Yes, 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 homes we work on get the spring and fall visit, and we run the same order on every one.
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 window and gutter work 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. What moves it on our jobs is the same list every time: a third story or a roof steep enough that we cannot walk it, a window count with oversized panes that need the lift, clogged gutters that have not been opened in years and come down packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line that no cleaning removes. Water damage from a gutter that has overflowed onto the siding for years is flagged on the visit, since cleaning will not fix it. Cleaning gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job, not extras on the invoice.
The quickest way to get the exact number is to send a photo of the front of the house by text along with the stories and a rough window count. Our crew prices the interior and exterior glass as two separate jobs. This visit covers the exterior only, so interior window cleaning and pressure washing do not show up in the number. Our crew does the outside glass and the gutters, and the cleaning solutions we use on the glass are the same on every house, so there is no upcharge for them.
On a house we cleaned this season, the quote came in on the window count and the gutter run on the back of the house, and the picture windows on the second floor added time because they needed the lift. The regular cleanings we book after the first visit are priced from the same sheet, so the second visit does not start from zero. For a customer who wants the gutters and the glass on a set schedule, we write the regular cleanings into one estimate, and the number stays the same from one visit to the next unless the house changes.
| 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 after the seed and pollen drop is finished and once in the fall after the leaves are down, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. Across Illinois, the spring visit runs late May to June and the fall visit runs late October to November, and the calendar is set by the same two drops every year. Our crew sees the film on south-facing glass and the sticky paste packed in the downspout elbows in the spring, and the wet leaf mat in the fall.
Storm and wind seasons move the dates. Summer derechos and severe thunderstorms across Illinois can put debris in the gutters between visits, and that is when a house gets an unscheduled run. The cases that need a third visit, as we see them, are heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass (the spots that come back a day later), and a house near a busy road or construction. Under big trees, our crews find clogged gutters with needles and grit packed into the downspouts between visits, and those houses go onto three or four visits a year.
Professional window cleaning on a regular schedule keeps clean windows from building a film, and that is cheaper to keep up than catching up once a year. You can tell the windows need it by a haze you only see when the sun is low. You can tell the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running into the downspout. Clean glass also keeps the curb appeal of the front of the house, which is most of what a passerby 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.
We clean exterior glass and gutters for residential properties across Lisle, and our cleaning services reach the older blocks and the newer subdivisions alike. Each residential window gets done from the outside. If you are asking about a residential and commercial building, call first, since the access and scope are different and we would rather scope it than guess. 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 a firm estimate by phone or text. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we give you the next open date when you call. Our calendar fills during the two busy windows of the year, the spring cleaning season and the fall leaf drop, so booking outside those windows is the easiest way to get a date you want.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew does not come inside, and we call before we come so the arrival time is not a surprise. The crew works from the outside of the house, one side at a time, and sends photos of each gutter run and the finished glass before the truck leaves. For a customer who needs a set date, we schedule service a few weeks out and confirm the day the week before.
Every window on the outside of the house gets cleaned, from the first floor to the top, along with the frames and the sill below each one. Windows inside are not part of this visit. If you own a unit in one of the condos, check with the association first, because the outside glass and gutters may be shared property. If you want window and gutter cleaning done in the same visit, tell us when you call and we will write the bundle into one estimate.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people. Our window cleaning services include the gutters in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the glass is not wet with runoff from the roof.
We do not give a figure on this page because the number depends on stories, the window count and what is in the gutters. Multi-story buildings are priced by the number of stories, the same as a house. Send us the stories and a rough window count by text or call (866) 435-6328, and we quote it from those.
On our jobs the outside carries most of the grime here: dust in the spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spots that build on the glass. Clean inside glass does not stop that film from forming outside, and it does nothing to remove dirt from the outside frames.
Most of our customers book in late May or June, after the spring pollen drop, and again in late October or November, after the leaves are down. Booking in those two windows is the easiest way to get the date you want.
No, because gutters go first and glass last. When a run is cleared, the leaves, grit and black water come down the wall, so the glass goes last to stay clean on the day we finish.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and our washing services do not bill them as extras. Gutters and downspouts are flushed on the same visit, and tracks are included on the exterior side.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean inside the windows and we do not do pressure washing as part of this job.
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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
