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 from the roof lands on clean panes. We price by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of our customers book the work for spring and fall, when the pollen and leaves are heaviest on the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house for a written estimate.
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 booking gutters and exterior windows together in one visit costs less than two separate jobs. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Pricing depends on how many windows there are, how many stories the house has, and how much work the gutters need; you will get the exact figure by phone or text before we arrive.
On our jobs, the things that change the quote are predictable. Multi-story buildings and steep roofs both mean more time on the ladder. Oversized panes and a long run of picture windows take longer than standard sashes. Gutters and downspouts that have not been cleaned in years, packed with needles, leaves and grime, need more passes. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can clear the run. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is the one thing that a standard cleaning will not remove, and we tell you that on the phone before we book. Dirt that has baked onto the glass over a season takes more than a quick pass to remove dirt cleanly, and the crew says so before the visit. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across Illinois, the way to get an exact number is simple: tell us the number of stories, give a count of the windows, and text a photo of the front of the house. Regular cleanings are cheaper per visit than a first cleaning that catches up on years of build-up, and the crew will say which one your house needs. Window washing and window cleaning services on a residential window job follow the same rule, quoted from what the crew sees. Owners of condos get the same quote method, with the number of stories and the window count taken from the building's front. Ask for the washing services you need when you call, and we will put it in writing before the date is set. If you ask about interior and exterior work, we will tell you up front that the inside glass is not part of this visit.
| 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, in spring and again in fall, and one crew in one visit is what makes sense for that schedule. Across Illinois the pattern is the same: spring after the seed and pollen drop, and fall after the leaves are down and before the first hard freeze.
On the glass, the spring visit is about the pollen film on south-facing panes and the paste it leaves in the gutters. In fall it is the leaf load in clogged gutters and the rain dust that has dried on the frames over the summer. Across Illinois, summer derechos and severe thunderstorms move these dates for residential and commercial buildings alike, so the crew confirms the day with you rather than assuming it.
Some houses, and multi-story buildings with the same tree cover, need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between cleanings, so those customers are on every three to four months. Gutters that stay full also push roof runoff against the fascia, and that is one way water damage starts. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those houses need a closer look. A house close to a busy road or active construction collects more dust on the frames than most. Our window and gutter cleaning schedule is built around these cases.
You will know windows need cleaning when the glass looks hazy only in low sun, and the haze shows most from the windows inside the house. You will know gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge in a steady rain instead of running into the downspout. Cleaning solutions do not replace the regular visit, and the crew will tell you so if that is the case on your house.
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 cleaning services cover residential properties across Sycamore, and you can book by phone or text. Give us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we will reply with a written estimate and the next open date. Lead time depends on the season, and the calendar fills fastest in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, so ask us to schedule service early if you want a particular date. For most jobs we can hold a slot with a short call to (866) 435-6328.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew calls before we come, works outside, and sends photos of every gutter run and the finished glass before the truck leaves. We do not come inside and we do not clean interior glass. The same applies to condos: the crew works from outside, and nothing inside a unit gets touched.
Good window cleaners work from the same plan on every house: the gutters first, then the glass, with the sills and frames wiped down as part of the visit. That professional window cleaning is what keeps the curb appeal of the front of the house from fading in one season. If you want the outside of every window done in the same pass as the gutters, say so when you schedule service, and we will put it on the estimate.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text before any work is booked.
On our Sycamore jobs the outside carries most of the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots, so the glass looks dirty from the street well before it looks dirty from inside.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and the fall, which is when the pollen and leaves are heaviest on the house.
No. We clear the gutters and downspouts first and do the glass last, so the runoff from the roof is gone before any window is touched.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the visit, and none of it is billed separately.
Not on this visit. We clean the exterior glass only, 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 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.
