Our own crew cleans gutters in Alhambra, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our Alhambra customers book in spring and fall, and we have been doing it that way for years.
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, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutter system. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us and we quote it from those three things. The number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot of run, but a homeowner would rather see one clean figure for the whole house.
What moves it on our jobs is consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder and the lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave line, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted debris that has to be dug, not just scooped, and a clean job on those takes longer than a light one. Guards we have to lift, clean underneath and reseat add time on every run. Included in the price: we flush every downspout, run the flow test and remove the debris, and none of it is billed as an extra. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
On our Alhambra gutter cleaning jobs the calls we get most often come from Alhambra homeowners whose gutters have been running over the edge in the rain. When we open those up we find a clog low in the trough or clogged downspouts packed with leaves and grit, and the water flow test shows exactly where it stops. Those are the jobs where the quote is simplest, because getting the trough clean is the whole job. The alhambra homes we see most are two-story with a front run that is easy to reach and a back run that needs the lift, and that combination is the one most people ask about. Our gutter cleaning services cover the whole run, from the highest corner to the last downspout, so the price reflects every foot of it.
The blockage is most often leaves and debris, grit included, but it is not the only cause. Seed balls, needles and the odd twig mix into a wet paste that holds water in the trough and slows the drainage instead of carrying water away. Where that buildup has sat for a season or two, a rain gutter can start to sag at the hangers, and the water runs the wrong way along the back, which is how fascia rot and structural damage start.
Quotes for residential and commercial properties follow the same logic: the building's height, its pitch and how many outlets drain where. Our commercial work is priced per building, and we tell you the number before we book the clean. For residential properties the number comes from the stories and the size, and tree cover decides how often the job comes back, which is covered in the next section.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $225 | from $295 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $260 | from $335 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $235 | from $305 | from $395 |
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 customers in Alhambra CA book twice a year to clean your gutters, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. On our jobs the spring visit usually finds seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. The fall visit finds the wet leaf mat sitting along the roofline, and on houses that skipped that visit we have seen runs sag at the hangers by the next rainy season.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the roof, our customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits. Near a busy road or a construction site the same schedule applies, since the dust settles into the trough faster than leaves do. On a house with few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough to keep most gutters clean, though a heavy rainfall in winter is the real test of the job.
Gutter guards change the schedule a little. Under a guard the gutter stays clean, but the surface still collects a fine layer that has to be cleared, and the downspout still needs a flush. We do not sell guards, so gutter maintenance on a guarded house means our crew clears what sits on top and checks the flow. When we open a guarded gutter in spring, the seed load often sits on the guard while the trough underneath is still wet, which is exactly the situation the flow test is for.
The calendar matters more than the exact week. Booking in the window means the wet season finds a clean gutter instead of a full one, and regular gutter cleaning and maintenance keeps a clog from forming before the rainwater arrives. Booking early also keeps the calendar from filling. Our residential and commercial customers often run a quarterly schedule, and a residential house under heavy trees can end up on the same cycle, so the two are not so different once the tree cover is counted.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the trough and at the downspout, not on a rule of thumb. Our gutter services follow that tier, and the estimate we give you at that point is the one you pay.
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.
Our crew provides cleaning services in alhambra on homes and buildings across the city and its surrounding areas, working from the nearest base. Booking is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or text us for a quote from your stories, your square footage and whether trees hang over the eaves, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. We confirm a date with you and call before we come, so nobody needs to be home for the visit. Keep your gutters clean and you protect your home from water damage, and any leak we spot, including water running toward the landscape, gets photographed and reported either way.
Our calendar fills in two busy windows each year, one in spring and one in late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop bring the most calls. Booking early in those windows gives you the most choice of day, and when a heavy rainfall is in the forecast the calls come in faster. Outside them we usually have slots open sooner, and the lead time we quote you is the one that applies when you call.
Most gutter cleaning jobs we do in Alhambra are a single visit, and the crew finishes the whole house in one trip. The gutter cleaning process is the same on every house, starting with the gutters and downspouts and ending with the photos. Debris removal is part of the price, the bags go away from your home with the crew, and regular gutter cleaning on the same schedule is what keeps it a single visit, so call to get your gutters on the calendar.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. Tree cover and what is in the gutters can move it, and we tell you before the work starts if anything changes.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall for their cleaning and maintenance, and the late fall visit lands ahead of the wettest months. If the leaves or the seed load are left in the gutters into the rainy months, the trough fills, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see sagging runs by March.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
No. The crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Debris is bagged and taken away from your home.
Yes. We flush every downspout and check that the water is leaving at the outlet, and if a line drains underground we tell you whether it is flowing. Clearing a buried line under the landscape is a separate job that we quote before we touch it.
Yes, though less often. A guard does not replace gutter maintenance: on our jobs the surface under a guard still collects seed and grit, and the downspout still clogs, so we clean the top of the guard and flow test the run.
If a gutter is clean and still runs over in the rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size rather than a clog in the trough. Send us a photo or a short video taken during a heavy rainfall and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The gutter cleaning process is quoted up front, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start, and the number on the invoice is the number you were quoted.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
