We quote commercial gutter and downspout cleaning per building, priced from its footprint and height, with fall protection or a boom or scissor lift on every job and a photo report when we finish. The crew is ours and scheduled, not a roofer's side job between re-roofs. Across California and here in Santa Cruz we work through spring and late fall, and we keep one contact for every building on a site.
Quoted per building from footage, height and gutter type, in writing, before anyone is dispatched. Scheduled service costs less than a call-out.
Our gutter cleaning service is quoted per building from linear footage, height and gutter type, in writing, from a site plan or a satellite measurement, before anyone is dispatched. Height is the biggest single factor: above three stories the crew works from a boom or scissor lift and fall protection is set up before the first run is cleared. A clog packed with compacted debris takes longer than a light seasonal load, because thorough cleaning on a system nobody has touched in years means clearing every run to the bottom, and a thorough gutter cleaning costs more for the same reason. A gutter guard that has to be lifted and reseated on every run adds time too. Oversized or box gutters, roof drains and scuppers on flat roofs, and the number of commercial buildings on one site all go into the figure.
Downspout flushing and debris haul-off are included per building and are not billed as extras. Scheduled semi-annual or quarterly service is priced lower than a one-off call, because the property is already measured and the dates are booked ahead.
To quote a Santa Cruz property we need the address or a site plan, the number of stories, the roof type, the number of buildings and who the invoice should go to. Send those and we will return a written estimate, which is the first step in our cleaning process. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will confirm what we need from there.
| Per building | |
|---|---|
| Standard, one to two stories | from $150 |
| Oversized box or industrial gutters | from $340 |
| Three stories and up, with a lift | from $455 |
Your lease decides, not state law. Here is how the three common cases usually read.
On a commercial lease, responsibility for gutter and downspout cleaning is set by the lease itself, not by the habitability rules that apply to apartments.
Triple net (NNN). The tenant usually carries building maintenance and exterior upkeep, in full or as a pro-rata share, and that normally includes gutters and downspouts.
Gross lease. The landlord usually keeps the roof system and exterior upkeep, gutters included, inside the base rent.
Lease silent. When the lease says nothing, the obligation generally falls to the landlord, because gutters are treated as part of the building's roof and structure.
Whoever the lease names, tell us and the invoice goes to that party, so the property manager is not stuck in the middle.
This is general information, not legal advice. Read the maintenance clause of your lease or ask the attorney who drafted it.
At least twice a year for a standard building. Restaurants, flat roofs and anything under trees, quarterly.
On the Santa Cruz properties we service, most are on twice a year, spring and late fall, and the restaurants, flat roofs and tree-covered buildings we see run quarterly. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, and Santa Cruz gets about 30.6 inches a year, with January, February and December the wettest months. That is when managers call us to check their runs, and the post-storm inspections are where we find the loads that built up over the wet months. Every visit ends with a final inspection of the gutter system and drains, and a leak at a seam or a downspout joint gets noted on the report.
A clogged gutter or scupper on a flat roof backs up without any sound, through the parapets and internal drains. The first thing a tenant notices is a stained ceiling tile or a membrane blister, which is why the monthly check between cleanings counts as gutter maintenance, not an extra. Every frequency answer depends on the property and the landscape around it, so we look at a building, trees and all, before we commit to a schedule. If you are comparing gutter cleaning companies or gutter cleaners, ask each one for a written interval per building. Book a date with us for the first visit and we will set the interval from what we find, the same way we do for residential and commercial properties.
| Property type | Baseline | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Standard office, retail, multifamily | Twice a year, spring and late fall | Seasonal debris before heavy rain and freeze |
| Restaurant and food service | Every two months | Grease and exhaust residue speed up clogs |
| Industrial and manufacturing | Quarterly to semi-annual | Airborne dust and soot |
| Heavy tree cover over the roof | Three to four times a year | Leaf and needle load |
| Flat roof with parapets and internal drains | Quarterly, monthly checks | Drains back up silently; membrane damage |
Tied off or working from a lift, never free-standing on a ladder against a parapet.
Federal OSHA requires fall protection for construction-type work at six feet and above (29 CFR 1926.501) and for general industry at four feet (29 CFR 1910.28). Commercial gutter lines sit well above both. Our crew works tied off or from an aerial lift, never free-standing on a ladder against a parapet. Above three stories the job is done from a boom or scissor lift, which is why height is the biggest single factor in a commercial quote. The lift is matched to the building: we bring whatever boom or scissor lift the roofline needs. Where a state runs its own OSHA plan with stricter triggers, the crew follows the stricter rule.
Gutters, downspouts, drains and scuppers, hauled debris, and a photo report per building. Nothing on this list is an extra.
Per building. Every gutter run cleared by hand or vacuum, not just the sections visible from the parking lot. Every downspout flushed until it runs clear; a blocked downspout cleared from above where reachable. Below-grade drain lines are cleared on request and quoted separately. Roof drains and scuppers on flat roofs cleared of debris and the strainer domes reseated. Debris bagged and removed from site, including from parking areas and walkways under the work. Downspout outlets and splash blocks checked.
Report. Before-and-after photos of each run and each drain, per building, with anything found (a pulled hanger, a separated seam, standing water that points to slope, a cracked scupper) noted and photographed, not repaired without authorization. Invoice per building with the linear footage shown, so a board or an owner can check it.
Not included. Gutter repair or replacement, guard installation, roof repair, pressure washing of the building. Where a problem is found, you get the photo and a plain description; what to do about it is your call.
The same crew on a fixed calendar, a lower per-visit rate, and a storm call-out when you need one.
A one-off cleaning is priced as a one-off: dispatch, setup, lift if needed. Put the property on a schedule and the plan is priced for that building, because the crew knows it, the footage is already measured and the dates are booked a season ahead. Semi-annual (spring and late fall) suits most standard buildings; quarterly suits restaurants, flat roofs with internal drains and anything under heavy trees. Plans and their pricing are set building by building: call or email us to set one up.
A scheduled property also gets one contact for every building in the portfolio, across city lines where we cover the neighboring towns.
One contact for every building, a date in writing, and the crew checks in with your on-site person before a lift goes up.
Our service area is Santa Cruz and the surrounding areas, and our crew works the business districts, corridors and business parks where we have serviced commercial properties. We run the same scheduling process for a single building as for a multi-site portfolio, and the same professional gutter cleaning services apply to each one. One contact covers every building, the date is confirmed in writing, and our crew checks in with the on-site contact on arrival. Where a site needs work timed around tenant hours, we plan the crew's time around those hours. Call (866) 435-6328 or book a date and tell us your gutter cleaning needs.
We offer gutter cleaning on commercial properties and on the homes we also service, for homeowners and businesses alike. For a property manager with a mixed portfolio, that means one scheduling thread across residential and commercial properties, and our cleaning services include residential gutter cleaning and gutter cleaning and maintenance on each one. Left alone, a blocked run can cause water damage to siding and fascia, so every home or business we visit gets the same runs checked. A homeowner with a single house gets the same check, because clearing the runs is how we protect your home. Gutter protection work and roof membrane cleaning solutions are separate jobs, quoted on request. Tell us the buildings you need covered and we will work through the list one building at a time.
We price per building, and the linear footage, stories and gutter type each feed into that figure. The number comes in writing for each building as the first step of our gutter cleaning process, so you see what each building costs before anything is scheduled.
The lease decides, not us. Read the maintenance clause in your lease, and see the section above on who pays under each lease type. This is not legal advice, so ask the attorney who drafted the lease if the clause is unclear.
On the restaurants and flat-roof buildings we service, quarterly is the schedule we set. A clog in a scupper or internal drain can cause roof leaks before anyone sees standing water, which is why a flat roof gets checked more often than a sloped one.
Yes. Above three stories the crew works from a boom or scissor lift with fall protection set up before the first run. Tell us the height when you request the quote so we can plan the lift.
Yes. We schedule the crew around the hours and access rules you give us, and we check in with the on-site contact when we arrive.
We clear roof drains and scuppers on flat roofs along with the gutters, and we photograph each one in the report. We do not repair them; anything that needs repair is noted and left to you.
After a severe storm our post-storm call-outs most often turn up debris packed into the downspouts and runs that sagged under the load. Packed debris makes a run overflow at the joints, and water can work into a seam and leak, so we photograph what we find and report it on the invoice for each building.
Yes. We invoice per building and set up a recurring schedule across several properties, with one gutter company contact and written dates for each building. Call (866) 435-6328 to set it up, or ask us for a written estimate on the full portfolio.
Footage, height and the address by phone or email. The quote comes in writing, per building.
