Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing runs back onto clean panes. We price by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and booking both jobs in one visit costs less than two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of our customers book their spring and fall visits, and in Northlake the calendar fills in the same two windows every year.
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, the same way for window washing as for gutter work. Booking gutter cleaning and exterior window cleaning as one visit costs less than two separate trips, and the number we give on the phone at (866) 435-6328 is the number we charge. Give us the story count and a rough window count, or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you the figure before anyone is booked.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets there. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer on the ladder. Oversized picture windows and tall multi-story buildings need the boom or scissor lift instead of a pole. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed, and the work is longer for it. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate treatment, and no cleaning removes it. Clogged gutters that overflow can also leave water damage on the fascia, so a run found full gets cleared before the glass is touched. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. The price covers exterior glass only, so the windows inside the house are a separate job and not part of the number.
Here is a case from one of our Northlake jobs. A two-story house with a full set of street-side windows and gutters that had not been opened for several seasons needed the run cleared and flushed before the glass could be done. The price moved because the gutters were full, not because the windows were hard to reach. The crew sent photos of every run before it left. For your own house, the quickest way to get the exact number from a professional window cleaning crew is to count your stories, estimate the window count, and text a photo of the front of the house, which is the part that drives curb appeal, so the quote is built on what is actually there.
| 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 Northlake customers schedule service twice a year for regular cleanings, once in late spring and once in late fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Each visit finds something different. In late spring we find pollen film on the south-facing glass and pollen paste packed into the gutters. In late fall we find the leaf load, wet and matted, sitting in every run. Storm and wind seasons move those dates a little, so we book against what the house has actually collected, not just the calendar.
Some houses need a third visit on top of the two cleaning services most of our customers book. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, which is the sign of hard water, not dirt. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more on the sill and the lower panes. On our jobs, a house with that kind of cover is usually back on every three to four months, while a house with few trees is fine once a year in late fall.
Two signs tell you it is time. Windows show a haze you only see when the sun is low, which means a residential window has stopped looking clean. Gutters show water sheeting over the edge in rain, which points to clogged gutters, not a slope problem. The goal of every visit is clean windows, and the photos show whether we got there. When you see either sign, it is time to book, and we will say which visit your house needs as soon as we see it.
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 offer window cleaning services and gutter work across the city of Northlake, from single-family homes to small condos and multi-story buildings. Booking starts with an estimate by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time depends on the season, and during the two busy windows of the year our calendar fills, so the sooner you call, the better your chance at the date you want. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the exterior work.
Our washing services serve residential properties and commercial buildings alike, so residential and commercial jobs get the same gutters-first order, from a condo association to a single house. The gutters and downspouts get flushed so runoff leaves through the outlet and does not back up onto the glass. Grime on the sill and the frame is cleared as part of the visit, and the crew removes dirt from the frames and screens without charging extra for it. If a window is out of reach, the crew says so and does not guess at it.
Booking is simple. Send the story count and a photo of the house front, and we will confirm the date and the time window in writing. The crew arrives on that date, does the gutters first and the glass last, and sends photos of every run before it leaves. If anything cannot be reached safely, the crew photographs it and tells you before it moves on.
Yes. The same two-person crew does the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. That order keeps dirty runoff off the clean glass, the glass is done with purified water and no cleaning solutions, and you get one invoice for both.
The number comes from the story count and the approximate window count, and we give it by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. Send us those two figures and a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you the number before anything is booked.
Yes, because the outside carries most of what collects in Northlake: pollen in spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spots that come back a day after a wash. The inside can stay as it is, and the outside still needs its own visit. The same rule holds for residential and commercial buildings alike.
Most of our customers here book their cleanings in late spring and again in late fall. Those are the two visits that catch the pollen and the leaf load. Storm seasons can move the dates, so we book against what the house has collected.
Not if the order is right. Gutters first, glass last: when a run is cleared, the leaves and grit come down the wall and across any window below it. Washing the glass first means it gets dirty again before the crew is off the ladder.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit, and they are not billed as extras. Tracks get the same treatment as the sill when they are reachable from the outside.
No. This visit is exterior only, so it is not interior and exterior work, and the inside glass is a separate arrangement we can talk about by phone. Pressure washing is not part of it either.
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. That is the whole list, and the crew brings its own water and power.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
