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 doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Our crew has done this work for many customers across Illinois, and most of our Wauconda customers book it in the spring and fall. Call (866) 435-6328 for a number on the spot.
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 price comes from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give 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.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are steep roofs and a third story, a large number of windows or oversized panes, gutters that have not been cleaned in years or 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. We find these on the day, so we measure them before we give a final number.
Across Illinois, the way to get the exact figure is simple. Send us the stories, your approximate window count, and a photo of the front of the house by text. Window washing services for a standard house and the rest of the exterior glass follow the same method, and the crew looks at the gutter runs before the glass so nothing is missed. Our crew covers the gutters and downspouts and the sills in the same pass, and we keep runoff off the clean glass by doing the gutters first. Heavy grime on the sill or the frame can add time, and if the sill needs it we remove dirt before we start and tell you the cost first. Large picture windows and multi-story buildings take longer, and condos with shared runs are quoted per building. Our window cleaning services are priced to the house, not to a line item list.
| 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 Wauconda customers book the window and gutter work twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, and that is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across Illinois the pattern is the same: spring and fall.
In spring we find pollen film on the south-facing glass and pollen paste packed in the gutters. Our crew uses cleaning solutions suited to that film and flushes each downspout until the water runs clear. In the fall we find the wet leaf mat that sits in the runs, and on houses that skipped that visit the runs sag under ice by winter. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates, so we call before we come.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass, or a house near a busy road or construction all bring more grime between cleanings, and those are the ones we put on a shorter schedule. Residential and commercial jobs follow the same logic, and we price the outside alone rather than an interior and exterior package, with the frequency set by what we find on the glass and in the gutters. We keep the interval honest: regular cleanings catch the build-up early, and most of our customers find that is less work than letting the glass and the runs go.
The sign windows need it is haze you only see when the sun is low. The sign gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in 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.
Our crew works across Wauconda and books service through a quick estimate by phone or text, with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. We look at the calendar in the two busy windows of the year, when the spring and fall work fills, and when you call at (866) 435-6328 we tell you the next open slot.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew does not come inside, and we call before we come so you know the arrival window. We are one of the cleaning services that does the gutters and the outside glass together, and the window cleaners on the truck are the same people who do the gutter runs.
When the calendar is tight, we keep the job list short and finish the runs in order. Professional window cleaning means the glass gets done after the gutters, every time, so the job stays clean through the visit. We treat curb appeal as part of the job, and we keep the glass clean and the runs clear so the house looks right from the street. Badly clogged gutters cause water damage on the fascia and the soffit, and we would rather catch them on the visit than after the storm season. Our cleanings cover the exterior and leave the windows inside alone, and we say so on the estimate.
Yes, our crew does both in the same visit. We clear the gutters and flush the downspouts first, then clean the outside of the windows, so the gutter water does not land on clean glass.
We give the number by phone or text, based on the stories and the size of the house, and the same method covers most residential properties. The quote is the invoice, so you know the number before the crew arrives.
On our Wauconda jobs the outside carries pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots that the inside never sees. Cleaning the outside alone keeps the glass clear, and it does not affect the interior at all.
Most of our Wauconda customers book in the spring and fall, which is when the pollen and leaves come off the trees. To schedule service, ask for the next open slot when you call. Across Illinois the pattern is the same, so we fill those windows early.
No. Gutters first, glass last, because the leaves, grit and black water come down the wall and across any window below. Doing the glass after the runs means nothing lands on the clean windows afterward.
Every window on the outside gets its screen rinsed and its sill wiped as part of the exterior job. Tracks and heavy grime on the frame are quoted before we start if they add time.
No. For a residential window, this visit is exterior glass only, so we do not clean the inside and we do not do pressure washing on this job.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the 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.
