Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Our crew has done this work across Illinois, and most of the homeowners who book it do so in spring and fall, when the pollen and the leaves are at their worst.
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, and the bundle of gutters plus exterior windows in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The quote works the same way for residential and commercial glass, so stories and window count set the number. The number we give you on the phone is the number we charge, so tell us the stories, the rough window count and whether the back of the house faces a sprinkler line when you call or text.
What moves the quote is what our crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof changes how many setups we need. Oversized picture windows and glass on multi-story buildings take longer than standard panes. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take more time than a run that was cleaned last season. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the channel. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate treatment that no cleaning removes, so we look at it on the visit and quote it then.
Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of our washing services and are not billed as extras. Our crew's professional window cleaning on this visit runs from a pole with purified water and no cleaning solutions on the glass, so nothing is left to streak. Every run of gutters and downspouts is flow-tested so you know the water leaves the house the way it should.
Here is the honest way to get an exact figure. Send us a photo of the front of the house by text, count the stories, and tell us roughly how many windows face the outside. With those three things we can give you a number before we set a date, and the invoice will match it. For the scope that comes up most often on our jobs, the shared visit keeps regular cleanings for gutters and glass on one schedule, which is what most homeowners want anyway.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will give you a written estimate before anyone climbs a ladder.
| 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.
On our Lansing jobs most customers book both gutters and exterior glass twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, so one crew in one visit covers both. Spring visits run late May to June across Illinois, and our fall visits in Lansing land in late October to November, which is when the pollen and the leaves do the most damage to the gutters and the glass.
In spring we find a pollen film on south-facing glass and a paste of pollen and seed in the gutters and at the elbows of the downspouts. In fall the story is the wet leaf mat, which packs the channel and then freezes into a weight that sags the hangers. Across Illinois, summer derechos and severe thunderstorms can move the timing of either visit, and a hard storm usually means we come back sooner to clear debris from the runs. Runoff from the roof carries that grit straight down onto the sill, and a run that backs up in a storm is how water damage starts at the fascia.
Some houses need a third visit. We see it most under heavy tree cover, where the roof sheds needles all season and clogged gutters come back within weeks. We also see it on a house with a sprinkler line hitting the glass, where spots come back a day after cleaning, and on a house near a busy road or a construction site where the windows pick up grime faster than normal.
A customer who is on twice a year with no trees and a clean lot is the simplest case. A customer under trees or with sprinkler spotting is on three or four visits. Window cleaners who only come once a season miss this, but the cleaning has to keep up with what the property drops and throws at the glass. Those are the two patterns we see most, and after the first visit we tell you which one your lot actually matches.
The sign that windows need cleaning is a haze you only notice when the sun is low in the afternoon. The sign that gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge in rain instead of running into the downspout. Curb appeal is the other reason people book twice a year, since the front of the house is the first thing a neighbor sees.
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 work across Lansing, and the easiest way to find out whether we cover your street is to call (866) 435-6328 and give us the address. Booking works the same way on every job: you give us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front by text, and we come back with a written estimate and a date. Condos are booked the same way, since the number of stories and a photo of the front are all we need. Expect the typical lead time to be stated when you call, since it changes with the season and the workload. In the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, when our calendar fills fastest, the open slots go first, so the earlier you call the more choice you have.
We call before we come, so you know the crew is on the way. Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work, since the crew does not come inside. We quote interior and exterior glass as separate jobs, and this visit covers the exterior only. We handle residential window and gutter cleaning for residential properties, and we schedule service around the weather so that the glass dries clean and the runs are clear before the next rain. The outcome you can expect is clean windows and a gutter that drains properly, with every window done, every sill wiped and every downspout checked. The crew is set up to remove dirt from the frame and screen as well as the pane, since that is where the film settles.
Yes, the same crew does both. Our washing services combine gutter cleaning and exterior window cleaning in one visit, so you deal with one company and get one invoice.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text before we set a date. Send a photo of the front of the house and tell us the stories, and we will quote it from there.
For most Lansing homes the outside carries the most of the grime: pollen, rain dust, runoff from the roof and sprinkler spots. Clean inside glass does not stop any of that from building up on the outside, so the outside is where the work is.
Our customers here book in late spring and late fall, the two windows when the pollen and the leaves do the most damage. Across Illinois the spring visit runs late May to June, and fall runs late October to November.
Gutters first, glass last, so the dirty water from the runs never reaches the clean panes. Everything comes down the wall and across the windows below it while we work, which is why the glass is the last thing we touch on the house.
Yes. Screens are taken down, rinsed by hand and put back, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned, and none of it is billed as an extra. Gutters and downspouts are checked as part of the same visit.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit. Cleaning the windows inside is not part of this visit, and we do not do pressure washing either.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move any car off the driveway if the windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and unlock the side gate. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
