Yes, the same two people clean the 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 separately. On our Markham jobs most customers book both in the spring and the fall, so the calendar is familiar to us and to the houses we work on.
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 in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. For a residential window job, the window count is the first number we ask for. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Those two numbers are all our cleaning services need for a quote. Once you have the stories and the window count, that is the whole quote, and nothing is added on the day for the work that comes with the visit.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are the same ones every time: a steep roof or a third story that takes a boom or scissor lift, a window count that runs high or includes oversized panes, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards we have to lift and reseat, and hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line that no cleaning removes. Clearing the gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras, and the cleaning solutions for the frames come with that price too.
For a Markham house the first step is the same: tell us the stories, the window count, and send a photo of the front of the house by text. That lets us give you a number before a crew is booked, and it covers the two things we see most often on a first look at the glass, which is pollen film on the south-facing panes and a gutter that has gone a season without cleaning. Ask for a written estimate and we will send it the same day, or call (866) 435-6328 and we will take the numbers over the phone. If the building is a mix of residential and commercial space, say so on the call so we count the stories for the whole building. A quote for interior and exterior glass on one visit is a different job, so the number we give covers the outside only. Many customers with a picture windows front ask us to cover those separately, and we do, at the same visit and on the same quote.
Regular cleanings keep the job smaller. A gutter run cleaned twice a year is a quick pass; one that goes three years is a longer job and the glass under it takes more time, because the runoff has already left its line down the wall. The window and gutter cleaning is most affordable on a schedule your crew can keep.
| 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 falls in late May to June and the fall visit in late October to November, and that is the calendar we plan Markham jobs around, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Booking window cleaners and gutter work together keeps the two in step with the seasons, and our cleaning services follow the same calendar.
In late May we are working through the spring pollen, a yellow film on south-facing glass and a pollen paste in the elbows of the downspouts. In November it is the leaf load and the wet mat that settles in the gutters before the first freeze. Across Illinois, the storm season of summer derechos and severe thunderstorms moves those dates a little from year to year, so professional window cleaning is booked by what we find when we arrive rather than by the calendar alone.
Some houses need a third visit, and multi-story buildings are one reason, since every upper run needs its own setup. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the runs between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the spots that come back a day after cleaning, which is mineral, not dirt. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on the frame and the sill, and that sets up faster than a quiet street does.
We keep the windows and gutters on the same schedule because clogged gutters are often the first sign of water damage at a sill or a fascia, and the outside glass shows it first. Windows inside the house can look clean while the outside still carries the haze you only see when the sun is low, and that haze is the sign the glass needs cleaning. The sign gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge during rain. Clean glass and clear gutters also do more for curb appeal than most owners expect. To book a spring or fall visit, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we will set a date.
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 across the residential properties of Markham, and we have cleaned the houses on the older blocks as well as the newer ones. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text with the stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you a slot. Our lead time is in the booking note on the page, and in the two busy windows of the year the calendar fills first, so an early call helps.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. We ask for the side gate to be unlocked and the sprinklers off the night before. For a residential window and gutter cleaning that covers every window on the outside, the crew needs about a morning on a two-story house. We will confirm the day and the arrival window on the call.
If you want a single visit for the whole house, ask for both on one slot. The crew brings its own water and power, and the glass is done from the pole so the frame, the sill and the screen all come clean in the same pass.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people, and we offer window cleaning services and gutter work on one slot. We clean the gutters and downspouts first and the outside glass last, so nothing that comes off the roof lands on clean windows.
Our washing services are quoted from the stories and the window count, and we give the number by phone or text. Condos are quoted the same way, so send the stories and the window count and we will quote it before a crew is booked.
On a Markham house the outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and those are what we see on the glass most visits. Cleaning the inside does not remove them, so the outside is where the grime builds and where we remove dirt on every visit.
Across Illinois the spring visit falls in late May to June and the fall visit in late October to November. Storm seasons can shift that, so we book by what we find when we arrive.
No, we do gutters first and glass last. When a run is cleared, the leaves and the black water under them come down the wall, so the glass is done after that.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit. Tracks are included in the same pass on the outside. Those are not billed as extras.
We do exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean the inside of the windows and we do not do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn the 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.
