The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. Gutters first, glass last, so the glass is not dirtied twice. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of our customers book spring and fall, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
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 are window cleaners who quote the whole house up front, and the number we give you is the one on the invoice. We build the price for our window washing and gutter work from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the two jobs done in one visit cost less than booking each one separately. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will work out the figure from that.
On the day, the things that change the quote are the ones the crew sees from the ground and the ladder. A third story or a steep roof means a boom or scissor lift and more time. Oversized picture windows and a high count of small panes take longer than the same wall with standard glass. Gutters that have not been cleared in years, packed with needles and leaves, cost more to flush than a run that was done last season. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are priced by the foot before we start. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate treatment, because no ordinary window washing removes it.
Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Clearing gutters and downspouts is in the same number too. Our washing services are priced the same way on every house, from the stories and the window count, with no add-on for the sills. Grime on the sills and frames comes off with the glass, so you are not paying for a second visit to finish the windows.
Across Illinois, the homes that book our window cleaning services fall into the same few patterns, and the window count tells us most of what we need to know before the crew goes out. The fastest way to get an exact number is to send us the stories, the window count, and a photo of the front of the house by text, and we will come back with a figure. Most of our regular cleanings are booked on that basis, and the interior and exterior glass on a house that has had regular cleanings is easier and quicker to finish than one that has been neglected for a year.
| 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.
Across Illinois, most customers have their window and gutter cleaning done twice a year, with the spring visit in late May to June and the fall visit in late October to November. In spring the pollen settles as a yellow film on south-facing glass and packs into the gutters as a paste that clogs the downspout elbows. Water alone lifts most of that film, and cleaning solutions come in only when it has hardened onto the glass. In fall the wet leaf mat is the problem, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see sagging runs by the time the ice comes, since snow here falls from December through March. A gutter that is full in May, one of the wettest months, sends runoff down the wall instead of into the downspout, and that is how water damage can reach the fascia.
Houses under heavy tree cover need more visits, because needles and grit build up between cleanings and clogged gutters can start to send water against the fascia. Those houses are often on a three- or four-visit schedule, and the crew will tell you at the first visit which schedule fits your lot. Multi-story buildings and tall houses often need a lift, so the crew plans those visits around the lift and not only the window count. Sprinkler lines that hit the glass leave spots that come back a day later, and those houses also need a third visit.
Windows tell you they need cleaning when there is a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and gutters tell you when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running down the downspout. Both are good signs to book the next visit. The crew cleans residential and commercial glass on the same schedule rules, and the haze you see is almost always on the outside, since this visit does not touch the windows inside. Residential properties with heavy shade follow the same schedule. We will also flag the first visit whether the house is one that needs more than twice a year, so you can plan around the season instead of guessing.
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.
Booking starts with a call or a text. We ask for the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and that is usually enough to give a firm figure and a date. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328, and the lead time will be in the schedule we send back. Spring and fall fill up fastest, because that is when most customers book, so an early call gets a better slot than a late one.
Residential window work and gutter work sit on the same calendar, and our crew handles professional window cleaning and both jobs in one visit, so there is no second setup to schedule. Every window on the house gets the same attention, from the ground floor to the top floor, and clean glass does a lot for curb appeal. The crew will also remove dirt from the frames and sills as it goes. Customers often call looking for window cleaners and end up needing gutters too, so condos and residential properties get one estimate for the cleaning services they need, and the schedule is set by the crew that will be on the ladder, not by a sales desk. We call before we come, and we tell you what is on the schedule for the day.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew does not come inside. Before they arrive, turn the sprinklers off and move any cars off the driveway if the windows face it. The crew will photograph every run and the finished glass and send the photos before the truck leaves, so you can see what was done without a walk around the house.
Yes. Our crew does the gutters and the exterior windows on residential properties in one visit, gutters first and glass last. That is the reason we can price the two jobs together.
We do not quote from a general figure. The number comes from the stories and the window count, and we give it by phone or text once we know those.
On the houses we clean, the outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, so the outside glass is usually where the haze is. Interior glass is not part of this visit.
Most of our customers here book in spring and in fall, and the calendar fills fastest in those windows. Across Illinois the pattern is the same, so an early call gets a better date.
No. We clear the gutters and downspouts first and do the glass last, so the runoff from a run never lands on a pane we have already done. Done in the reverse order, the glass gets dirtied twice.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included in the glass work and are not billed separately. The same goes for condos: tell us which windows and gutter runs are yours before the visit, so the quote matches what gets done.
We clean exterior glass only on this visit, and the crew will remove dirt from the frames and sills while it is up there. We do not do interior glass or pressure washing, and we will say so on the estimate.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Leave the side gate unlocked, and the crew will do the rest.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
