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 both jobs done together cost less than booking two separate trips. Most of our Naperville customers book it each spring and fall, and that schedule is what we plan the crew around.
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 window and gutter work done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, so there is nothing to add on the day. What moves the quote is what the crew finds when it gets to the house. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer on the ladder. A large number of oversized panes or picture windows adds glass to every pass. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or packed with needles and leaves, need more time before any water can run through them. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated to get at the run beneath. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem that no cleaning removes, and we tell you about it before we start. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Purified water does most of the work on the glass, and cleaning solutions are used only on frames that need them. Regular cleanings are quoted from the same count, so a repeat visit is priced from the house you already have on file. Interior and exterior glass are two different jobs, and this visit covers the outside only. Residential and commercial buildings are quoted from the same count of stories and glass.
On our Naperville jobs, the quotes that come in highest are the ones where the crew had to work around heavy tree cover and a full run of gutter. One recent house on the east side had a two-story front, a row of picture windows facing the street, and a gutter that had gone a full spring without a clean before anyone touched it. That job's quote was set by the glass count and the gutter condition, not by any single item. You can get the same kind of number for your house: send the number of stories, a rough window count, and a photo of the front of the house by text, and we will give you the figure you will be charged.
| 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 Naperville customers book both twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the leaves are down. That is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. In the spring we find pollen film on south-facing glass and sticky tree residue packed into the gutters. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat that sits in the runs, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen gutters sag under the weight of it by winter. Summer storms and high-wind seasons can move the dates, and we adjust the booking when that happens. A professional window cleaning visit in spring clears the film before the summer glare bakes it on. Clean glass and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal, especially on the street side of the house.
Some houses need a third visit, and the cleaning services those houses need are booked on a shorter cycle. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts, so clogged gutters come back between visits, and those customers are often on every three or four months. A sprinkler line that hits the glass causes the spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those houses need the glass done more often. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more dust on the frames. Multi-story buildings and tall houses need the pole for every upper pane, which adds time. Gutters that overflow during a storm can lead to water damage at the fascia, so watch for it. Only the outside is cleaned on these visits, so the windows inside stay on your own schedule. Once we have seen the first visit, we will tell you which pattern your house follows. Watch for two signs between visits: haze on the glass that only shows up when the sun is low, which means the windows need cleaning, and water sheeting over the gutter edge during rain, which means the gutters need clearing.
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 schedule service on the calendar with a phone or text estimate first, so you know the number of stories and the window count before a crew is booked. Send a photo of the house front and we will confirm the approximate window count. Our lead time is set by the calendar and the time of year, so call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you the first open date. The two busy windows are the spring rush and the late-fall leaf drop, and in those weeks the calendar fills fastest, so book early. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and the crew does not enter the house.
For a residential window and gutter cleaning on residential properties, every window on the outside gets the same pass, including the upper stories reached from the pole. Frames are wiped, screens are rinsed, and the sill is wiped so no runoff from the glass streaks it. For the gutter side, the work covers the full run and every downspout. We clean the gutters and clean windows in one visit so the glass goes last. If you have multi-level or hard-to-reach glass, tell us when you call.
Yes. Our crew does both under one booking, so you do not need two companies. The gutters and downspouts are cleared first and the glass last, so the wall is not splashed again after the windows are finished.
We do not give a number here. Condos and houses are both priced from the stories and the glass, and we quote by phone or text before we book.
Yes, because the outside carries most of what collects here. Grime from rain dust, tree film and sprinkler spots builds up on the exterior, and the inside does not carry it.
Most of our Naperville customers book in late spring and again in the fall, so the booking follows those two windows.
Not if the order is right. Gutters first, glass last keeps the runoff from reaching the panes, so the crew does not have to remove dirt from them twice.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and frames are done as part of the same exterior washing services. They are not billed as extras.
No. This visit is exterior window cleaning services only. We do not do interior glass, and we do not offer pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn off the sprinklers the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the ladders are up and leave the side gate unlocked. Call (866) 435-6328 to book.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
