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 washed down from the roof lands on clean panes. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. On our La Grange jobs, most customers book in the spring and the fall, the two times the seed, pollen and leaf loads build up.
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 the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count. Doing window washing and gutter cleaning on one visit costs less than booking two separate washing services, because one crew covers both. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. We do not give a figure from the page itself; the quote comes from your house, and a call to (866) 435-6328 gets you one.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer on the ladder. Oversized panes and a high window count add time, because window washing a tall house is slower than a single-story one. Gutters and downspouts that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take more passes to clear, and runoff from a blocked run can streak the siding below. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before anything underneath can be cleaned. Our crew will remove dirt and grime from the glass and frames, but hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem that cleaning will not remove, and we say so before we start. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. If the job is a condo, tell us whether you want the unit or the whole building priced, because the window count changes the quote.
On a recent La Grange job, the owner of a home with heavy tree cover called us after the fall leaves had sat in the gutters for two seasons. The quote moved because the runs needed a second pass and the windows on the north side carried a film from the trees above them. We priced it from the stories and the window count, the same way we price every one of our window cleaning services, and that is what the invoice showed. For your own house, the quickest way to an exact number is a photo of the front of the house, plus the number of stories and a rough count of the windows. Call (866) 435-6328 with them, and we will tell you what moves it before we book a date.
| 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, the cleaning window for both jobs runs on the same calendar, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. On our La Grange jobs, most customers book twice a year: in spring, which across Illinois usually lands in late May to June once the spring bloom is done, and again in fall, after the leaves come down and before the first hard freeze. In spring the downspout elbows are packed with pollen paste and the glass wears a yellow film on the south-facing side. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see gutter runs sagging under the weight of ice by winter.
Some residential and commercial buildings need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, and those customers are often back on a three to four month cycle. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, so that house needs a look after each sprinkler season. A house close to a busy road or active construction picks up more grime on the window glass than a quiet street does. Large picture windows show that grime first, because there is more glass for it to sit on. Houses with few or no trees usually need one of the regular cleanings once a year in late fall.
The sign that windows need cleaning sooner is a haze you only notice when the sun is low. Interior and exterior glass wear differently, and the haze you see from the street is usually on the outside. The sign that gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge during rain. Glass that needs cleaning solutions on top of water gets them, and the crew says so before it uses them. If you see either, call us and we will look at it on the next visit, and we will tell you whether a cleaning will fix it or whether the problem is the gutter itself.
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 crews have cleaned gutters and exterior windows across La Grange, and we take on residential and commercial jobs for homeowners and for property owners who need several buildings done on one schedule. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and tell us the number of stories. We give you a number and a date. Lead time depends on how full the calendar is, and we give you the actual date when we book, not a promise we cannot keep. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and we text photos of every gutter run and the finished glass before the crew leaves.
Two stretches of the year fill the calendar faster: the spring window once the bloom is over and the fall window after leaves drop. If you want a slot in either, call early. Outside those windows, a booking usually comes sooner. We work with residential properties where homeowners want professional window cleaning in the same visit, and with property managers who want window cleaning services scheduled across multi-story buildings without a separate call for each. Clogged gutters that overflow can also be a sign of water damage to the fascia or the wall below, and we will note that in the report if we see it. A clean exterior adds to curb appeal, and we clean every window the crew can reach so the clean windows match across the house. Cleaning the windows inside is not part of this visit, so the exterior is the job we book.
Yes. The same two people do the gutters and the exterior windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. You get one schedule and one invoice.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text before any work is booked. We will not quote a figure from this page, because each house is different.
On our La Grange jobs, the outside carries most of what dulls a residential window: tree dust in spring, rain grime, and sprinkler spots. Cleaning the inside will not remove those, so the outside is where the visible haze comes from. Interior and exterior glass wear differently, and this visit covers the exterior.
Most of our La Grange customers book in spring, once the spring bloom is done, and again in fall, after the leaves drop. Book early if you want one of those windows. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328.
No, because we do the gutters first and the glass last. Water and debris from a gutter run down the wall and across any window below it, so the glass gets cleaned after the gutters are finished.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included in the visit when they are reachable from outside. We note anything we cannot reach in the report.
Not on this visit. We clean the exterior glass only and do not do pressure washing on this visit. If you need the interior glass done, tell us and we will say what we can offer.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
