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 down onto clean panes. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of our customers book us in the spring and the 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.
We price the bundle by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking window washing and gutter cleaning separately, because the washing services and the gutter work share one setup. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes longer to work safely, and multi-story buildings need the ladder moved more often. A high count of oversized picture windows adds time on the glass. Clogged gutters that have not been opened in years, or packed with needles and leaves, need more clearing before any flushing. Heavy grime on the glass adds a second pass on the affected panes. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is also a factor: it is etched into the glass, and no regular cleanings or ordinary cleaning solutions remove it, so we flag it on the visit.
On a recent Rockford job, the quote moved because the home had a steep back roof and a double row of windows across the second floor, and the crew had to flush two downspouts that fed a buried line. Your quote will come from your own stories and window count, so the fastest way to get an exact number is to text us a photo of the front of the house with your story count and a rough window count.
| 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 homeowners book window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for both jobs. In the spring, the pollen film builds on south-facing glass and sticky tree residue packs into the gutters. In the fall, the leaf load causes clogged gutters and blocks the downspouts, and the wet leaf mat is what sags runs under ice.
Some homes need a third visit. 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 after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more dust on the outside of the windows.
You will know your windows need cleaning sooner than the calendar says when you see a haze on the glass that only shows when the sun is low. Your gutters and downspouts need attention when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspout, and that is how water damage starts on the siding.
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.
We provide window cleaning services and gutter jobs for residential properties across Rockford, condos included, and we book them through the same phone line. This page covers residential jobs only, so for a residential and commercial building, call before booking and we will tell you what we can take. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the house front with your story count to get an estimate. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work, because the crew does not come inside.
The busy weeks are the spring season and the fall leaf season, when our calendar fills fastest. If you want a specific date, book early in those months. We schedule service around the weather, so a storm can move your slot by a day, and we call you before we change it.
Our crew works from a professional window cleaning kit, using purified water to remove dirt so the glass dries without streaks, and the cleaning services are the same on every window. Interior and exterior glass are different jobs for us, and this visit covers the exterior only. A clean exterior adds to the curb appeal of the home, and we list every window we clean on the invoice.
Yes, our crew does both jobs in one visit. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, so the dirty gutter water does not run down onto clean windows.
The price comes from the number of stories and the approximate window count. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we will give you a number before the visit.
Yes, because the outside carries the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spotting that build up between visits. The inside stays cleaner on its own, but the exterior is what the sun shows up on.
Across Illinois, most residential properties we serve book in the spring and the fall. Those are the months when leaves and tree debris are heaviest, and they fill our calendar first.
No, we always do the gutters first and the glass last. Runoff from a cleared run carries grit and black water down the wall, so the glass has to wait until the runs are clear.
Screens, sills and tracks are part of the window cleaning, so we do not bill them as extras. We rinse the screens and wipe the sills as we go.
Not on this visit, since the windows inside are not part of this job. We clean the exterior glass only, and we do not do pressure washing as part of this bundle.
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.
