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 down onto clean windows. Our gutter and window washing services are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. On our Palatine jobs, most customers book this in the spring and the fall, and the crew can tell you the number from a photo of the front of the house. Call (866) 435-6328 and send that photo today.
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 stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs apart. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a steep roof that makes the work slower, oversized picture windows that take more time per pane, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras, and the cleaning solutions for the glass are included in the quote too. Every quote says whether it covers the interior and exterior of a window or the exterior alone, and ours is exterior only.
The window and gutter cleaning on a house comes down to the same few measures every time. Send a photo of the front of the house by text and tell us how many stories it has, and we work out the approximate window count from there. Commercial buildings are quoted on their own, and residential and commercial work follow the same method of counting stories and panes before we set a date.
On a Palatine job we took last spring, the quote moved on tree cover and the number of picture windows on the back of the house, not on the front, which is what most people expect the price to depend on. The customer saw the back run and the glass behind it only after the first photo came through, and the number they were given was the number they paid. That is why we ask for the photo before we quote, and why we point out the spots that need more time in the estimate.
Gutters and glass get cleaned on a schedule that suits the house. Regular cleanings keep the gutter runs clear between visits and keep the outside of the glass from building up. If you want a single visit to start, we will tell you what the first visit shows and whether the house needs the cleanings repeated.
| 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.
On our Palatine jobs most customers book both twice a year, in the spring and again in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the house. The spring visit catches the pollen film on the south-facing glass and the pollen paste in the gutters. The fall visit catches the leaf load before the first hard freeze. Storm and wind seasons can move those dates, and summer derechos and severe thunderstorms across Illinois can do it fast, so the crew watches the forecast and calls before it comes. Some window cleaners clean once a year and leave it there, but professional window cleaning on a schedule is what keeps the glass and the curb appeal up between seasons.
Some houses need a third visit, especially multi-story buildings, which take longer on the ladder. Heavy tree cover over the roof fills the downspouts and clogged gutters between visits, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and the runoff from it is the cause. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects grime on the outside of the windows faster than others. The windows inside are not part of this visit, but the crew checks the outside on the first visit and tells you which of these your house has, so you can plan the number of visits from the start rather than guess.
We also look at the glass on the house for the spots and haze that only show when the sun is low in the sky. If you can see that haze on the outside of the panes in the late afternoon, the windows need a visit. A crew can remove dirt from the glass, but etched spots need a different treatment. Water running over the edge of a gutter in the rain is the sign the gutters need one, and that overflow can cause water damage at the fascia and the wall below.
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 cleaning services cover residential properties across Palatine, and the window and gutter cleaning is done in one visit for each house. Each residential window on the house is cleaned on that visit, and so are the gutters and downspouts. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text us with the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you the estimate from those. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we will tell you the first date we have. Condos and townhomes are quoted the same way, by stories and window count. We also offer window cleaning services on their own if you only need one of the two. The two busy windows of the year are the spring pollen season and the fall leaf drop, and our calendar fills fastest then, so it helps to book early.
Nobody needs to be home for the outside work. We call before we come, and the crew will work around any cars left in the driveway. We will schedule service for the windows and the gutters together so that every window on the house is done on the same visit, including the sill under each one.
Yes, and it is the same crew. We do the gutters first and the glass last, because the dirty water from a gutter runs down the wall and across the glass below it.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text before anyone is scheduled.
On our Palatine jobs the outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, so the outside is where most of the grime sits even when the inside is clean.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and again in the fall, from the pollen season and the leaf drop.
No. Gutters first, glass last, and the downspouts are flushed before anyone touches the panes.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included in the visit.
No, on this visit we clean the exterior of the glass only, and we do not do the windows inside or pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside, 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.
