Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing falls onto clean panes. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and both jobs done together cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of the homes we service book spring and fall, and that schedule suits the way leaves and grime build up on a house here.
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, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Doing both in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, because the same ladder setup covers the gutter run and the glass on each side of the house. The crew brings its own cleaning solutions, water and power, so nothing extra is billed for them. We quote interior and exterior work as separate jobs, so this price covers the exterior only.
Several things move the quote on our jobs. A third story or a roof steep enough that we cannot walk it adds time and equipment. Window count and oversized picture windows change how long the glass takes. Heavy pollen on the glass adds a rinse, and a run of clogged gutters nobody has opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, takes longer than a routine run. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated are priced by the foot before the visit. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate treatment that no cleaning removes, so we flag it when we see it. Clearing gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On a Hickory Point job, the thing that changes the number most is what the crew finds on the day. Send us the stories and the window count, plus a photo of the front of the house by text, and we can give you a written estimate before we book. That keeps the number you hear and the number you pay the same, for the first of your cleanings and every one after it, and it lets us plan for the residential and commercial jobs that share our calendar in the same week. Regular cleanings on a house we already know are quoted from the last visit's notes. Every professional window cleaning quote is framed by the work itself, and we will tell you what we found before any extra work is added.
| 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 Hickory Point customers book both twice a year, in late May or June and again in late October or November. Across Illinois the spring visit falls in late May to June, and the fall visit falls in late October to November, before the first hard freeze. Most window cleaners quote the glass and the gutters as separate jobs, but our crew handles both in one professional window cleaning visit at those two points, so the cleaning services land on one date.
On the spring visit we find pollen film on the south-facing glass and sticky paste packed into the gutters, sometimes at the elbows of the downspouts. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat that holds water against the fascia, and clogged gutters spill that runoff down the siding. Storm and wind seasons, including the summer derechos and severe thunderstorms that hit across Illinois, can shift the dates a few weeks in either direction, so we call before we come.
Some properties need a third visit on top of their regular cleanings. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. Multi-story buildings and houses near a busy road or a construction site pick up dust faster than a quiet single-story street does. We will tell you after the first visit which of those applies to your lot.
The sign that windows need cleaning sooner is haze you only notice when the sun is low, and that haze wears down the curb appeal of the whole front of the house. Haze on the windows inside is a separate problem and is not part of this visit. The sign that gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in a rain, which can mean water damage on the trim below. If you see either one, text us a photo of the roofline and we will tell you whether it is a cleaning or something else.
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 provides window and gutter cleaning across Hickory Point, from older single-story houses to newer two-story homes and the multi-story buildings in town. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text us the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we return a written estimate. Lead time depends on the season and on how full the calendar is, and we will tell you the first open slot when you call.
The two busy windows of the year follow the spring and leaf months, so the calendar tends to fill fastest in late spring and again in late fall. If you want a particular date, book early in those months. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew does not come inside. We call before we come, so you know when the truck is on the street.
We clean residential properties, including condos, and the exterior of residential window and gutter jobs of every size, and we treat each house as its own job rather than a template. Booking for the same house covers interior and exterior work separately, and this visit covers the exterior only. Our crew confirms every window and checks each sill before starting, so the work matches the estimate and the clean windows you get are the ones you were quoted.
Yes. The same two-person crew handles our gutter and window washing services in one visit, gutters first and glass last. Doing both together keeps the ladder setup to a single pass on each side of the house.
Our window cleaning services are priced from the stories and the approximate window count. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us those and a photo of the front of the house, and we will send a written estimate before we book.
On Hickory Point homes, the outside carries pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up between visits. Cleaning the outside is how you remove dirt that the rain leaves on the glass, so that is usually where the haze comes from.
Our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall, which follows the spring bloom and the leaf drop. Across Illinois most homes do the same two visits a year.
No, because we clean gutters first and glass last. When the gutters are done after the windows, the grime and the runoff running down the wall wash across the glass, so the order is the whole reason.
Screens get rinsed and sills get wiped as part of the job, and the gutters and downspouts are flushed in the same visit. Tracks are included on the standard visit. Nothing on that list is billed as an extra.
Not on this visit. We clean the exterior glass only, and we do not do pressure washing on this visit. If you want the windows inside cleaned, let us know and we will schedule it separately. Condos get the same exterior-only scope.
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 unlock the side gate. These are the most frequently asked questions about the visit, and that is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
