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 together in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of the homes we clean are on a spring and fall schedule, and the Lindenhurst jobs follow the same calendar.
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.
Our washing services are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count. Window washing and gutter work done in one visit cost less than two separate bookings, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. What moves it on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, window count and oversized panes, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, which makes clogged gutters the slowest part of the run, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes.
Flushing the gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Interior and exterior glass is a separate question, but on this visit we clean the exterior only. Picture windows take more time than a standard residential window, a double-hung, because the panes are larger and the frames sit higher, and the crew plans for that before the truck pulls in. A regular cleanings schedule keeps the glass from building up grime between visits, and window cleaning services booked on that schedule keep the heavy scrub off the bill later.
On the phone we ask for the stories, a rough window count and a photo of the front of the house sent by text. That is enough to give you an exact number before anyone climbs a ladder. One Lindenhurst job this spring came in higher than the phone estimate because the back run sat over a deck and the gutter had not been cleared in several years. The crew photographed it, we told the customer what it would add, and the final invoice matched the number we agreed to before work started. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will book a date once the number is agreed.
| 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.
Most of our customers here book both twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, and that is why one crew in one visit makes sense on a single calendar. Across Illinois, the spring visit lands in late May or June, when the pollen film on south-facing glass and the pollen paste in the gutters are at their worst. The fall visit lands in late October or November, once the leaves have dropped and before the first hard freeze. Cold weather is hard on a wet gutter, and a run that was not cleared in the fall can hold water against the fascia and cause water damage by March.
What we find at each visit is consistent enough to plan around. In spring the pollen gets into the elbows and the glass shows a yellow haze. Cleaning solutions are only used on the spots that plain water will not lift. In fall it is the wet leaf mat that holds water against the fascia, and the runoff from a blocked run sheets over the lip in the next rain. Across Illinois, summer derechos and severe thunderstorms can knock loose debris into the runs in a single afternoon, so the calendar shifts when a bad storm season comes through. Houses under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the roof, need a third visit because needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings. Houses with a sprinkler line hitting the glass need a third visit as well, because the spots return a day after cleaning when the minerals dry.
Our Lindenhurst customers do not all run on the same schedule. One house with no trees near the roof has been on the fall visit alone for several years. Another house under heavy cover and with sprinkler spotting is on three or four visits a year and has been since the first season. The sign that windows need a cleaning sooner is haze you only see when the sun is low. The sign that gutters need one is water sheeting over the edge in the rain.
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 the neighborhoods of Lindenhurst, and the estimate starts with a phone call or a text. Send us the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you the number before we set a date. Lead time depends on the season, and during the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, our calendar fills faster than in the middle of summer, so we suggest you schedule service as soon as the estimate is approved. Call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service, or text the photo, and we will confirm the date. We call before we come, and the crew will tell you when they are on the way.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our window cleaners do not come inside, and they work from ladders, a boom or scissor lift where the height requires it, and a pole on the upper stories. The pole also reaches the upper floors of multi-story buildings and tall houses alike, and the crew photographs every gutter run and every window it finishes. Our cleaning services cover the gutters and the glass in one trip. This page covers houses only; a residential and commercial job with a different roof or access gets its own quote. We do the work for residential properties across the area who want the gutters and the glass done in one visit, and we are one of the professional window cleaning crews working Lindenhurst on that schedule. Every window on the house gets the same attention from the pole or ladder, including the sill and the frame. Clean glass and clear runs do more for curb appeal than most owners expect.
Yes. The same two people do the gutters and the exterior glass in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing from the runs washes onto clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text before any work starts. Condos with a shared roof or a shared gutter line need the association's sign-off before we book them.
Yes, if the outside carries pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots, which it does here in spring and after the summer storms. The inside of the glass does not collect those, so it does not need the same visit.
Most of our Lindenhurst customers book late May or June for spring and late October or November for fall, and that is when the crew is busiest.
No. Gutters first, glass last. When the runs are cleared, the leaves and the black water under them come down the wall, so the glass waits until the wall stops dripping.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and frames are wiped to remove dirt, all as part of the exterior job, so none of it shows up as a separate line.
We clean the exterior glass only, so the windows inside the house are not part of this visit. We do not do pressure washing either, so if you need either one, we will tell you on the phone.
No, 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. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
