Our crew cleans the gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing runs back 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. Most of our Schaumburg customers book in the spring and the fall, and that rhythm is what we plan the calendar around.
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 the number of stories and the approximate window count, and a bundle booked for one visit costs less than two jobs booked separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and we confirm it before the crew is scheduled.
On our jobs the quote moves for a few reasons we see on the day. A third story or a steep roof the crew cannot walk takes longer. A large number of oversized or picture windows adds time to the glass. Gutters and downspouts that have not been cleared in years, packed with needles, seeds and wet leaves, need more passes. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line is a separate problem that cleaning alone will not remove, so we flag it rather than bill it as a surprise. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of professional window cleaning and are not billed as extras.
To get your exact number, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house with your story count and a rough window count. Cleaning solutions are not the variable here; the stories, the access and the state of the gutters are. A cleaning that starts on a steep roof with a long gutter run and heavy grime costs more to do right than a flat two-story with clear runs, and we would rather tell you that before we arrive than after. Regular cleanings keep the job shorter over time, because grit that is removed each visit does not build into a mat that has to be lifted out. Residential and commercial properties follow the same logic, though commercial buildings are priced per building on a schedule. For a homeowner in Schaumburg, the question is simply how many stories and how many windows, and we answer that by text or phone the same day.
| 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 Schaumburg customers book both jobs twice a year. Across Illinois the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the spring haze has settled, and the fall visit falls in October to early November, after the leaves have come down. That timing is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the whole house.
At the spring visit, the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and the paste packs into the gutter elbows. At the fall visit, the leaf load is the thing to clear before the first hard freeze, since wet leaves left in the runs can sag a hanger under ice and send water over the edge to cause water damage at the fascia. Summer derechos and severe thunderstorms move the dates on some years, and a wind event can drop a load of debris into the gutters that changes what the fall visit involves.
Some houses need a third visit as we see it. Heavy tree cover over the roof sends needles and grit into clogged gutters between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves round spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects a grime that builds faster than normal. On those properties our crew schedules three or four visits, not two, and the glass is the first thing we look at each time.
The sign windows need a cleaning is haze you only notice when the sun is low in the afternoon. The sign gutters need one is water sheeting over the edge in a rain, instead of falling clear of the wall.
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 offers window cleaning services across Schaumburg, and window and gutter cleaning is booked into one visit. It serves residential properties of most sizes, from single-story ranches and condos to three-story homes and multi-story buildings. We work the city as a whole, and the easiest way to start is an estimate by phone or text with your story count and a photo of the house front.
Lead time depends on the season. Outside the two busy windows of the year, our calendar opens up and we can usually fit a visit in with a short wait. When the spring or fall visit months arrive, bookings fill quickly, so if you want the spring or fall slot, call early. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew does not come inside, so the only thing we ask is that the side gate is unlocked and pets are kept in while the ladders are up.
To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or send a text with the house front photo, and we will confirm a date and window. Every window on the outside of the house can be booked into the same visit, and we will tell you which runs and which residential window panes need a second pass before the appointment.
Yes. The same two people who clean the outside of your windows also clean the gutters, and they do the gutters first. That order keeps the runoff from the gutters off the glass they have already finished.
The number comes from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and we quote it before the crew is scheduled. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the figure we will charge.
On our Schaumburg jobs the outside carries most of the grime: pollen film, rain dust, and sprinkler spots, so cleaning the outside is how we remove dirt that builds up on the exterior. Clean windows on the outside make a real difference to curb appeal even when the inside is already fine.
Across Illinois, the spring visit usually falls in late May to June and the fall visit in October to early November. Those are the windows our crew plans the calendar around.
No, because we clean the gutters first and the glass last. When the runs are cleared and the downspouts flushed, the wall has time to stop dripping before anyone touches the window.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of our washing services. Tracks are included in the same pass, and none of it shows up as an extra line on the invoice.
No. On this visit we clean the exterior glass only, so the interior and exterior split is simple: we do the outside, and we do not clean windows inside the house or 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 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.
