visit. Our exterior work covers residential properties, and we clean exterior glass only. We do not do pressure washing as part of the window and gutter job.
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 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.
