Window Washing at a 2-story house in Chicago on South Oglesby Avenue. 33 windows cleaned. Completed by our Chicago Downtown team.
South Side Chicago houses collect grime in a particular way — exhaust, city dust, and the residue of humid summers layer onto glass until it stops looking dirty and starts looking opaque. This two-story house was well into that territory when our crew arrived. All 33 windows, inside and out, had reached the point where a standard pass wouldn't touch it. Frames and tracks were caked to match, and the bug and spider activity — webs in corners, dried debris across the lower sills — told us this cleaning had been a long time coming.
We worked through the house methodically, scraping the glass first wherever buildup had bonded to the surface, then following with a deep clean before the final squeegee pass. Every frame got wiped down, every track cleared out. Spiders had set up in most of the exterior corners, so those needed extra attention before we could work the glass cleanly. Inside, the same patience applied — scraping where needed, wiping frames that had collected years of layered dust. By the end of the day all 33 windows were done, both sides, tracks and frames included. Invoice went out the same afternoon.
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Our Chicago Downtown crew filmed this window washing on site at a 2-story house in Chicago, IL.
You'll see the workflow across all 33 windows cleaned — interior and exterior approach, screen and frame detail, the rhythm of how we work through a property like this without leaving a mess.
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Common questions from Chicago homeowners researching Window Washing.
For a 2-story home in Chicago, window washing typically runs between $200 and $500 depending on the number of windows and whether you want interior and exterior cleaned. This 33-window job on a 2-story house came out to $421 for a full inside-and-out wash. Larger window counts, hard-to-reach upper floors, or heavy buildup can push the price toward the higher end of that range.
A job this size — 33 windows cleaned inside and out — generally takes a crew a few hours to complete. Factors like heavy insect debris, which this home had plenty of in the form of bugs and spiders, can add some time as each window needs extra attention before the actual washing begins. Most 2-story homes fall in the 2–4 hour window for a full interior and exterior service.
An in-and-out window cleaning covers both the interior glass surfaces and the exterior glass, along with wiping down the sills and frames as part of the process. On this job, the crew also cleared out significant bug and spider buildup from the frames and corners before washing the glass itself. You get clean glass on both sides, not just a quick exterior rinse.
Yes, upper-floor windows on 2-story homes are a standard part of what we do — no window gets skipped just because it's harder to reach. We use the appropriate ladders and water-fed pole equipment to safely clean upper-level glass, both inside and out. For a quote, call our Chicago Downtown team at (773) 377-4600.
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