Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. On our Mundelein jobs most customers book this bundle each spring and fall, the same way they do across Illinois.
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, both jobs in one visit cost less than booking gutters and windows separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. The quote covers exterior work only, and interior and exterior glass are never priced as one job. We do not put a starting figure on this page; the starting price and the bundle saving come with your quote. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house to get the exact number.
What moves the quote is what our crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof means a boom or scissor lift and more time on the ladder, and multi-story buildings are quoted by floor count. A high window count, or oversized picture windows, adds glass to wash from the pole. Clogged gutters, packed with needles and leaves after years without a cleaning, take longer to clear and flush. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line hitting the glass is a separate problem that cleaning does not remove, and we say so before we start. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing, sill wiping and the cleaning solutions for frames are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On a recent Mundelein job the owner called about the gutters and the outside glass together. The house has two stories, a row of picture windows across the back, and a run of gutters that had gone unopened for a long while. Needles had packed the downspout elbows, and the picture windows were the largest share of the glass. Their quote moved with the window count and the back-run access, not with anything about the house beyond that. Text your photo and we will tell you what moves yours.
| 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 Mundelein customers book both cleanings twice a year, in late May or June and again in late October or November, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across Illinois the spring and fall schedule is the same. In late spring we find pollen film on south-facing glass and a sticky mat of seed packed in the gutters. In the fall it is the leaf load, which turns into a wet mat in the runs if nobody clears it before the first freeze.
Wind and storm seasons move the dates. Summer derechos and severe thunderstorms can push a gutter run out of line or fill it with debris, so a storm can bring a visit forward. On our jobs the houses that need a third visit have heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass (the spots that come back a day later), or a lot near a busy road or construction. Those customers book regular cleanings every three or four months, because grit and needles pack the downspouts between visits.
You can tell windows need it when there is a haze you only see when the sun is low, and a clean front adds to curb appeal. You can tell gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running down the downspout, which is how water damage starts at the fascia. We check gutters and downspouts on every visit, so a blocked one gets flushed before the crew leaves.
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 gutters and windows across the Mundelein area, and we book the job the same way everywhere: a quote by phone or text from the number of stories and a photo of the house front. To schedule service, call or text and we pick the first open date. Lead time moves in the two busy windows of the year, so book early if you want a spring or fall date. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, so you know when the crew is on the way.
For a residential window or gutter job, we treat each home as its own job. The crew uses the pole to remove dirt from every window on the outside of the house, including the upper floors, and every sill is wiped as part of the visit. A professional window cleaning and gutter visit is still one crew on one day. For a broader window and gutter cleaning schedule, including homes near Mundelein that need the same visit, call (866) 435-6328 and we will set a date. Residential properties are their own jobs, and we do residential and commercial work on separate schedules, so tell us which you have when you call. If it is a condo, give us the floor count and which windows are yours.
Yes, our crew does both, and it is the same two people on the same visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the grit from the gutters does not run onto clean windows below.
We do not give a figure in writing. The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and you can get it by phone or text.
Yes, because the outside carries the pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up here, and the inside never sees them. Grime on the outside stays until someone cleans it, and clean inside glass does not change that.
Most of our customers here book in late May or June and in late October or November. Those are the windows after the spring bloom and after the leaves fall.
Not on our jobs. We clear the gutters, flush the downspouts and let the wall drip before any glass is touched, so the runoff has nowhere to land.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the visit, and none of it is billed as an extra.
Exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean windows inside the house, and we do not do pressure washing or other washing services, so the price covers the outside of every window and nothing else.
No, 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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
