Our crew cleans the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. The same two people do both jobs, so you book once instead of hiring two companies. We price by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than two separate trips. Spring and fall are when pollen and leaves build up fastest in the gutters and on the glass.
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 by the number of stories and the approximate window count, the same way for residential and commercial buildings. Booking the gutters and the windows together in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give you on the phone is the number we charge. What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. Work on multi-story buildings, or on a house with a third story or a steep roof, takes longer to reach safely. A large window count, or oversized picture windows, adds time at the glass, and each residential window above the first floor adds its own time. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years or are packed with needles and leaves take more hands. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers needs more than a standard cleaning. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Once we confirm the stories and the window count, the number holds. The quote covers the exterior glass only, so a request for interior and exterior work is a separate estimate. For an exact figure, text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us the number of stories, and we will give you a number before we come out. Our window washing and window cleaning services cover the outside glass, and our washing services are built around regular cleanings so the grime does not build up between visits.
| 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 spring visit falls in late May to June and the fall visit in late October to November, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. What we find at each visit follows the seasons. In the spring, a pollen film sits on south-facing glass and wet debris packs the gutters. In the fall, the leaf load is heavy and the wet leaves matt into the runs. Across Illinois, summer derechos and severe thunderstorms can move those dates, so we check the roof before we book the next visit. Residential properties with heavy tree cover, a sprinkler line that hits the glass, or a house near a busy road or construction often need a third visit, because the cleaning solutions only remove dirt until the next load of debris lands. Heavy tree cover means the gutters fill faster, and clogged gutters push water onto the walls and into the window frames, which is how water damage starts.
The sign that windows need cleaning is a haze you only notice when the sun is low. The sign that gutters and downspouts need clearing is water sheeting over the edge in a rain. If you see either, call (866) 435-6328 and we will set a date.
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 Lake in the Hills, and we clean the exterior of the houses here on the same visit as the gutters and downspouts. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house with the number of stories, and we give you an estimate by return message. Our window cleaners and the professional window cleaning we do are the same crew that clears the gutters, so one company handles both cleaning services. Lead time depends on how full the calendar is, and we will tell you the date when you call. The two busiest windows of the year follow the leaf drop and the wettest months, May, June and July, and that is when our calendar fills. If you need a slot in those months, ask for it early. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We clean every window on the outside of the house, which does a lot for curb appeal, and we will schedule service around the way you use the front and the back of the property.
Yes. Our crew clears the gutters and downspouts and cleans the outside of the windows in one visit, so it is the same two people doing both. We clear the gutters first and wash the glass last, so nothing that falls from the gutters ends up on clean windows.
The number comes from the number of stories and the size of the house, and condos are quoted the same way. Text us a photo of the front and tell us the stories, or call (866) 435-6328, and we will quote it before we come out.
The outside takes the rain dust, runoff spatter and sprinkler spots that the inside never sees. Cleaning the outside keeps the glass clear in the seasons when the haze is worst.
Across Illinois, the usual visit windows are late May to June and late October to November, after the leaves drop. Spring and fall are the two times the gutters fill fastest, so those are the visits that matter most.
No, because we do the gutters first and the glass last. When we clear a run, the grit and water come down the wall, so the glass is cleaned only after the gutters are finished.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and the frames are cleaned as part of the job. They are not billed as extras.
We clean the outside of the windows on this visit only, so the windows inside stay as they are. We do not do pressure washing on this visit.
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.
