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 the dirty runoff never lands on clean panes. We price it by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and doing both jobs in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of our customers book the job in spring and fall.
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.
The number we give you on the phone is the number we charge. We set it from how many stories the house has and from a count of every window on the outside, and the bundle of gutters and exterior glass in one visit comes in below the two jobs booked separately. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. The interior and exterior jobs are quoted separately, so inside glass is never part of this figure.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a large number of oversized picture windows, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards we have to lift and reseat, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers, which a regular cleaning will not remove. Each of those takes time on the ladder or the pole, so we name them before the crew arrives.
Our crew sees the same pattern on multi-story buildings and on condos, where the glass and the runs are spread across several roof lines. The runoff from a clogged run cannot be avoided once the water is running, so we clear the gutters before we touch the glass. Grime on the lower panes comes from the splashback off the roof, and that is why the order matters. We find that the gutters and downspouts take the most time on older houses, while the window washing itself goes quickly once the runs are clear. Remove dirt from the frames and sills after the glass, not before, and where grime sits on the sill we use mild cleaning solutions so the job holds.
To get the exact number, text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us the stories, or call (866) 435-6328 if you would rather talk it through. We will confirm the window count and the gutter length on the call, then give you one figure for the window washing services and the gutter work together. Our window cleaning services are priced on that same call, so the glass and the runs never get two quotes.
| 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.
Across Illinois, most customers book the window and gutter job twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit fits the calendar. The calendar is the same for a residential and commercial roof, since leaves and grit fall the same way on both. On our Oak Lawn jobs the spring and fall visits follow the same pattern, and we give you the exact months when we confirm your slot.
In spring the pollen film shows up on south-facing glass first, and the spring grit packs into the downspout elbows within a few weeks. By the time the spring load is at its heaviest, the gutters hold a dense mat that the rain alone will not move. In fall the leaf load builds in the runs and the wet leaves cling to the gutter lip, so the water sheets over the edge in the first heavy rain if the runs are not cleared. Storm and wind seasons can move both dates, and we adjust the booking to match what the roof shows.
Some houses need a third visit as we see them. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the runs loaded, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up grit that settles into the same runs. Those are the homes where we suggest regular cleanings in place of the twice-yearly schedule.
Two signs tell you a window needs attention. The first is a haze you only notice when the sun is low, which means the film is on the glass and not on the surface. The second is a gutter that runs water over the edge in rain, which points to clogged gutters or a slope problem, and the crew will tell you which one it is.
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 crews clean residential properties across Oak Lawn and the surrounding Illinois communities, and we keep each neighborhood on the calendar in order. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we give an estimate from the number of stories. We confirm the window count and the gutter run on that call, so the slot we offer is for the job we will actually do.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring pollen season and the fall leaf drop. In those weeks our calendar fills, and the crew works through the houses in the order the bookings came in. Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work, but we call before we come, so you know the truck is on the way.
Professional window cleaning is what we do, and our window cleaners work from the same ladder position for the gutters and the glass on each side of the house. Our cleaning services cover the exterior only, and that keeps the curb appeal of the front elevation intact while avoiding the water damage that clogged gutters leave on siding and sills. We do not clean windows inside on this visit; the work is exterior glass and gutters only.
Yes. The same two people do the gutters first and the glass last, so the runoff from the runs never reaches the panes after they are clean.
The number comes from the stories and the count of each residential window, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book. We do not quote a figure without that information.
On our jobs the outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, so the outside is where the film builds up first. Clean windows on the outside also show the interior clearly.
Across Illinois, spring and fall are the usual visits. Tell us your house and we will confirm the month that fits your lot.
No, because we clean the gutters first and the glass last. Once the runs are clear and the downspouts are flushed, the wall gets a few minutes to stop dripping before anyone touches the windows.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the exterior job, and they are not billed as extras.
We clean the exterior only on this visit. We do not clean inside the windows or do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, 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.
