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 does this work on houses across Illinois every spring and fall, and most of our Machesney Park customers book it in the same visit.
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.
Quotes for window washing and gutter cleaning are based on the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Doing both in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, because one crew sets up once for each side of the house. The same count of stories and windows sets the quote for residential and commercial work.
On our jobs, these are the things that move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift, and multi-story buildings take the most setup time. Window count matters, and so do oversized picture windows, which take more time per pane. Clogged gutters packed with needles and leaves take more time to clear, and so do gutters that have not been cleaned in years. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers does not come off with regular cleanings; it needs a separate treatment that we quote after we see it. Gutters and downspouts are flushed as part of the job, and screen rinsing and sill wiping are not billed as extras. Residential properties with a lot of street-facing glass take the longest to set up.
To get an exact number for your house, call (866) 435-6328 or text us the number of stories and roughly how many windows face the street, and text us a photo of the front of the house. That is enough for us to quote most homes before a crew is booked, and it saves a second call.
| 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 usually falls in late May to June, and our fall visits here run October to early November. Most of our Machesney Park customers book window and gutter cleaning twice a year, and both visits go on the same calendar. Pollen is the first thing we see in the spring: a film on south-facing glass and paste in the gutter elbows. We rinse that film with purified water, and cleaning solutions only come in where the water does not lift it. By fall the leaf load is what fills the runs, and clogged gutters are the ones that sag and overflow once the freeze risk sets in. Across Illinois, summer derechos and severe thunderstorms can move both dates by a few weeks, and the wettest months here, May, June and August, mean more water running through the runs.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, so those customers are on a shorter schedule than twice a year. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. Houses near a busy road or a construction site collect more grime on the glass, and they usually need a closer schedule. Water that overflows a clogged gutter can cause water damage to the fascia and the siding below it, which is one more reason not to wait for the spring.
You can tell a window needs cleaning when you see a haze that only shows when the sun is low, because rain alone will not remove dirt that has dried onto the glass. You can tell a gutter needs cleaning when water sheets over the edge in the rain instead of running down the downspout, or when runoff from the roof lands on the siding below. A clean front of the house also helps curb appeal, since the windows and gutters are the first things people see. Our crew checks both on the first visit and tells you what your lot needs.
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 cleans houses across Machesney Park and in the neighborhoods around it, and we know which streets have the big trees and which ones get the most sprinkler spotting. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house. We will give you a window for the visit and call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work.
The two busy windows of the year are late spring and early fall, when our calendar fills with window cleaning services and gutter runs. Book early in those months, because the open dates go first. Lead times in other months are shorter, and we will tell you the first open date when you call. Our professional window cleaning crew works the same way in every month, and our window cleaners set up once, clean every window they can reach, and move to the next run. Our washing services follow the same order.
Yes. Our own crew does both on the same visit, gutters first and glass last, so the dirty runoff from the gutters does not end up on clean glass.
We give the number on the phone or by text, based on the stories and the size of the house. We do not quote a figure without seeing those two things.
On our jobs, the outside of a residential window is where the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots collect. Cleaning the windows inside the house will not fix a haze that is on the outside glass.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and early fall, after the pollen drop and before the first hard freeze. If you live in a condo, tell us the stories and the windows on your unit when you call.
Not with our crew. We clean the gutters first and rinse the wall below them, then clean the glass, so the runoff from the gutters has already drained away before the windows are touched.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and frames are cleaned as part of the exterior job. Tracks are included when they are reachable from outside.
This visit is exterior only. Interior and exterior glass are different jobs, and we do not clean the inside of the windows here. We also do not do pressure washing on this visit.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn your sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, 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.
