Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing runs down onto clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories, and both jobs done together in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. On our Mattoon jobs, most customers book this in the spring and fall, when the pollen and leaves build up.
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.
The number we give you on the phone is the number we charge, and it comes from how many stories the house has and roughly how many windows it carries. Booking gutters and exterior window washing together in one visit costs less than two separate visits, and that saving is shown on your quote, so professional window cleaning and gutter work come as one number. We do not guess from the curb. We ask you for the story count and a photo of the front of the house by text, or you can call (866) 435-6328, and we tell you the figure before anyone climbs a ladder.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a steep roof means more time on the boom or scissor lift. On a residential window job, a large number of windows or oversized picture windows takes longer on each pane, and we count every window on the house before we quote. Clogged gutters that have not been opened in years arrive with needles and leaves packed to the elbow of the downspout, and that adds time. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated are part of the count. Hard-water spotting from sprinkler lines is a separate problem that cleaning does not remove, so we note it on the quote rather than promising it away. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not billed as extras.
Here is how it looks on the ground. A customer with a two-story house, a moderate window count and gutters that had gone a full season without attention asked us to do both in one visit. Curb appeal was the reason they called, but the quote came down to the gutter load on the back run and the number of upper-story windows, not the paint or the age of the house. When we send the estimate, the number we list is the one that goes on the invoice. If you want an exact figure, the fastest route is the story count plus a photo of the front of the house, sent by text.
| 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, most of our customers book regular cleanings of gutters and exterior windows twice a year, and in Mattoon that is the same pattern we see on our own jobs. The spring visit lands after the seed drop, and the fall visit lands after the last leaves come down. Both visits matter, because the two calendars do different damage to the glass and the gutters.
In the spring, pollen forms a film on south-facing glass and a paste in the gutters, and that paste hardens into the downspout elbows if it sits. In the fall, the wet leaf mat is the problem, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen gutter runs sag under ice by the next winter. Gutters that overflow in a hard rain send water down the siding, which is how water damage often starts at the fascia. Storms and strong wind move the dates a little, so we call before we come rather than working to a fixed calendar.
Some houses need a third visit on top of the two standard cleaning services. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after we clean, and a house near a busy road or a construction site picks up dust fast. The sign that your clean windows need a visit is haze you only notice when the sun gets low. Clogged gutters show it when water sheets over the edge in a hard 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 across Mattoon on residential and commercial jobs, and we can usually tell you a rough window for the first open slot when you call. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text: give us the number of stories and send a photo of the front of the house, and we will confirm the price and the date. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text the crew. 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 stretches are the two windows when seed, leaves and grime peak, and residential properties fill the calendar first. If you want a slot in those weeks, book early. Multi-story buildings and condos are on a schedule of their own, and we set those dates with the property manager rather than by walk-up. Our washing services cover the gutters and downspouts, the glass, and the sills, and we remove dirt and grime from the frames as part of the visit. Window cleaning services on the exterior run alongside the gutter work and keep curb appeal up through the season.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. That order keeps the wash water off the clean panes.
We give you the number from the story count and the approximate size of the house, by phone or by text. There is no figure we can honestly quote without those two things, and the number we quote is the one on the invoice.
In Mattoon, the outside carries rain dust, sprinkler spots and a seasonal film, so it gets dirty faster than the inside. Cleaning the outside alone is a sensible choice. Some companies sell interior and exterior glass as one package, but ours is exterior only, and we can do the exterior glass on its own visit.
Most of our Mattoon customers book in spring and in fall. Spring is for the seed drop, and fall is for the leaves before freeze.
Not on our jobs. We clear and flush the gutters first and let the wall dry before we touch the glass, so the runoff from the gutters does not run back onto the panes.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and the tracks are cleaned where they are reachable. Glass is washed with purified water, so no cleaning solutions are left behind on the panes. None of that is billed as an extra.
Not on this visit: the crew does not clean windows inside the house, and it works on the exterior glass only. Pressure washing is not part of this service.
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 unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
