Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit. We do gutters first and glass last, so the dirty water from the roof never lands on the panes we just finished. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of our customers book spring and fall, which is when the pollen and the leaves come down on the house.
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.
The number we give you on the phone is the number we charge. We set it from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle of gutters and exterior glass in one visit comes in below booking the two jobs separately. Every quote starts from your house size, and your final number depends on the details you give us, which is why we ask for those first. Professional window cleaning and window washing on the same house are priced from the same two numbers.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are steep roofs and third stories, window count and oversized panes, 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 sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. We do not clean windows inside the house on this visit.
On a Skokie house we want to see the front of the building before we quote, because curb appeal starts with the glass and gutters people see from the street. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house with your stories and a rough count of the windows, and we will tell you what the number will be. Clogged gutters and water damage from them are the cases where we find the most work behind the scenes, so we check the runs and tell you what we see before anything is decided. For multi-story buildings and commercial properties, we price per building and give you the number in writing before the crew is booked.
| 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 customers here book both twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. Our cleaning services for gutters and exterior windows run on the same calendar, so one crew in one visit makes sense for both. We schedule service for the spring visit and the fall visit, and each one covers every window on the house. In spring we find the pollen film on the south-facing glass and the seed paste packed in the gutters. In the fall we find the wet leaf mat and the grit that washes down the wall with the first rains. Storm and wind seasons can move those dates, and we will call you to adjust the booking if the weather does.
Some residential properties need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass, and a house close to a busy road or active construction all tend to build up faster. Sprinkler spots are the ones that come back a day after cleaning, and that is a sign the sprinkler head needs to move, not that the residential window was missed. Gutters on these houses are checked more often because the debris packs in the downspouts between visits.
You will know the windows need attention when a haze shows up on the clean windows only when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in the rain instead of running down the downspout. Either sign means it is time to book, and a text with a photo of the roofline is enough for us to tell you which one you are looking at.
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 clean homes and buildings across Skokie. Our window cleaning services are booked with the gutter work, so one crew handles both in one visit. Booking with us starts with an estimate by phone or text, where you give us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front. Lead time depends on the season, and during the two busy windows of the year our calendar fills, so the sooner you call (866) 435-6328 the better your chance at the date you want. We call before we come, and the crew confirms the arrival window the day before.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew works outside and does not come into the house, and our washing services stay on the outside of the building. They send photos of every gutter run and the finished glass before they leave. If an area cannot be reached safely from the ground or the roof, the crew photographs it and tells you what they saw instead of guessing.
We handle the same jobs for townhouses, small condos and the larger buildings where the upper floors need the boom or scissor lift. Runoff from a roof with clogged gutters can stain the wall below in a single storm, and it carries grime down the siding with it, so we like to clear the gutters and downspouts before the glass. Clearing the gutters and downspouts first is how we remove dirt from the wall rather than moving it onto the windows. Whether you are in a house or one of the condos, the crew treats each building as its own job with its own photos and its own number.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, and they do the gutters first. That is the order we work in, so the dirty water from the roof does not run across the glass after it has been cleaned.
The number comes from the stories, the approximate window count and what the gutters are like. We give it by phone or text from a photo of the house front, and it is the number on the invoice.
On our jobs the outside carries the bloom film, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and those are the marks that show up through the glass no matter how clean the inside is. Cleaning the inside does not remove them, so the interior and exterior of the same window need separate attention.
Most of our customers here book regular cleanings in the spring and the fall. Spring comes after the tree bloom finishes, and fall comes after the leaves come down and before the first hard freeze.
No, not if we do it the way we do. Gutters and downspouts come first and glass comes last, so the leaves, grit and black water have already run off before anyone touches the windows.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are wiped on the exterior side and included in the same visit, so they are not billed as extras. The cleaning solutions we use are purified water, so picture windows dry without streaks.
We do not clean the inside of the windows on this visit, and we do not do pressure washing. This visit covers exterior glass only, for residential and commercial buildings alike, and we say so before we quote.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Unlock the side gate if you can.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
