Our story
Three neighbors. One squeegee.
We're college students from Elmhurst, IL who started a window washing company because we wanted to earn honest money doing work people actually need — and do it better than anyone else in Western Chicagoland.
How Pane Pals got started
Pane Pals started in 2022 in Elmhurst with two high schoolers, no jobs, and a single squeegee. We knocked on doors, cleaned whatever we could, and poured every dollar we made back into better equipment. What began as a summer hustle grew into something real — today we use professional water-fed pole technology that cleans windows far better and more efficiently than where we started.
Along the way, Zach joined to lead the tech side — and he's the reason you can get an instant price just by typing your address. We're using AI to build a smarter, faster online quoting system, so you skip the long forms and the 48-hour waits other companies make you sit through.
Over 300 homes later, we're not the kids with a squeegee anymore — we're your local window cleaning experts. But we still bring the same hustle to every single job.
The crew
Who you'll be working with
We're the founders and the people doing the work. No subcontractors, no strangers.
Evan Chew
Co-founder · University of Iowa
Handles scheduling and customer communication. If there's a job to coordinate, Evan's on it.
John SanFilippo
Co-founder · University of Iowa
Sets the quality bar on every job and follows up after each visit to make sure you're happy.
Zach Brown
Partner, Tech · University of Illinois
Built the instant-quote tool and leads the tech side — so you get a real price in seconds, not days.
How we work
What we promise every customer
Transparent pricing
You see your price range before we ever show up. No bait-and-switch, no surprise add-ons. We confirm the exact price before booking — always.
We show up on time
We know your time is valuable. We confirm the day before, show up when we said we would, and get out of your hair quickly.
Actually clean windows
We use professional water-fed pole equipment — the same gear the pros use. Every window, frame, sill, and track gets cleaned. No streaks, no shortcuts.
We live here too
We're not a franchise. We're neighbors from Elmhurst and Western Chicagoland. Our reputation in this community is everything to us.
Elmhurst-based · Western Chicagoland, IL
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