Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and every window on the outside of your house in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of our customers book the work for spring and fall, and that is the calendar we run on here in Morton Grove too.
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 a bundled visit costs less than booking the gutters and the glass separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are stories and steep roofs, window count and oversized panes, gutters and downspouts that have not been cleaned in years or 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, not billed as extras, and each one is there to remove dirt before it can run back onto the glass. Our crew hauls the grime and debris away rather than blowing it onto the lawn, and sends photos of every run before the truck leaves.
Most quotes start with a short walk around the house. Tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the front of the house by text, and we can give you an exact figure before anyone climbs a ladder. Those are the two things that let us avoid surprises, and they are also the two things the crew checks first on the day. Window washing services for a picture windows wall, the interior and exterior of a sunroom, or regular cleanings for a residential and commercial frontage, including multi-story buildings, all get priced the same way, by the glass and the height.
Here is what our Morton Grove jobs have shown us. On one recent visit, the quote depended almost entirely on a second-story run and a row of oversized panes, not on the gutters themselves. Once we had the photos, the number on the phone matched the invoice, which is the point of quoting that way.
| 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 Morton Grove customers book both jobs twice a year, once in late May or June and once in late October or November, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense on this calendar.
In late spring, the pollen film settles on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs the downspout elbows. The window and gutter run is where we see it most clearly: the glass looks hazy in low sun and the first heavy rain turns the gutters into a sludge that runs straight down the wall. In fall, the leaf load is the main job, and wet leaves in the gutters are the clogged gutters that cause water damage to fascia and soffit by winter. Storm and wind seasons move the dates a few weeks in either direction, so we book by the condition of the house rather than the calendar alone.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters loaded through the summer. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house close to a busy road or a construction site picks up dust faster than the rest. We will tell you which group your house falls into on the first visit.
The sign that windows need cleaning is haze you only notice when the sun is low. The sign that gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge in a steady 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.
Our crew cleans gutters and windows across Morton Grove, and we book houses and condos by the walk-around rather than by the block. Start with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text estimate: give us the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we will schedule service for the visit window. Lead time depends on the season, and the calendar fills fastest in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, when the spring and fall work all lands at once.
On residential properties, our crew works outside only, does not come inside, and leaves the side gate the way we found it. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and we call again when the truck is on the way.
We are not the largest window cleaners in the area, and we do not try to be. What we do is book a slot we can keep, do the gutters first and the glass last, and send photos of the finished work so you can see it for yourself. Professional window cleaning services mean the same two people on the ladder from the first run to the last, and every window on the invoice is one we actually cleaned. Keeping that curb appeal is the reason most of our customers book again.
Yes, the same two people do both on one visit. Gutters are cleared first and the glass is done last, so nothing dirty from the roof lands on clean windows.
We give the number from the stories and the size of the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will quote it before the visit.
On our Morton Grove jobs, the outside carries grime, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up between visits. Cleaning a residential window from the outside keeps the glass clear even if the inside is already fine.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall, which is when the leaves are heaviest. Across Illinois the same spring and fall pattern holds, so those are the months we plan around.
No, we do gutters first and glass last, so the runoff from the roof is cleared before anyone touches the windows. That order is the reason we book both jobs with one crew.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the exterior work, with mild cleaning solutions only where the frame needs them. They are not billed as separate extras.
Exterior only on this visit. We do not clean interior glass or do pressure washing on this visit, and we will say so on the estimate call.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off, 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.
