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 both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of the homeowners who book us do it in the spring and the fall, and that is when our crew is busiest.
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 done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. A residential and commercial building is quoted on its own, so say which it is when you call.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. Picture windows, the big single panes, take longer than a standard window, and a high number of windows adds glass to wash. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or that are packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time too. Hard-water spotting from sprinkler lines hitting the glass is something cleaning alone does 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, and where a sill needs cleaning solutions beyond water, we tell you before we start.
To get the exact number, text us a photo of the front of the house along with the number of stories and a rough count of windows. Our crew will tell you what the job involves before anyone climbs up, and interior and exterior glass are quoted as separate jobs.
| 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 of our customers book both jobs twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense. The spring visit runs late May to June across Illinois, and in Lincoln the fall visit is late October to November. Those are the two windows for regular cleanings, and each cleaning covers both the glass and the gutters.
In spring we find pollen film on south-facing glass and pollen paste packed into the gutters. In fall, clogged gutters hold the wet leaf mat, and the storm and wind seasons can move these dates a little in either direction. Multi-story buildings and houses with heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass, or a home near a busy road often need a third visit. Sprinkler spots are the ones that come back a day after cleaning. Left alone, clogged gutters can lead to water damage at the fascia and the sill below.
You can tell windows need professional window cleaning when you see a haze only in low sun, and gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in the rain. Curb appeal suffers first, and haze on the windows inside is a separate job we do not cover on the outside visit.
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 handles window and gutter cleaning for residential properties across Lincoln, and the residential window glass is done on the same visit. We can usually fit a visit into the calendar without a long wait outside the two busy windows of the year. Booking is simple. Call (866) 435-6328 or text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we send you an estimate. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work, since the crew does not come inside. We clean every window on the exterior, and we will tell you which sill or frame needs extra attention before we start.
When our calendar fills during the busy seasons, the earlier you call the easier it is to schedule service at a time that suits you. If you live in a condo, tell us which floor your unit sits on when you call, since that matters as much as the number of stories.
Yes, it is the same two people. Our window cleaning services and gutter work run as one visit, with the gutters and downspouts done first and the glass last, so the wash from the roofline never lands on clean windows.
Our cleaning services are priced on stories and size, and we give the number by phone or text once we know those. There is no fixed figure we can quote without them.
In Lincoln the outside carries pollen in spring and rain dust the rest of the year, along with sprinkler spots on glass near the lawn. Grime and sprinkler spots build up outside even when the inside looks fine.
The fall visit in Lincoln is late October to November. Across Illinois the spring visit runs late May to June, so spring and fall are the two windows.
Not on our jobs. Gutters come first and glass last, so the runoff from a gutter is rinsed away before we touch the glass. Our washing services follow that order, since washing the glass before the gutters is how the grit ends up on the panes.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and we remove dirt from the tracks as we go. Tracks are included in the visit unless they are heavily packed, and we say so before we start.
We do not clean inside the windows or do pressure washing on this visit. This visit is exterior glass only.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Call (866) 435-6328 with any questions before the visit.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
