Our own crew cleans the whole gutter system here, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess bagged and hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. Call (866) 435-6328 for a gutter cleaning service estimate built from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the roof. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Arizona most of our customers book in the spring and fall, after the seed drop and again after the last leaves, and that is when we are busiest. Homeowners who book early get the date they want, and the crew leaves every run clean before the truck pulls out.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for gutter cleaning services depends on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the rain gutter. We price it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is worked out, but on our jobs the stories and how much is packed in drive the number more than the footage alone.
What moves the price is what the crew finds. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment to reach safely. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the gutter, so the back run sits farther off the ground than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed solid with old leaves and buildup that has to be cleared by hand, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Even a run that looks clean from the ladder can hold packed-in gunk at the elbows. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-away are part of the gutter cleaning process and included, never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs in Lake Havasu City homes, the clog that costs the most is usually the one that has been building for a few seasons: leaves and debris packed into the elbows, water running sideways instead of away from the house, and a sag that has started to pull the run off the fascia. When we first open a gutter like that, we find the water flow has been blocked long enough to start softening the wood behind it. We clean it out, flush every downspout and check that the water is leaving at the bottom, moving water away from the foundation. On a house with clogged downspouts, a seam that has started to leak and a little structural damage, the work is the same, it just takes a longer look before we are satisfied the drainage works and the water is moving.
The houses we clean in town are a mix, and the price reflects what is actually up there. Our customers include owners of older single-story homes with a few trees, and two-story homes under heavy cover where the buildup comes back quickly. Commercial properties are priced on their own, under the same rule: the number we give is the number on the invoice. Send us a photo of the front of the house by text if it is easy, and we can usually give you a firm number within the same call. Tell us about the trees and the stories, and we will tell you if anything up top changes what we expect to find.
| 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.
Across Arizona most customers book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop finishes, and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. The spring visit lands in mid to late June across Arizona, and the fall visit in November to December. On our Lake Havasu City AZ jobs we find that a gutter opened at the spring visit is packed with seeds, seed casings and pollen paste, which dries into a crust in the elbows. A gutter opened in the fall carries the leaf load and the wet mat that forms under it, and by the wettest months, December through February, that mat is what turns a small clog into a full gutter running over the edge. A clean trough going into the wettest months is what keeps the water inside the gutter.
When the spring visit is skipped, the rainwater has no path to the downspout, and the first heavy rainfall finds the gap at the roofline. When the fall visit is skipped, the wet leaf mat and the rest of the mess sit in the trough through the winter. We have seen runs pull loose and sag by early spring on houses that missed their fall cleaning, which is the kind of blockage that is much harder to fix than to prevent. That is the reason to clean your gutters on a schedule rather than after the first overflow. The estimate we give after the first visit includes that check.
Most houses are right on the twice-a-year schedule. Under heavy tree cover, on a lot where the trees hang over the house, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months is the usual rhythm, because needles and grit pack the downspout elbows between visits and water starts spilling over the edge before the next spring. If the lot has few or no trees and no landscape beds against the eaves, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Guards slow how fast the gutter fills, but they do not eliminate it, so on guarded houses we still clean off the surface and go less often.
Residential and commercial buildings follow the same logic, but commercial properties sit on their own calendar, and we keep those separate on the schedule. For residential properties we set the interval after the first visit, once we have seen how fast the gutter fills back up on your lot. Every visit includes debris removal, and the lawn is left clean once the bags are loaded. We treat it as cleaning and maintenance rather than a one-time job, and after the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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.
Lake Havasu City gutter cleaning is handled by our own crew from the nearest base, and we book the work by phone or text. If your house sits in the surrounding areas, ask on the call and we will tell you straight away. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us the number of stories, a rough square footage and a yes or no on trees over the roof, and we give you a quote from those. A photo of the house front helps us see the layout before the crew arrives, but it is not required.
Lead times depend on the season for our gutter services, and the two busy windows of the year are the spring and fall visits, when most of our calendar fills at once. Book early in those months if you want a specific day. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Keep your gutters on a schedule and you protect your home from water damage, which is the whole reason we ask you to book a date rather than wait for water over the edge to show up. Homeowners who want gutter maintenance on a fixed schedule can book the next visit before the call ends. Trees drop more than leaves: a twig or a seed head can start a leak, and gutter guards only slow that down, they do not stop it. Most homes run on two cleanings a year. We clean gutters and downspouts as one job, so the crew checks that each downspout carries water away from your home before they leave. The crew leaves the yard as clean as it was when they arrived.
Our cleaning services in Lake Havasu City are priced from the stories, the size of the house and how much is packed in the gutters. We give the figure by phone or text, and it is the figure we charge on the invoice. If anything changes once the crew is up, you hear it before work starts.
Across Arizona the spring visit lands in mid to late June, and the fall visit in November to December. Customers who keep both visits clear the seed and pollen drop in June and the last leaves before the wettest months, December through February. If the fall visit is skipped, the wet leaf mat sits in the gutter through those months, and that is when water starts running over the edge.
Most slots come up within the week across Lake Havasu City, and we confirm a date when you call. Call early and you can get your gutters on the calendar before spring and fall fill fastest for gutter maintenance.
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 check the gutters and downspouts as one job, and every downspout is flushed with the outlet watched until it runs clear. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it. The flushing and flow check leave a clean outlet, and they are in the number already.
Yes. Under guards we still find seeds, grit and leaf mat on top of the mesh, and once it is wet, water runs over the edge instead of into the gutter. We clean off the surface and reseat the guards. For a homeowner with guards, the visits usually come less often than on an open gutter.
If the gutter is clean and still spills water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size, not a clog. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain, and we will tell you whether the landscape or the gutter is the cause. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem. Waiting on it can let the fascia rot behind the run, so send the photo early.
Only if something up top changes the job, and in that case you hear about it and agree to it before the crew starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
