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 an approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of our customers book this work in the spring and fall, when the calendar and the weather make it worth doing both at once. To get your number, call (866) 435-6328 today.
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, and it comes from stories, approximate window count and how the gutters look from the ground. We count every window on the house, not just the front, so the estimate covers the whole job. Our crew quotes the bundle in one visit, which costs less than booking window washing services and gutter work as two jobs, and the saving is shown on your estimate.
On the day, the crew finds the things that actually change a price: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, oversized panes and picture windows that need a boom or scissor lift, gutters nobody has opened in years, packed with leaves and needles, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras, so the crew does not charge extra to remove dirt from the sills.
On our Highland Park jobs, the number that surprises owners is usually the gutters and downspouts, not the glass. When a run has been left for several seasons the material in it is heavier than it looks from the ground, and we want you to see that before we start. Send us a photo of the front of the house by text along with the stories and window count, and we will tell you what to expect. Downspouts that feed buried drain lines are checked at the outlet, and anything beyond that is quoted before the crew touches it, so the number on the invoice matches the number you were given.
| 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 who book this bundle plan on two cleanings a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew and one visit makes sense. Spring is when pollen settles as a film on south-facing glass and packs into the downspout elbows as a paste, and spring rain runoff carries that film down the wall below. Fall is the wet leaf mat that sits in the gutters after the trees finish dropping, and on houses that skipped that visit we see runs that have sagged under the weight of ice by late winter.
Heavy tree cover over the roof changes the schedule. Needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, so those houses usually need three or four visits a year rather than two. Regular cleanings on that schedule keep the gutters running clear, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves round white spots that come back a day after cleaning, so those houses need the same closer schedule so the mineral film does not build up. A house close to a busy road or active construction also picks up enough grime to justify the extra visit. The schedule follows the building more than the category, so residential and commercial frontage in full sun gets the same spring visit.
You will know the window needs attention when the haze shows up only with the sun low in the sky, and the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspouts. Our crew checks both on every visit. If the glass needs cleaning solutions or more than a rinse to remove dirt, they say so in the photos they send before we leave.
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 has cleaned across Highland Park, and at this point we would rather tell you which streets we have worked than guess. Booking starts with a phone call to (866) 435-6328 or a text giving us the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we will confirm the lead time for your address when we reply. The two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, are when our calendar fills, so booking early in those months keeps your choice of date open. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our window cleaning services focus on exterior glass and gutters, which means we are the professional window cleaning crew for the outside of the house and not a general service that tries to do everything at once. The same crew handles window washing and gutter work, so you deal with one set of people for both. Condos, multi-story buildings and tall houses are scheduled with the right lift, and if a house has a history of clogged gutters or water damage at the fascia, tell us when you schedule service so the crew comes prepared for it.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people doing both. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the work is planned around one visit and one setup per side of the house.
The number comes from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and we give it by phone or text. Send us those two details and a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you the figure before you commit.
For most residential properties here, yes, because the outside carries the pollen film, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots that never reach the inside of the glass. Every residential window that faces a sprinkler line picks up those spots on the outside first. Many owners do the interior and exterior on different schedules, and the outside is the side that takes the weather. Clean windows on the outside also add to curb appeal, and they make the difference you see when the sun is low in the afternoon.
Across Illinois, most of our customers book in spring and fall, after the pollen season and before the first hard freeze. Booking early in those months gives you more choice of date.
No, the reason we go gutters first and glass last is that the leaves, grit and black water in a gutter run down the wall and across any window below it. If the glass were washed first, someone would have to wash it again.
Screens are taken down, rinsed and put back, and sills are wiped as part of the exterior work. Tracks are included when they are reachable from outside, so you will see the finished result in the photos we send.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean windows inside the house, and we do not do pressure washing as part of this job.
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.
