Our own crew cleans gutters in Anthem, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover sits overhead, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, which is when the seed drop and the leaf load are heaviest.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, how big it is and what is sitting in the gutters. Every homeowner gets the number over the phone or by text, built from those three things, and the figure we name is the figure we charge. Our cleaning services in Anthem follow the same rule for every house we visit. Some companies price gutter maintenance by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is worked out, but we would rather give you one figure for the whole house.
On our jobs, the things that move the price are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run of the whole gutter system much higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years take real time to clean out, because a clog of compacted buildup has to come out by hand. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run in our gutter cleaning process. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what it looks like when a customer books with us and the number holds. On one of our jobs, the house had two stories, no trees overhead and gutters that had not been opened since the last owner, so the crew cleared the packed runs first, and once they ran clean they flushed every downspout before the truck left. The number came from the phone call and the invoice matched it. Customers with heavier tree cover tend to book cleaning and maintenance on a shorter cycle, and the price reflects that from the start. Text us a photo of the front of the house if it is easy to get one, and we will tell you what we see from it.
To get your gutters on the calendar, call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you a number before we hang up.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $195 | from $255 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $170 | from $225 | from $295 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $265 | from $345 |
For context, nationally: Angi 2026, US average $168, most $119 to $234, $0.95 to $2.25 per linear foot.
Downspouts flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled, photos of every run. The quote already has all of it in.
Our crew clears every gutter run by hand, not just the stretch you can see from the driveway. Roof valleys and the area above the gutter line are blown clear first, so the next rain does not refill what was just emptied. Every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom; one that will not clear is worked from the top where it can be reached. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, the crew checks that water is leaving at the outlet and tells you if it is not; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Debris goes into bags and leaves with the truck. It is not blown onto the lawn, the deck or next door. The ground is left as it was found.
Before the crew leaves you get photos of every run and every downspout, before and after, on your phone, whether or not you were home. Anything the crew sees that is not a cleaning problem, a hanger pulled loose, a seam dripping, a run sitting flat, is photographed and reported, not repaired and not sold on the spot.
What can change the number, and you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice: a third story or a roof too steep to walk; gutters that have not been touched in years; guards that have to come off and go back on.
Twice a year for most houses: once after the spring seed and pollen drop, once after the last leaves fall.
Most of our Anthem customers book twice a year, once after the spring seed and pollen drop and once after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter here in late spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the leaf load, and the leaves, a twig or two and other debris that stay in the trough can cause structural damage like wood rot by winter, with runs sagging or pulling loose on houses that skipped the fall visit.
Two cleanings a year cover most houses. Across Arizona, the spring visit lands in mid to late June and the fall visit in November to December. The wettest months here are January, February and August, and the first heavy rainfall after a dry spell pushes rainwater through whatever is sitting in the trough. Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road, a construction site or a landscape bed where grit piles into the trough, plan a visit every three to four months, because needles and grit cause buildup in the clogged downspouts between visits. With few or no trees overhead, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep the drainage working and water away from your home, though any leak you spot in between is worth a call.
Guards change the schedule, though not the need for regular gutter cleaning. Guarded gutters need less frequent cleaning, but we still clean the surface and check that water is getting in. After the first visit we tell you how often your rain gutter needs a visit, based on the gutter system and the trees around it, so you are not guessing from a calendar.
Water over the edge rots the board behind the gutter first. Everything after that is slow, and slow is what a policy excludes.
The three signs. Water pouring over the front edge in rain instead of out of the downspout. A run that sags, sits low or has pulled away from the fascia. Plants growing out of the trough. Any one of them means the gutter is full.
What happens next. Water that cannot drain sits in the trough and spills behind it. The fascia board rots, then the soffit. Water backs up under the first course of shingles and shows up as a ceiling stain. Siding stains and swells. Below, the overflow cuts a channel at the foundation and finds the basement. The wet debris itself weighs enough to pull the gutter off the house. Standing water breeds mosquitoes; dry debris houses wasps. Where winters freeze, the trapped water becomes an ice dam at the eave and lifts the shingles from underneath.
Why your policy will not pay. Homeowners insurance generally does not cover water damage traced to clogged gutters. Carriers class gutter cleaning as routine maintenance, and damage from skipped maintenance as preventable neglect, which a standard policy excludes. A limb that tears a gutter off in a storm is sudden and accidental and is usually covered; a fascia board that rotted over two years is not. This is general information, not insurance advice; read your policy or ask your agent.
Guards stop leaves. They do not stop needles, seeds, grit or the paste they turn into. The job gets shorter, not gone.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, less often, and it is a different job: clearing what sits on top of the guard and checking that water is actually getting in, rather than scooping out the trough. Mesh and screen guards hold whole leaves off. Pine needles thread through, seed casings and pollen mat on top, roof grit settles underneath, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over it and off the front edge. The gutter is empty and the water never went in.
Guards earn their keep under big leafy trees and on roofs too high to want to climb. They do not end maintenance, whatever the installer said. Our crew lifts the panels, clears underneath, flushes the downspouts and reseats the guards; tell us what is on the house when you get the quote and it is priced as a guarded system, which usually runs shorter than an open one.
Under an hour on most houses. Nobody has to be there, and the photos arrive either way.
The crew calls the day before with an arrival window and again when they are on the way. This Old House puts a professional gutter cleaning at 30 minutes to an hour on a typical home; bigger houses, steep roofs and gutters left for years run longer. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. Before they arrive: side gate unlocked, cars off the driveway if runs face it, pets inside while ladders are up. Ladder stand-offs keep the ladder off the gutter lip and the siding. After: photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves, and an invoice that matches the quote.
Send us a photo or a short video in the rain. You hear what it is before anyone talks about money.
Still overflowing. A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. If that happens after a cleaning, send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it actually is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The number. The price quoted on the phone is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Your house. Stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip, and screens and downspout extensions go back where they were.
Payment. The balance is charged when the job is finished and the photos are on your phone. Some dates take a small booking fee to hold the slot, and you hear about it before you book.
The whole city and the towns around it, booked by phone or text from the nearest crew.
We clean gutters across Anthem AZ, and the crew covers the whole city and the surrounding areas from the nearest base. Booking is simple. Call us or text a photo of the house front, and we give you a figure from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is overhead. Homeowners get the same quote every time, and the same rule covers all of the Anthem homes we visit. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we will tell you the earliest date we can get to when you call. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Our calendar fills in two busy windows, the late spring seed drop and the late fall leaf drop, so if you want a particular week in those months, book early. Outside those windows, slots open up more easily and the crew can give you a clean, unrushed visit. Our gutter cleaning service works the same way on residential and commercial jobs, and the same photo record goes out to every client. Residential properties and commercial properties both get the full gutter cleaning services we offer, with the scheduling set up front so there are no surprises on the day.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those three things, so call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you the number before you book.
Most of our customers here book in late spring, after the seed and pollen drop, and in late fall, after the leaves come down. Booking on that schedule is the simplest way to keep your gutters working and protect your home from water damage. If you wait longer than that, we usually find packed downspouts, a blockage at an elbow, and on some houses runs that have started to sag. Text us a photo of the roofline and we will tell you where your house falls.
We confirm a date when you call, and most slots come up within the week. Same-day is not something we promise, because the calendar fills in the busy seasons.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every one of your gutters and downspouts, and once the line runs clean we check that water is leaving at the outlet. If a line drains underground and we cannot confirm flow from the surface, we tell you so. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit still sit on top and can turn into a mat that blocks the water. We clean the surface under and over the guards and check the water flow before we leave, so the gutter services you pay for actually move water.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not a clog of debris. Send us a photo or a short video taken during the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The quote comes from the stories, size and tree cover, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree before any work starts. Ask for a written estimate if you want it on paper before the crew arrives.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
