Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them separately. Across Illinois, most of our customers book the work in the spring and fall, when leaves and grit are heaviest on the 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 by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and cleaning solutions, downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job rather than extras. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate from that.
What we see on the day that changes the quote: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, window count and oversized panes, gutters that have not been opened in years or are packed with needles, leaves and seed paste, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. We flag the spotting on the visit so you know before any work starts.
Our Northbrook jobs show the pattern clearly. One house with two stories, a moderate window count and a clear roofline came in close to the bundle baseline, while a similar house with heavy tree cover needed the gutter runs cleared twice as often and quoted higher for it. You can see the case behind the first example and the reasons for each quote on its linked page. Inside the window work, interior and exterior glass are priced separately, and we only quote the exterior glass on this visit. We quote residential and commercial buildings the same way, and picture windows and large single panes take longer to reach and are counted by the pane. Some customers ask for regular cleanings after the first visit, and we can set that up once we know how the house sits. The key is simple: a good number comes from good information, so tell us the stories and the window count, and send a photo of the front of the house.
| 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 customers here book both jobs twice a year, once in late spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. In spring the downspout elbows are full of seeds and pollen paste, and the glass shows a yellow film on the south-facing panes. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find runs that sagged under the first weight of ice. A professional window cleaning visit in late fall, once the leaves are down, clears the summer grime off the glass before winter sets it. Those are the two visits that matter most.
Some homes need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit in the downspouts between visits, and we see those houses come back in three or four months. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that return a day after cleaning, which is a sign to rethink the watering rather than a sign of a bad cleaning. A house close to a busy road or active construction collects more grime on the glass and needs closer attention on the sills.
Multi-story buildings and older houses with steep roofs get a closer look at each visit, since the water damage that starts from clogged gutters often shows first at the fascia. We photograph every run so you can see the change from one visit to the next.
You will know the windows need cleaning when the haze shows up only when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running into the downspouts. Clean glass also helps curb appeal from the street, which is worth noticing before the next visit.
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 handles window and gutter cleaning across Northbrook, on residential window and gutter jobs of every size, and we have worked on a range of residential properties in the city. We also clean condos, where the windows that count are the ones on your unit. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front with the number of stories and a rough count of windows. We will give you a written estimate, and we call before we come so nobody is surprised when the truck pulls up.
Calendar space is the real constraint. The two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, fill faster than the rest of the calendar, so a slot in those months comes up sooner if you ask early. Lead time is set by the crew schedule and the lead time we post for the area, and we tell you the date when you call. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, which is why we can schedule service around your week. If you have a building with more than one entrance or a set of clean windows on each side, tell us when you book so the crew brings the right lifts.
We can handle every window on the outside of the house, including sill cleaning and the window tracks on the outside. We remove dirt from the sills, and we confirm the list of openings with you before the crew starts. Ask us for the schedule and we will work it around the seasons.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, and they do the gutters first. That is the order we work in on every house, because the grit from a gutter lands on any glass beneath it.
We give the number from the stories and the size of the house, by phone or by text. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate. The number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
On our Northbrook jobs the outside carries most of the grime, from pollen in spring, rain dust and sprinkler spots. Cleaning the inside alone leaves that film on the glass you see from outdoors.
Our customers here book in late spring and in fall, when the leaves and grit are heaviest. Across Illinois, spring visits run late May to June, and our fall visits in Northbrook usually land in late October to November. Book early in those months for an earlier date.
Not if the order is right. We do gutters first and glass last, so the grit from the gutters and downspouts is cleared before anyone touches the windows. Doing it the other way round means runoff from the gutters lands on clean glass, and the glass gets washed twice.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and the outside window tracks are included. We do not bill them as extras. Tell us if you want a screen taken out and rinsed separately so the crew plans for it.
No. On this visit we clean the exterior glass only, so the windows inside stay as they are, and we do not do pressure washing. If you need either of those, tell us and we will point you to a company that offers washing services for that work.
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. The crew handles the rest and sends photos before the truck leaves.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
