Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We work gutters first and glass last, so nothing from the runs lands on clean panes. We price by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. On our Oak Park jobs most customers book this bundle in the spring and fall, the two windows when pollen and leaves are heaviest.
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.
Our price follows the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking gutters and glass separately. Our crew is a professional window cleaning crew, and the same window cleaners who clear the gutters wash the glass, so one walk-around produces one quote. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you where the house falls before anyone climbs a ladder.
Four things move a quote on our jobs. Work on multi-story buildings takes more time on the ladder and more setup, and a roof too steep to walk adds to it. Window count matters, and so do picture windows and oversized panes that take a second person to handle safely. A run of clogged gutters packed with needles and leaves costs more to clear than one cleaned last season, and a run left alone can start water damage at the fascia. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a stain that cleaning alone does not remove. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Window washing on a tall house is slow work, and the quote reflects the time on the boom or scissor lift, not a guess. Clean glass does a lot for curb appeal, which is why most owners book the pair. The number covers exterior glass only, since windows inside the house are not part of the quote. For an exact number, count your stories, estimate your windows, and text us 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.
Across Illinois the spring visit falls in late May to June and the fall visit in late October to November. On our jobs most customers book both, which is why one crew doing gutters and glass in one visit makes sense. Our cleaning services are built around those two windows, since a residential window collects the spring pollen drop and the fall leaf drop.
In the spring visit we find pollen film on south-facing glass and pollen paste packed into the gutters. In the fall we find the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped that visit we see runs that sagged under winter ice. Across Illinois, summer derechos and severe thunderstorms can move the dates a little, so we schedule service against the forecast rather than the calendar.
Some residential properties need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots on every window it reaches, and those spots return a day after cleaning. A house close to a busy road or active construction picks up dust faster, and the sill of each window facing the road collects it first. For those we book regular cleanings three or four times a year, because cleanings that come too far apart let the grime set.
Watch for the two signs that tell you it is time. Clean windows should not look hazy, and you notice the haze most when the sun is low. Gutters that let water sheet over the edge in a rain are the second sign. If you see either, that is the 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 has cleaned houses across the Oak Park area, and booking runs on the same calendar for all of them. You call or text with your number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we confirm a slot. Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, fill first. Book early for those months and you keep the date you want.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and the crew does not enter the house. We handle gutters and downspouts, and we clear runoff from the wall below each run so it does not stain the glass. Our washing services cover the full exterior glass in one visit, and our window cleaning services include frames and sills, where we remove dirt and grime as part of the job. Owners of condos and multi-unit buildings book the same way, one estimate per building.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters first and the glass last, in one visit, so you book one date and get one invoice.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and the same method applies to residential and commercial buildings. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front, and we give you the figure before we book.
Here the outside carries most of the problem. Pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots all sit on the exterior glass, and the inside stays clean for far longer, so regular cleanings of the outside do most of the work.
Across Illinois the usual visits fall in late May to June and late October to November, after the pollen and leaf drops finish. Book early for those windows, since they fill first.
No. We work gutters first and glass last. When a run is cleared, the leaves, grit and black water come down the wall, and if the glass was washed first it has to be washed again.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the job, not billed separately.
On this visit we clean exterior glass only, with purified water rather than cleaning solutions, and we leave windows inside the house out of the price. We do not do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while 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.
