Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. Gutters go first and glass goes last, so nothing dirty lands on clean panes. We price 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 this twice a year, in spring and fall. We are the crew that climbs the ladder, so the number we quote is the number we bill.
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. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we give you the number before any work starts. Multi-story buildings take more ladder time, so the story count sets the base of the quote. Doing gutters and exterior glass in one visit is cheaper than two trips, and the number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice. Interior and exterior glass are priced differently, so windows inside are quoted separately and this visit covers exterior glass only. The glass gets purified water rather than cleaning solutions, so the quote carries no separate chemical line.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually simple: a third story or a steep roof we cannot walk, window count and oversized picture windows, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards we have to lift and reseat, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that cleaning alone will not remove. Clearing gutters and downspouts, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not extras. Ordinary grime is included in the price. Customers who book regular cleanings keep the same visit pattern each year, so the number on the invoice stays familiar.
On a Westchester job, the first thing we check is how long the gutters have gone without a clean, because a heavy load changes the time on the roof. If the address is a residential and commercial building, tell us when you call so we quote it the right way. Ask for a written estimate once you have the stories and a rough window count, and we will walk through what is in the number line by line. Getting the exact number is simple: send the story count and a photo of the front of the house, and the crew confirms the quote before booking a date.
| 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 book both gutters and exterior windows twice a year, in spring and again in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for most homes. Across Illinois, the spring visit falls in late May to June, when pollen settles on south-facing glass and seed and pollen paste builds up in the gutters. The fall visit lands in late October to November and clears the leaf load before the first hard freeze can turn it into ice in the runs. Westchester gets about 42 inches of snow a year, mostly from December through March, so the fall visit has to come first.
Across Illinois, summer derechos and severe thunderstorms shift the dates more than the calendar does. A severe thunderstorm can leave a gutter full of grit overnight, and a derecho can take branches onto the roof, so we keep a slot open for those visits when a customer asks. Westchester averages about 41 inches of rain a year, with May through July the wettest months.
Some homes need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the gutters between visits, and clogged gutters are often why a run overflows before the next scheduled clean. Water sitting in clogged gutters can lead to water damage at the fascia, and runoff from them streaks the siding below, which is why those homes get a third visit. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up dust faster than the usual house. Those are the homes that end up on a schedule of three or four visits a year, and the cleaning services we use there are the same as the ones we use everywhere else.
You will know windows need cleaning when there is a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a hard rain instead of running into the downspout. Clean glass and clear gutters do more for curb appeal than most owners expect.
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 residential properties, including houses, townhomes and condos, and the window and gutter cleaning service runs the same way at each one, starting with the estimate. Most window cleaners stop at the glass, so we do the gutters too. Booked together, our window cleaning services cover the gutters and the outside of the glass in one visit, which is what our washing services cover on every booking. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front with the number of stories, and we confirm the quote and the earliest date we can get to. The typical lead time is a few days to a couple of weeks, depending on how full the calendar is.
The calendar fills fastest in the two busy windows of the year, the spring pollen drop and the fall leaf drop, so booking early in those months gets you the slot you want. Professional window cleaning on this schedule means the same crew on every visit. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. If you want to schedule service for a specific day, tell us when you call and we hold the time.
Every residential window gets the same treatment, and the goal is clean windows on every floor, not only the ones at eye level. The screen is taken down, rinsed and set back in place, and the sill is wiped dry. We do not skip the high panes or the upstairs sill, and the frame gets wiped along with the glass to remove dirt before it runs back down the pane. Every window on the house gets that same pass, and anything the crew cannot reach safely gets photographed and flagged so you know about it.
We do both, and it is the same crew on the same visit. Many window cleaners only do the glass, so we clean gutters and downspouts first and do the glass last, which keeps the runoff off clean panes.
Our window cleaning services for a two-story house are quoted from the stories and the window count, with the gutter work added to the same number. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo, and we quote it before booking.
On our jobs the outside collects pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots that the inside never sees. Ordinary grime builds on the exterior glass, and clean inside glass does not stop that film from building on the outside.
Our customers here book in late spring and again in fall, after the pollen and leaf drops finish, so the gutters are clear before winter.
No. Gutters first, glass last, so the grit and runoff come down before the panes are touched.
Screens and sills are part of the job, and a clean sill does a lot for curb appeal. Tracks are wiped as part of the sill.
Exterior only on this visit. Windows inside the house are a separate booking, and we do not do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside, and leave the side gate unlocked. Shared gutter runs at condos are quoted after a phone call, because the run may cover more than one unit.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
