Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Our River Grove customers book in the spring and fall, and the same crew handles both seasons. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house to get your quote started.
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 window washing by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day, the same way it does on any professional window cleaning job. A third story or a steep roof takes longer to reach safely. Oversized panes and high window counts add time at the glass. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years come down packed with needles and leaves, and gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before anything underneath can be cleared. Clogged gutters that overflow in a storm can also cause water damage at the wall below, so we flag them before we start. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem that cleaning alone will not remove. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Clean glass and clear gutters also do a lot for curb appeal from the street.
On our River Grove jobs, the quote usually comes down to how many windows face the street and how many runs have clogged gutters. One recent customer on a two-story house had a large back run with a sprinkler line hitting the glass, and that is what set the number. The windows inside the house are a separate job and are not in this quote. You can get the exact figure by texting us a photo of the front of the house along with the stories and a rough window count, and we will come back with a firm number. If you want to see what a visit covers before you book, or compare it against other window cleaners, ask for a written estimate and we will send it by text or email.
| 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 River Grove customers book regular cleanings twice a year, once in late May or June and once in late October or November, and that is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across Illinois the spring and fall rhythm holds, but the exact timing here follows the pollen and the leaves, and a lot with many trees may want clean windows sooner.
In late May or June, the pollen film builds on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs into the gutters. By fall, the leaf load is the main job, and wet leaves in the runs sag under the weight of ice on houses that skipped the fall visit. Heavy storms and wind seasons can move the dates a few weeks in either direction, so we call before we come.
Some houses need a third visit as we see them. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day later, and a house near a busy road or a construction site collects grime faster than the glass can handle. Our residential and commercial window cleaning services follow the same logic for residential properties with many windows and for buildings on busy corners.
One customer with no trees on the lot books once in late fall and is done. Another, with mature trees over the roof and sprinkler spotting, books three or four visits a year. The sign that the glass needs cleaning is haze you only notice when the sun is low. The sign that the gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge in a steady rain. Ask us to schedule service on the visit cycle that matches your lot, and we will set the calendar from there.
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 works across River Grove, and we book the visit from a phone call or text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew does not come inside. We call before we arrive, so you know who is on the ladder and roughly when.
Our window cleaning services cover the outside of every window we can reach from a pole or ladder, and the interior and exterior glass are booked as separate jobs. Our washing services take in the frames and sills as well, and we use purified water in place of cleaning solutions, so nothing is left behind to streak. Gutters and downspouts are cleared and flushed in the same visit, with runoff checked at the outlet. We also look for debris that has collected at the base of the wall, where grime and dirt settle after rain, and we remove dirt there before we leave. Condos and multi-story buildings, residential and commercial alike, are scheduled per building, with the same crew and the same order of work.
Lead time depends on the season. In the two busy windows of the year, late May through June and October through November, our calendar fills, so book early if you have a fixed date. Outside those windows we can usually fit a visit in on short notice. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit for residential and commercial buildings, gutters first and glass last, so the dirty runoff from the roof never lands on clean glass.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate size of the house. Text us a photo of the front of the house with the story count, and we will give you the figure before anyone is booked.
On our jobs, the outside carries most of the grime here: pollen in the spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spots that build up on the glass. The interior and exterior of a window are separate jobs, and this visit covers the exterior only.
Our regular cleanings here usually run in late May or June and again in late October or November. Those are the months when the pollen and the leaves are heaviest.
No. We clear the gutters and flush every downspout first, let the wall stop dripping, and only then clean the glass. That is the reason we always do the gutters first.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and tracks are cleaned as part of the visit. Large picture windows get the same pole and water treatment as every other pane. They are included in the job, not billed separately.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit, using purified water rather than cleaning solutions on the pane. We do not clean the inside of windows, and we do not 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 unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
