I have aloes just sitting on a kitchen counter near a couple of windows facing west. I have other plants there also. They will all go outside as soon as freezing weather is over.

Aloes don't need a lot. Just water occasionally. When an aloe gets really big, it has flowers. You will suddenly see a stalk about three feet tall. The flowers are yellow tubes about an inch long. One of mine has bloomed three or four times over the last 20 years. I don't know which conditions are best for that, but every time, the plant was outside in the bright sun.