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 both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them separately. Across Illinois, most of our customers book this in the spring and fall, when the pollen and the leaves have had time to build up. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house for your number.
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 the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, so you will know it before the crew is on the ladder.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A house with a third story or a steep roof means more time on a boom or scissor lift, and so do multi-story buildings. A large number of windows, or oversized panes, adds glass to the route. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is etched into the glass, and no cleaning removes it, so we tell you about it before we quote the glass.
Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not billed as extras. The windows inside the house are not part of this visit. For clogged gutters and water damage that has already started, we look at it on the first visit so the number reflects what is really there. Professional window cleaning is what we do outside, and window washing is the same work on the glass, done with a water-fed pole.
The fastest way to get an exact number is to tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the front of the house by text. We will call you back with the figure before we book a date. Most of our curb appeal work on Illinois homes comes down to those two details.
| 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 Sterling customers book both cleaning services twice a year, in the spring and in the fall, and that is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. Spring is the pollen film on south-facing glass and the grit paste packed into the elbows. Fall is the leaf load that turns into a wet mat. Storm and wind seasons can move those dates by a few weeks.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps feeding debris into the gutters between visits. A sprinkler line that hits a residential window leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. Residential properties near a busy road or a construction site collect grime faster than the glass can hold it.
Two customers show the range. One has no trees near the house and books once in late fall, which is enough for them. The other has tree cover and a sprinkler line that hits the windows, and books three or four cleanings a year. Each visit we check every window and note what we found, and that note sets the next schedule service date for the house rather than the calendar.
Clean windows look fine until the sun drops low and a haze shows up, and that is your sign. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a rain.
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 have provided window cleaning services and gutter cleaning across the city, and we book a slot by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text once we have the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time is shown on the booking page for your date. In the two busy windows of the year, the spring bloom and the fall leaves, our calendar fills, so the earlier you call, the better your choice of day.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come and again when we are on the way. For residential and commercial jobs, including condos and office buildings with a lot of glass, we schedule the visit around the building's own calendar, and we handle the grime on the entry glass and the runoff from the roof in the same route.
We remove dirt and debris from the gutters and downspouts as we go, and we bag what comes out rather than leaving it at the foot of the wall. Our washing services are scheduled by the house, not by the week, so we keep one crew on each visit from start to finish.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing dirty runs back onto clean glass.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house. Tell us by phone or text and we will quote it before we book a date.
Usually yes, because the outside carries the tree dust, the rain grime and the sprinkler spots. Those are on the glass before anyone gets to the inside.
Most of our Sterling customers book in the spring and the fall, when the spring film and the leaves build up. Regular cleanings in those two windows keep the build-up from getting heavy, and across Illinois the same two windows work for most homes.
No. We clear the gutters and flush the downspouts first, then give the wall a few minutes to drip before we start on the glass.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit. Tracks are included on the exterior side. Picture windows get the same pass as the rest of the glass, and frames that need more than water get a cleaning solution, rinsed off before the crew moves on.
Exterior only on this visit, so the glass inside stays as it is. We do not do pressure washing here, but we can talk through what the interior and exterior of the house needs.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, and keep pets inside while ladders are up.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
