Our crew gets your gutters clean, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves and grit hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we have been running that schedule on these houses for years.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Our gutter cleaning services are priced from three things: how many stories the house has, its square footage and how much buildup is sitting in the gutters. We work it out over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot instead, which lands in a similar place once the runs are measured, but on our jobs the stories and the access decide most of it. The same approach covers commercial properties.
On our jobs, the things that move the price are the ones the crew sees from the ground first. 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 roofline, so the back run sits higher than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves and grit, and that is slower than a clog that formed last fall. Any part of the gutter system that has started to sag holds water in its low spot, and a run left full that long can cause structural damage to the fascia, which takes longer to fix than a fresh clog. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on both ends of the job.
Downspout flushing, water flow testing and debris removal are included in the price and never billed as extras. The goal on every job is a clean rain gutter run that keeps water away from the foundation. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs, one that shows what moves the price is a two-story house in a neighborhood with heavy tree cover, where the gutters had gone a long time without a visit. The runs were packed with leaves and debris, the clogged downspouts sat at the elbow, and on that visit we flush every downspout and check the drainage before we close out. The number was built from the stories, the square footage and the tree cover, not from a rate card. Tell us the same three things on the phone and you get the same kind of number.
| 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 Arvin CA customers book twice a year. The spring visit falls in mid to late June across California, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs from December to early January, after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in late spring, the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste, and that is the visit that keeps rainwater moving through the rainy season. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and if the house skipped that visit we often find a run that has started to sag or pulled loose by winter.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that fits, because the needles and grit build a blockage in the downspouts between visits. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule keeps the roofline clear, and it is the same plan we quote for residential and commercial buildings with heavy canopy. Residential properties with few or no trees are fine on once a year in December to early January. Guards change the job too, though they do not take the visit away; on guarded gutters we handle the debris removal from the surface and check the flow on the same schedule. Between visits, a quick look from the ground tells you whether it is time to clean your gutters again.
Our crew has worked two Arvin homes that show the spread. One lot has no trees over the roof and is on a twice-a-year or once-a-year plan, depending on the season. The other sits under heavy canopy and is on a three-to-four-month plan because the buildup comes back fast. Each one is in the case record with what we found on the visit, and you can read the full job from the link there. If you are not sure which of those your lot is closer to, ask for an estimate when you book our gutter cleaning service, and the first visit answers it.
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 has done Arvin gutter cleaning across several neighborhoods, and the phone quote works the same in each one: stories, size, tree cover and a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. Every homeowner gets the same kind of call, and every visit ends with the yard clean and the photos on your phone. The number comes back on the same call or text, and once you say yes we set a date. Lead time depends on the calendar at that moment, and we tell you the real window when you call instead of promising a slot we cannot hold.
Our calendar fills in two stretches of the year, late spring and December to early January, when the seed drop and the leaf drop hit gutters and downspouts at the same time. Booking early in those windows gets you a slot on our gutter services calendar you can plan around. Most homes book two cleanings a year, one in each stretch. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a date, or text us a photo of the house front and we will text the number back. We call before we come, nobody needs to be home for the visit, and the crew leaves every run clean.
We work the surrounding areas from the closest base we run, and the crew takes the same care on a small ranch as on a multi-story house. Whether you are a homeowner calling for one house or a property manager with a few buildings, you get a number on the phone, a date and photos of every run. We flush every downspout on each visit, so a twig at the elbow or a leak at a seam gets found before the rain does. Keep your gutters clean and you protect your home from water damage, and any gutter guards on the house get checked the same way.
Our cleaning services in Arvin are priced from the stories, the size and the tree cover, and we give that number on the phone or by text at (866) 435-6328.
The gutter maintenance schedule we run across Arvin is two visits a year: the spring visit, which lands in mid to late June across California, and the fall visit from December to early January. The spring one catches the seed and pollen drop before it packs the elbows.
Same-day slots depend on the calendar that week, and we confirm the date when you call, so we do not promise one before we know. If you need to get your gutters done fast, ask on that call.
No, you do not need to be home for the gutter cleaning process. Our crew works outside, leaves the yard clean, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes. We flush every downspout and check where it drains, so the water runs away from your home, including the underground lines when we can reach them. Work on a buried line is priced separately and nothing starts until you agree.
If the gutters have guards, the gutter system still needs the surface cleared and the flow checked, and the visit is usually shorter than on an open run. The crew gets the surface clean before it checks the flow. Leaves left on a guard for a season can lead to rot in the fascia, especially in a landscape with heavy tree cover.
If the gutters still overflow after we leave, send us a photo or a short video the next time heavy rainfall hits. Local rainfall runs about 11.2 inches a year, most of it in January, February and March. It is usually a slope or capacity problem, and we tell you what it is rather than selling a second cleaning.
Your quote covers the cleaning and maintenance on the list, and the price does not change once the crew is up, unless we find something that changes the job. In that case you hear it first and agree before the work continues.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
