The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the job by stories and approximate window count, and doing both together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Illinois, we have found that most homeowners who book it do so in the spring and the fall, when the residue from the season is at its heaviest. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote on your stories and window count.
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 our window cleaning services by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing the gutters and the windows in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give you on the phone is the number we charge, so the quote holds.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a steep roof, window count and oversized panes such as picture windows, gutters that have not been cleaned in years or are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Gutters and downspouts are checked on every visit, and downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across Illinois, the job that surprises homeowners most is the one where the cleaning is not the problem but the water is. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line and gutters that have held a season of grime both show up in the first estimate. Our crews photograph both and say what they will and will not remove, so the quote you hear is the quote you pay. We take the same care with a condos building on a shared lot as with a single house, because runoff from one roof lands on the neighbor's glass and the neighbor's walkway. When the crew gets to a building, the first thing it asks is how the water leaves the roof. If downspouts discharge onto a walk or a patio, we flag it, because that is where the damage starts. Our crew can then remove dirt from the glass and the gutters in a single pass, which is the one reason two jobs done together cost less than two separate trips. If you only need window washing, say so on the call, and the washing services are quoted the same way as the gutter work. Plan on telling us the stories and the window count, and send a photo of the front of the house by text, and we will give you the exact number.
| 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 Palos jobs, most customers book the window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, because the dust, pollen and leaves come in on a predictable schedule and one crew can handle both in a single visit.
In spring, the pollen film settles on south-facing glass, especially picture windows, and the sticky paste packs into the gutter elbows. By the time the crew gets to the glass, the film is thick enough to leave a haze you only see when the sun is low. In fall, the leaf load is what matters, a wet mat that sags the runs and blocks the outlets.
Houses under heavy tree cover, or with a sprinkler line hitting the glass, often need a third visit. The spots from sprinklers come back a day after cleaning, and only a mineral treatment removes them. Residential and commercial buildings near a busy road or active construction also collect more grit, so they tend to fall into the three or four visit group.
You will know windows need cleaning when you see haze you only notice when the sun is low, and you will know gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in the rain. Our crew puts both on the same calendar, so the spring and fall cleanings stay in step and our customers rarely end up with one job overdue while the other is fine. Cleaning solutions are chosen for the glass and the frame, and we avoid anything that leaves a film. Our quotes name interior and exterior glass separately, and only the exterior is in this visit. We count every window before the crew arrives, so the number you hear is the number on the bill. Regular cleanings keep the job small, and small jobs are the ones that stay on schedule.
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.
Booking starts with a call or a text: call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service, give us the number of stories and send a photo of the front of the house, and we will come back with a quote and a window. Our calendar fills fastest in the two busy seasons of the year, the spring months and the fall leaf months, so an earlier call gives you more choice of day.
The crew carries the work to professional window cleaning standards on every house, whether it is one of the residential properties with a few panes or one of the multi-story buildings with a lot of glass. Our window cleaners work from a pole where the glass allows and from a boom or scissor lift where it does not. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Windows inside are not part of this visit, so the crew works from the outside only. Our cleaning services are scheduled around the house, not the other way round.
Gutters that have gone too long are where water damage starts, and clogged gutters overflow onto the siding and the foundation well before anyone notices. We aim to get to those first when the calendar is tight. The curb appeal of a house shows most in the windows and the gutter line together, so we treat the two as one job from the first call to the final photo.
Yes, it is the same two people in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing dirty runs back onto clean windows.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text once we have the stories and a count of every window. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will return the exact figure.
Yes, because the outside of a residential window carries the dust, the rain grit and the sprinkler spots that build up between visits. Inside cleaning does nothing about any of that.
Across Illinois, spring and fall are when most homeowners book, before the spring buildup peaks and again before the leaves come down. To schedule service on our Palos calendar, call early for a better day.
Not if the order is right. Gutters first, glass last, so the water and debris from the runs has drained and dried before anyone touches a pane.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and they are not billed separately. Tracks are cleaned on the same visit.
We clean exterior glass only on this visit for residential properties. We do not do interior windows or pressure washing, so ask us about those separately if you need them.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn off the sprinklers, move cars off the driveway, 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.
