Our own crew will clean gutters in Avocado Heights, every drain flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled, 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 you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across California, most of our customers book for spring and fall, and we keep the same crew on the ladder from the first run to the last.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on stories, square footage and what is in the gutters, and we quote it over the phone or by text from those three things. The number we quote is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but the stories and the state of the gutter matter more than the footage alone. A rain gutter on commercial properties is quoted from the same three things.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets up there. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down packed with compacted buildup and clogged downspouts, and guards that we have to lift and reseat add a step. Flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Across our Avocado Heights homes, the houses that cost the most to clean are the ones that have gone longest between visits, because the buildup has had time to set. On one job the gutters had sat for a long stretch, the crew found a twig wedged at the elbow of a drain pipe, and the water had been running behind the fascia where it could not drain. A run that has begun to sag holds water against the fascia, and left long enough the fascia begins to rot and that becomes structural damage. Once the run was clean and flushed, water flow ran away from the foundation as it should, which is how you keep the water away from your home. The job was quoted from stories, size and what we found, and that is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a number from stories and size before you book a date.
| 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 Avocado Heights CA book twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop finishes and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Across California the spring visit lands in mid to late June, and the fall visit in late November to December. Those are the windows where our crew finds the most buildup in the trough.
In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the drain pipes. In fall it is the leaf load, a wet mat of leaves and debris that holds water in the trough until it finds a way over the edge. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, and Avocado Heights gets about 13.3 inches a year, mostly in January, February and December. A run that is already clogged takes the worst of that heavy rainfall. A clog that is cleared before the rainwater arrives is a clog that does not turn into a leak.
Under heavy tree cover, needles and grit pack the drain pipes between visits, and those lots are on a three to four month schedule. Near a busy road or construction, the same schedule applies because the dust settles into the trough faster. A lot with few or no trees is fine once a year in late fall. Guards come off less often, though the surface still needs clearing. The same logic applies to residential and commercial buildings, and to residential properties with a large tree overhead. Debris removal is included in every visit, so what comes off the roof leaves with the crew.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. We do not guess it from the street. Regular cleanings on that tier are what keep a lot from ever reaching a full trough, and they are the easiest way to clean your gutters without waiting for a leak. Every gutter cleaning service we book starts with a look at the tree cover.
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 covers Avocado Heights from the nearest base and reaches the surrounding areas on the same schedule. Across Avocado Heights the crew books the same way for every homeowner, and Avocado Heights homeowners get the same quote from the same three things. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text, built from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. Every Avocado Heights gutter cleaning starts from that quote. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Lead time is set by our calendar, and the two busy windows of the year are spring and fall, when the most homeowners want the job done. If you want a slot in one of those windows, call (866) 435-6328 early and get your gutters on the calendar. Once the date is set we send the crew out on it, and we confirm the time the day before.
The point of the visit is to keep your gutters and downspouts clear enough to protect your home from water damage, and to flush every downspout so the water goes away from the house and not down the wall. That is what we mean by gutter maintenance: one visit covers the cleaning and maintenance, from clearing the runs to checking the slope and reporting what needs fixing. Our gutter services follow the same steps on every job, whether it is a small roof or a large one, and that is why the crew does the work from the top of the gutter down.
We give you a written estimate from stories and size, by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without knowing those two things. Once we have them, the number we give you is the number on the invoice.
Our customers here most often book for late spring and late fall. If you wait past the fall leaf drop, we find the runs sagging under the wet mat by the time the heavy rainfall comes. Across California the spring visit falls in mid to late June and the fall visit in late November to December.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. If we can get a crew out sooner we will tell you on the phone.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up, and we send photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, we flush every run and check that water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep out the leaves, but a yard with heavy landscape around it still sends needles, seed casings and grit onto the guard, where they form a mat when they get wet. We lift the panels, clean underneath, flush the drain pipes and reseat them.
A gutter that is clean and still spills over the edge in rain has a problem with the gutter system or the slope, not buildup. Send us a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
