The same crew cleans your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the glass never gets dirty water from above. We price the bundle by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Illinois we clean houses in the spring and fall, and most of our Matteson customers book those two windows each year. Call (866) 435-6328 to book your 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.
Some window cleaners quote per pane, but we price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the gutters and the windows separately. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice, and windows inside the house are not part of it. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Clean gutters and glass do the most for curb appeal, which is why the two jobs are bundled.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are the same ones you would expect on the ground: a third story or a roof steep enough that the crew works from a boom or scissor lift, window count, oversized panes and picture windows, gutters that have not been cleaned in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Clogged gutters often mean water damage is already starting at the fascia, and we photograph that and tell you about it before we do anything else.
For a Matteson house the most accurate way to get the exact number is to text us a photo of the front of the house with the number of stories, and we will come back with a price that matches the invoice. The crew has seen window washing jobs on multi-story buildings and on single-story ranches, and professional window cleaning follows the same method: count the stories, count the windows, flag the problem spots, and then quote.
| 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 Matteson customers book these two cleaning services a year, once in late spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Across Illinois the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit falls in late October to November, after the last leaves are down and before the first hard freeze.
In spring a grit film is thickest on south-facing glass, and the paste sits in the gutter elbows. In fall the leaf load is the problem, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sagged under the weight of wet leaves. Storms and high winds move the dates in some years, so we confirm the week before the crew is on the way.
Some houses need a third visit on top of the regular cleanings. Heavy tree cover over the roof is the main reason, because needles and grit keep packing the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass is the second reason, since those are the spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site also tends to need a third pass to keep the sill and the lower panes clean, and every window on the house gets it. Clean windows tell you when they need it: haze shows up when the sun is low. Gutters tell you too: water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running into the downspout.
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.
To schedule service in Matteson, call (866) 435-6328 or text us. The quickest way is to send the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will confirm the price and the day. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, but we call before we come so you know the crew is on the way.
The busy windows are the spring and fall visits, when the grit and leaf loads are heaviest and our calendar fills. Book early in those months and the slot comes up faster. We cover the residential window and gutter work on residential properties around Matteson, and we serve residential and commercial customers alike. The window cleaning services are the same on commercial condos as on a single-family home, and the washing services for small office buildings follow the same method.
Every job starts with the same check: the gutters and downspouts get cleared first so the runoff from the roof does not reach the glass, then the glass gets done from the outside. Dirt and grime come off the frame and the sill, and the crew works to remove dirt from every corner of the pane, not just the middle. We do not do interior glass on this visit.
Yes, on our jobs the same crew does both in one visit. Gutters are cleared first and the glass is done last, so nothing dirty comes down onto clean panes.
We do not give a figure on the page. The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it by phone or text. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
On a Matteson house the outside carries the pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots, so the glass looks hazy from the street even when the inside is clean. Cleaning the outside is what fixes that.
Our Matteson customers usually book the spring visit in late May to June, after the seed drop has passed, and the fall visit in late October to November, after the leaves are down. Across Illinois that is the spring and fall window.
No. Gutters first, glass last. When the roof and the gutters are cleared before the glass, the grit and the black water do not run down the wall onto the panes.
Screens get rinsed, sills get wiped and the frame gets done as part of the exterior visit. Where rinsing will not lift the grime, the crew adds cleaning solutions to the frame and sill. None of it is billed as an extra.
We clean the interior and exterior of a window as separate jobs, and this visit covers the exterior only. 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. We send photos of every run before we leave.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
