Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the rinse water never lands on clean glass. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs on separate days. Across Illinois, most of our customers book it in spring and fall, after the seed drop and again before the first hard freeze. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you the number before anything is booked.
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.
Gutter and window washing is priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, which is how professional window cleaning is quoted on our crew. Doing both in one visit costs less than two separate trips, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
On our jobs the quote moves for a few reasons we can see from the ladder. On multi-story buildings, a third story or a roof too steep to walk means a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. A large number of windows, including picture windows and other oversized panes, adds time at the glass. A run of clogged gutters, the kind not opened in years and packed with needles and leaves, takes longer to clear. A gutter that overflows in a storm sends water down the wall below, which is one way water damage starts at the fascia. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are timed separately. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line is etched into the glass, and cleaning will not remove it, so we flag it before we quote the glass. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across our Homewood jobs, the houses that cost the most to do properly are the ones with a lot of glass on the upper floors and gutters that have been left to fill, and that is where curb appeal is lost first. One customer with a tall two-story and a long back run needed the gutters cleared before the glass could be done, and the window count was the figure that set the price. Send us a photo of the front of the house by text along with your stories and rough window count, and we will give you the number before anyone is booked.
| 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 customers book two cleanings a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for gutter cleaning and window cleaning together. The spring visit lands in late May to June across Illinois, after the seed drop finishes. On our Homewood jobs the fall visit lands in late October to November, after the last leaves come down and before the first hard freeze.
At each visit we find the same things on the glass and in the gutters. Pollen forms a film on south-facing glass and a paste in the gutters in spring. In fall it is the wet leaf mat that fills the runs and rides down the downspouts. Storm and wind seasons, including summer derechos and severe thunderstorms across Illinois, move the dates when a house has taken a beating. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass, or a house close to a busy road or construction usually calls for a third visit, because the grit and spotting come back faster than twice a year can keep up with. Regular cleanings on that schedule keep each residential window from building up between visits.
Two signs tell you the windows need a visit: a haze you only see when the sun is low, and a streak line that returns after a rain. The sign gutters need one is water sheeting over the edge in a rain, which means the runs are backed up and the clean is due.
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 each residential window we can reach across the Homewood area. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text us once we have your stories and a photo of the house front, and we will tell you the first open date. The usual lead time is set by our calendar. Two windows of the year fill fastest: spring, when a film of dust settles on every window and seed packs the gutters, and fall, when the leaf load arrives all at once. Booking early in either window gets you a date you can plan around.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew works outside and does not come inside, and we call before we come so you know the day. We serve residential properties, and for condos and multi-unit buildings we schedule the whole building in one visit so the runoff from upper units does not land on glass we have already done. Sill and frame wiping is included, and we remove dirt from the tracks while the screens are down. Our window cleaning services and our washing services for gutters and downspouts run as one job, so there is no second booking to coordinate. For a building that is residential and commercial, say so when you call, and we will tell you whether the crew can take it.
Yes. Our crew does both gutter cleaning and exterior window cleaning in one visit, with the same two people on the ladder. We clear the gutters first and clean the glass last so no debris washes onto clean windows.
We do not quote a figure off a chart. The number comes from your stories and approximate window count, and we give it by phone or text. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you the number before anything is booked.
On our Homewood jobs the outside carries most of the grime: a pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up between visits. The glass is done with purified water rather than cleaning solutions, so nothing is left behind to dry as a film. Cleaning the outside keeps the glass clear from the street and cuts the haze you see when the sun is low, even if the inside is already clean.
Across Illinois, most customers book spring for late May to June and fall for late October to November, once the seed drop has finished and the leaves are down. Those are the windows when the work is most useful on our Homewood jobs too.
No, because we do the gutters first and the glass last. When a run is cleared, the leaves and black water come down the wall, and cleaning the glass afterward means none of it reaches a finished pane.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the standard visit, and we remove dirt from the tracks while the screens are down. None of that is billed as an extra line on the invoice.
Not on this visit. We do exterior glass only, so windows inside the house are not part of this booking. We also do not do pressure washing as part of gutter or window cleaning.
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.
