Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing runs back onto clean panes. 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. Across Illinois, most of our customers book it in spring and fall, and we keep the same order on every house.
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 window washing and gutter work by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Our washing services and our window cleaning services follow the same rule. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. We confirm the real number from the stories and window count before anyone climbs.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a roof steep enough that we work from a boom or scissor lift, oversized picture windows, gutters and downspouts 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. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Here is how we get the exact number. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house, tell us the number of stories, and give us a rough count of windows. Most of the time that is enough for a firm quote. On the houses where the run is long or the glass is hard to reach, the crew walks the property first so the number holds when the work starts. Grime on the upper panes and runoff from a clogged run are the two things we see most, and they are what usually adds time to a job. To remove dirt from a long glass wall takes more passes than a single-story house, and that is reflected in the quote from the start. If you manage condos or a row of townhomes, we can quote several buildings at once. The count is based on the actual building, so the phone quote and the invoice agree.
| 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 Melrose Park customers book regular cleanings twice a year, in the spring month after the seed drop and the fall month after the last leaves, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across Illinois the pattern is the same: the schedule follows the bloom and the leaves, not the calendar of the year.
In the spring visit, the pollen film on south-facing glass is the first thing we see, and the sticky mat packed in the gutters is worse. Our crew rinses with purified water, so the cleaning solutions we use on stubborn film do not leave a streak behind. Fine dust works its way into the downspout elbows, and then the first heavy rain sends it back down the wall. The fall visit is about the leaf load, which turns into a wet mat that sags the hangers over the winter. A window and gutter visit in those two months clears both before they cause damage.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the run between visits, so those customers book cleanings every three or four months. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the round spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those need a schedule that catches them before they set. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up a film that a twice-a-year schedule does not keep up with. We tell you which of these your house falls into after the first visit, and we do not add visits you do not need.
The sign that windows need it is haze that you only notice when the sun is low in the afternoon. The sign that gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in rain instead of going down the downspout. Either one is a good reason to call before the next season, not after. Clean glass and clear gutters do more for curb appeal than most people expect.
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 residential and commercial properties across the city. Residential properties and commercial ones get the same method from the crew. Booking is simple. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the house front with the number of stories and a rough window count, and we come back with a firm quote. Lead time depends on the season, and during the two busy windows of the year our calendar fills quickly, so the earlier you ask, the sooner the slot.
Our cleaning services cover exterior glass and gutters only on this visit. Professional window cleaning is the core of what the crew does, and we are window cleaners and gutter crews, not a general exterior shop, so the scope stays tight and the price stays clear. We do not clean the windows inside on this visit, and we do not do pressure washing here; those are separate jobs we can refer you to. Clogged gutters are the main reason we get called, and the reason we check every run before we leave.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and the crew does not come inside. Water damage from a run that overflowed for years is something we flag on the visit so you can deal with it on your own schedule. We work on multi-story buildings and single-story homes with the same method, and we set up for each house on its own terms. The goal is a clean job with a clear invoice and photos of every run before the truck leaves.
Yes. The same two people do the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, and we work the gutters first and the glass last so the dirty runoff never lands on clean panes.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those two details, and the count covers every window on the outside, so the number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Yes. A residential window fogs from the outside first, because the outside carries the pollen film, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots that the inside never sees. Those build up and cause the haze you notice in low sun, so even clean windows inside will look hazy until the outside is done.
Most of our Melrose Park customers book in the spring after the bloom and in the fall after the last leaves, the same two windows we see across Illinois. To schedule service, call or text before the window opens.
No, because we clean the gutters first and the glass last. Once the runs are clear and the downspouts are flushed, the wall gets a few minutes to stop dripping before anyone touches the windows.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and tracks are included in the same visit. None of that is billed as an extra line item.
No. On this visit we clean the exterior glass and the gutters only. We do not do interior and exterior glass together, 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 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.
