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 doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Illinois, our crews have cleaned gutters and exterior glass each spring and fall for years, and the process is the same on every house: clear the gutters, flush the downspouts, then wash the glass.
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 gutter and window cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Booking both in one visit costs less than two separate visits, and we will give you the exact bundle figure once we know the stories and window count. For a quote, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes more time on the ladder. Window count matters, and so do large picture windows. Condos with several stories are priced the same way, by stories and window count. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is the last item: cleaning does not remove it, so we tell you about it before the job rather than after. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Gutter and window cleaning services are priced on the house in front of us, not on a price list. Window washing on a two-story house in Milton usually means the crew works the glass from the same ladder position as the gutter run, which is the reason the bundle costs less. Most of what the crew does on a visit like this is clearing the gutters and downspouts first, then the washing services for the glass. Runoff from the roof is the reason the gutters go first: it carries the grime that would otherwise land on clean glass.
On a recent Milton job, a two-story house with a steep front roof and a long run of gutters over the back porch, the crew needed a little more time on the ladder than a flat-roof house would. The homeowner had the gutters and the outside of the windows done together, and the quote came from the number of stories and the window count given by phone. The gutters were full of old leaves, and the crew had to flush each downspout until the water ran clear. The estimate matched the invoice.
If you want an exact number, send us the stories, a rough window count and a photo of the front of the house by text. We will tell you what the bundle costs for your house and what would move it. We will also remove dirt from the gutters and the glass in the same visit, so you get clean windows without paying for a second trip.
| 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 gutter and window cleaning twice a year, in the spring and in the fall. In Milton, the spring visit falls late May to June and the fall visit late October to November, and the two visits are timed around the seed drop and the leaf drop. Booking both in one crew visit each season is why most customers keep the same schedule year after year.
In late spring, the pollen film settles on south-facing glass and the pollen paste builds in the gutter elbows. The glass shows it as a yellow haze in the low sun, and the gutters show it as a grey paste that holds water. Our crew sees the same thing every year, and the spring visit clears it before summer storms wash it into the downspouts. In the fall, the leaf load arrives, and the wet leaf mat is what sags a gutter run under ice.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, and we see those houses on every three to four months. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves spots that return a day after cleaning, and cleaning solutions will not lift them. Those houses also need closer visits. A house close to a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on the glass between cleanings, and regular cleanings keep the glass clean enough that the spots do not set. We find the cause on the first visit and tell you what the house needs.
Two sights tell you it is time for windows. The first is haze you only see when the sun is low in the afternoon. The second is gutters: water sheeting over the edge during rain means the gutter is full or the run has sagged. If you see either, call (866) 435-6328 to book the next visit, or text a photo of the roofline and we will say what we see.
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 gutters and residential windows across Milton and the surrounding area. The cleaning services we offer are the same on every house, and the order of work is the same for residential and commercial buildings: gutters first, glass last. We run window cleaners and gutter crews on the same schedule, so one booking covers both. Professional window cleaning on a Milton house means a crew that can reach the upper floors from the ground and the roof, which matters on homes with a steep pitch and on multi-story buildings with narrow side yards.
Booking is simple. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and tell us the number of stories and a rough window count. We will give you a price from those, and we will schedule service for the date that suits you. Lead time is listed on the booking page for your area, and we do not promise a day that the calendar cannot hold. The two busy windows of the year are the spring season and the fall leaf drop, when our calendar fills first.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and we call again when the truck is on the way. A gutter that has gone unchecked can cause water damage to fascia and siding, and the clogged gutters we see most often are the ones nobody has opened in a year or more. Curb appeal depends on the glass as much as the gutters, and a clean house shows it.
Yes. For residential properties in Milton, our crew does both on the same visit, using the same ladder position, so you do not pay for two trips. We clear the gutters first and wash the glass after, which is the order that keeps the glass clean.
We do not quote a figure without knowing the house. The price comes from the number of stories and the window count, and we give it to you by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house for the exact number.
In Milton, the outside of the glass carries tree dust, rain grime and sprinkler spots that the inside never sees. Cleaning the outside keeps the view clear, and that is the part we do on this visit.
Our customers here usually book in late May or June for the spring visit, and in late October or November for the fall visit. Those are the times the seed and leaves are heaviest, and booking earlier in the season gets you a slot before the calendar fills.
Not if the order is right. When the gutters are cleared first, the leaves, grit and black water come down the wall before we wash the glass. If the glass were washed first, someone would have to wash it again before the crew leaves the ladder.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the exterior cleaning, and they are not billed as extras. Tracks are included when they are reachable from the outside. The crew checks every window on the outside of the house, not just the ones facing the street.
No. On this visit we clean the exterior glass only, and we do not clean the windows inside or do pressure washing. Interior and exterior glass are booked as separate jobs, so ask us on the phone if you want both quoted.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Leave the side gate unlocked, and the crew will text photos of every run before leaving.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
