AJ’s Windows & Gutters Inc

AJ’s just finished our gutter repair and installation of two downspouts.
They are SUPER.
Very reliable, work with your budget, arrived early and on time, gave the estimate and finished the job all in one day. MIke and his crew are great.
We would hire them again and they also do roofing.
Thank You AJ’s!
Diane
Bradley Terrace Condo Association

Overall the work was fine. Could use some tweaks to details. Also, know they want to do the work same day they estimate, so if you’re not ready (ie. gutters not full of leaves), then you’re just overpaying for the results.
Details. Overspray on my siding from where they touched-​up a gutter and the spray can was likely a bit older/​dirty as it belched out a textured look onto the downspout. Which I’d not have as big of a problem with it if their rates weren’t on the top end of the window/​gutter spectrum. Same with a new downspout on the back of the house. Both screws have already been ripped out by weather/​landscape crew?, as they barely secured the downspout. Again, it’s one thing if it was a $ 40 repair. Was also expecting the previously buried drain removed for the price we paid.
The whole crew was nice enough, no complaints, timely in arrival, however, the process to getting to the final cost can be a bit overwhelming. Wasn’t expecting to hit 4 digits on a gutter clean, a few repairs/​upgrades, a schmeer of chimney sealant.
In the end, I did e-​mail AJ’s, they came back out and looked, fixed up a spot of overspray, which was nice, brought it up to three stars, but just know this can be an expensive experience.

These guys are the best! Art is very accommodating when scheduling the work. His Crew Lead Mike communicates effectively so I know what his timing is. They clean screens, outdoor light fixtures if you want, and even gets on roofs to clean skylights! The windows look perfect! They are careful when moving items to get to windows and window treatments. I have been using them for years, and will continue.

Had AJ’s back to my house. they are always on time and very efficient.
They came by to repair a gutter issue I had. As always, they got the job done!
I never worry when they come to service my home whether it be cleaning
my gutters or washing my windows which I get done twice a year.
I appreciate how knowledgeable they are with any questions I have. They also have skilled, uniformed employees that get right to work.
I want to say thank you again for being so reliable and professional with your customers.

I hired these guys to clean a small amount of gutters. We agreed on $ 325. They came back and recommended to replace 2 downspouts. I agreed on one. The downspout is about 10 feet tall. The agreed amount was $ 485 I concluded that this was the 325 + whatever the difference for the downspout. Was I surprised when they presented me with over $ 800 total. I told them that I am not willing to pat $ 500 for 10 feet of downspout. I told them to take that downspout down. That is where it got interesting. The manager got violent. He started kicking the downspout they put in with his steel toe boot. I told him I am going to call the cops. He called me a coward. The gutter attached to the downspout was hanging by the hair when he was done with it. The manager came down immediately after I actually did call the cops. They did replace the downspout and said I should be lucky because I got me a new free downspout. Don’t use these folks. In the end I was out of $ 325 and a real nasty taste of a bad service. They left my property pretty messy, where I will have to spend some time with the broom and a water hose.

I don’t know the quality of their work because I didn’t accept their quote. I was stunned that a couple small roof repairs along with some siding repairs was quoted at over $ 13,000. Yes, the siding repairs were a bit more involved being there was some rotten wood to replace. But I am not new to working with contractors and I know when I hear a bogus quote. Consider that another roofing contractor quoted $ 750 for the worst part of the roof repair. A. J’s quote was around $ 2500 for that one task. Oh, and I didn’t mention that they quoted $ 12,000 to power wash three sides of vinyl siding. I had another handyman quote $ 300 for one side so that would come to about $ 1000 for the entire three sides. I question the integrity of this company and caution those who deal with them.
Here’s an update. A couple hours later I had a roofing contractor provide a quote of $ 1800 for most of the work included in the $ 13,000 quote offered by A. J’s. I have a few choice words in mind but I’ll let you draw your own conclusions.

We’ve worked with AJ’s twice now, and both times they’ve done a stellar job! The first time was when Chicago got pounded by the snow+ice storm early this month. I had water dripping down from my ceilings! Called AJ’s, they came over in a couple hours. Mike and team did a thorough examination of the issues (had cracks in my roof), and gave me an estimate of the work involved. They worked on our house for about 4 hours, shoveling snow, cleaning everything up, removing ice dams, cleaning the gutters, etc. Very thorough job! And most importantly, there’s no more leak! Our roof looked like it had never seen snow.
We really liked their work and attention to detail, so we had them over again today, to patch up the side of our house as well. We have a brick house, and found some cracks and holes on the side of the building. We wanted to make sure the job was done right the first time around, so called Mike again.
They brought in a team of people, and worked for hours getting everything cleaned and patched up. I also wanted to point out that my wife and I travel often, and don’t get around to shoveling our back deck, walkways, stairs and such. Not only did AJ’s fix the side of our house, but they spent a ton of time breaking through and shoveling the layers of ice and snow that had accumulated all around our building. Believe me, there was a LOT of snow and ice. To me, this goes above and beyond, saving me a lot of work and time.
Overall, great job on their part! Really appreciate all the hard work and effort that went into getting this done. These guys are professionals and it shows. Highly recommended.

Art, Mike and his crew came by to assess a massive ice dam that formed above my townhome. They removed the ice dam and snow from the roof thoroughly and quick without damaging the roof or gutters. They also went above and beyond to check the condition of the roof and the seams. I highly recommend them and will be using them the next time an ice dam forms.

Great company. Staff is very knowledgable. Prices were right on par to what I was looking to pay for. They were on time, and worked very quickly, and efficiently. Would love to have these guys do some more work when needed.

The 1 star is for price. I am kicking myself that I paid this much. I would give them 4 stars for the workmanship. The work was well done and we were well informed about the work that was to be done. They took pictures of the roof and also let me climb up and look for myself. In retrospect we should have gotten another quote. They had all the men here for window washing, gutter cleaning repair and roof inspection and repair. There were probably 8 men working all at the same time. It was just too tempting to just get it. done. The next day when I did the math it turns out even if there were 10 men working we would essentially have paid them $ 55.00 hr each! I was really pissed when I found all the bags of leaves in the back alley along with some other trash. Now I have to pay $ 2 a bag to have the city to pick up unless I can get them to come back to get them. Work was done well but price was 4 times as much as we should have paid. I should have read David L. review before I signed to have the work done.

Wow, how times have changed. I used to use this company twice a year for window washing, gutter cleaning, etc. I always thought it was very reasonable and the people were exceptional. Perhaps they really don’t want to do windows anymore. They wouldn’t give me a range of cost per window or anything over the phone. They made me set an appt and said they would start on the spot if agreed to. So I cleared my calendar and they were an hour late and after counting and conferring with his subs, I was told what I used to pay $ 175 for is now more than $ 500. So I’m going to a smaller fish. They guy couldn’t have cared less. I really think they like gutter work and repairs better. More profit margin, I’m guessing.

Mike, Tony, and JR came out to clean and assess my gutters. They were able to start almost an hour earlier than planned, which was great.
What I thought was going to be a routine gutter cleaning, turned into quite a bit of repair and replacement for my gutters as well as replacing roof shingles. They also reconfigured two downspouts where I was noticing puddles.
Mike kept me updated throughout the day on the costs of the repairs. They took pictures up on the roof so I was able to see the problematic shingles. They also alerted me to some work I’d need to do on my chimney so I can now get that addressed as well.
It was not cheap, but they worked hard, were professional, and got it all done. They even disconnected and pulled down a couple of satellite dishes previous owners had on the building. I had a question after they had left and they came back to address the situation.

I hired AJ and his crew because they were the best quote I got around the area and I was very happy with their service. The guys that came were super professional and hard working. They completely resolved my issues and did it even faster than I had planned on. I would recommend this company to anyone:)

During the torrential downpour maybe a month ago, we noticed our gutters overflowing, and knew that it likely needed a cleaning. There must have been a lot of demand, because I called 6 – 8 companies, and AJs was the one company that called me back. He heard me say that there was some moisture in our basement, and he came over that day.
When he was at our home, he said it would cost, «given the size» $ 640 to clean the gutters and clear the roof of the leaves. «my crew is here right now and we can get it done for you. Our ladders are already up.» My state of mind was that this was the only company that is calling me back… and I had no clue if $ 640 is the normal rate. I called everyone I knew with a house, and no one seemed to know if that was outrageous or not. Our lot is only a 30×125 with only 1 gutter in front and 1 gutter in back.
After significant internal debate, I said we will wait for another quote. Well good thing I called Gutter Monkeys and another handyman. Gutter monkeys quoted me $ 125 for the roof and $ 25 for the garage if I wanted it. The handyman quoted me $ 80.
I went with Gutter Monkeys, and it took them maybe 7 – 8 days to get out here and do the work, but they kept to their estimate, and they did a great job.
I truly believe, as the other reviewers on here have alluded to, that this company takes advantage of the situation that you are in, predatorily ripping you off. This kind of behavior and flat out greed, should not be rewarded with your business.
I believe I only have 1 other 1 star review on Unilocal– –and this company has the honor of being the second.

We called for our condo building to get our windows cleaned for the upcoming year this spring. They were prompt and all english speaking (which was a plus) and they were insured. We couldn’t take risk of an uninsured window cleaner falling off a ladder and suing our association. They did a great job. They said they would check our gutters for the building and periodically check them when they come for their regular window cleaning appointments. I would highly recommend them to anyone.

This company came out earlier this week to remove ice dams in my gutters. I was quoted on the spot $ 1250.00 to remove ice from 2, 5 foot gutter runs. They eventually came down slightly, and with water leaking into our home, we were stuck. They were very evasive in answering how they planned to remove the ice, and their invoice did not address a labor per hour amount amount. It seems they prey on opportunistic situations when they know you need their services, and swing for the fences to see what they can get. In the end they wrapped up the job in 1.5 hours. I wish I hauled in that per hour average in my line of work.

i dont recommend these guys. I called them and they came in monday morning for an estimate. The estimate was $ 1,485 dollars and all that was wrong with my gutters were some loose screws. I never received a written estimate. He charged $ 120 dollars just to come look at the gutter and give an estimate. He wasn’t even here for 5 minutes. I called multiple times after that for my written estimate and finally they called me back five hours later and they dropped an estimate in my mailbox the next day. By the way another company came and fixed it for $ 250. I do not recommend this company, I was VERY displeased with their service.

After speaking with the owner and being reassured that he was sending his best crew and then he proceeded to confirm that everyone on his crew would not be illegal immigrants that some other companies use I thought, «well that is an interesting thing to stress to a new client.»
Well after showing up an hour and thirty minutes late the two man crew decided that they should put fliers in mailboxes after being late. And then his best guy proceeded to talk on the phone for about the first hour which probably slowed the whole job done by about an additional hour. In and out to the truck on the phone was his story. And it was definitely not work related.
But before the the job even got started the old bait and switch occurred. Some outrageous $ 125 obstruction charge because one guy had to hold the ladder. That is what was explained to me and it was to cover their insurance. Really? Don’t you have to be on a ladder to clean 99% of the windows you clean. I spoke to the owner who gave me a twenty minute story about lawsuits and safety. Blah, blah, blah.
After being taking advantage of and overpaying, they are not worth using and probably aren’t any better than the less expensive window companies. My windows looked good, but not good enough for the extra cost.