Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first, glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Our crew does this work every spring and fall, and most of the houses we visit in Western Springs are done in a single morning.
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 done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, so call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house for a written estimate.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are the same ones every time. Multi-story buildings, a third story in particular, take more time on the ladder, and a roof too steep to walk adds setup. Oversized panes and a high window count add hours on the glass. Gutters nobody has opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear, and gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleaned. Hard-water spotting left by sprinklers is a separate issue that cleaning will not remove, so we note it on the visit. Gutters and downspouts are cleaned together on every visit, and downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Our crew cleans the glass with a water-fed pole and purified water, so the windows dry clean. Most of our Western Springs customers have the outside of their windows done alongside the gutters, and our window cleaning services in this city follow the same order every visit, with the window washing and washing services done in one pass. Grime on the lower sills and along the frames comes off in the same pass, and the picture windows on the front of a house are usually the largest single line on the estimate. Many customers book regular cleanings after the first visit, once they see how the glass looks between seasons. Send a photo of the front of the house by text and we will tell you the number before the truck leaves the yard.
| 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.
On our Western Springs jobs, most customers book the window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in the spring after the seed drop and once in the fall after the leaves are down, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for both. The same method suits residential and commercial buildings, though the estimates on this page are for houses. In spring we find a pollen film on the south-facing glass and a paste of pollen in the gutters, and the downspout elbows are often packed with seeds. In fall the leaf load is the main job, a wet mat that sits in the runs and sags under the first freeze.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and a house close to a busy road or active construction collects more dust on the frames. Dried sap and tree residue on the frames can call for cleaning solutions, which the crew asks about before using, and the crew works to remove dirt from frames and sills on every visit. Storm and wind seasons can also move the dates, so we look at the roof after a heavy blow before we book the next visit.
The sign windows need cleaning again is haze you only notice when the sun sits low in the afternoon. The sign gutters need attention is water sheeting over the edge in a steady rain, which usually means clogged gutters or a sagging hanger. Left alone, that runoff can lead to water damage on the fascia and the wall beneath.
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 cleans the exterior of homes around Western Springs with the same two-person setup on every job, and the calendar fills fastest in the two busy windows of the year. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text, where you tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we give you a date within the lead time shown on our booking page. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
We work as professional window cleaning crews on residential properties, and the same two people clean the gutters and the glass on every house. For a homeowner who wants the whole house done in one visit, that means one schedule service and one invoice, with every window on the outside cleaned from the pole, the sill and frame included. Each residential window on the outside gets the same pole pass, so the glass, sill and frame come clean in one go. Our window cleaners finish the glass last, after the gutters are flushed, so the job holds its curb appeal through the next rain.
Yes, at our company the same two people do both on the same visit, gutters first and glass last, so the dirty runoff never lands on clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text, so call (866) 435-6328 for a written estimate before anyone is scheduled.
On our jobs in Western Springs, the outside carries the pollen film, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, so the outside is where most of the grime sits even when the inside looks fine. Condos get the same exterior work, with the stories and window count setting the price.
Most of our Western Springs customers book in late fall, after the leaves drop and before the first hard freeze. Across Illinois, the spring visit falls in late May to June.
No, we clean the gutters first and the glass last, because the leaves, grit and black water from a run come down the wall and across any window below it.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the job, so you do not see them on the invoice as extras.
No, on this visit we clean the exterior glass only. Windows inside the house are not part of the gutter visit, and a request for interior and exterior glass is a separate job. 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, keep pets inside and leave the side gate unlocked, then text a photo of the roofline if you have questions.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
