Our own crew cleans your gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled off the property, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the house size and how much tree cover sits over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across California, most of our customers book for the spring and fall visits, when seed and leaf drop have finished and the gutters are ready to be cleared.
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 how many stories the house has, its size, and what is sitting in the gutters. We give an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, whether it is a spring and fall visit or a one-off clean, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price residential and commercial jobs by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place for a typical house, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house. Residential properties get that one number from stories and size, with no per-foot math.
On our jobs, a few things push the quote up. A third story or a roofline too steep to walk means the crew works from a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave line. Gutters on Cathedral City homes that have not been opened in years come down packed with a compacted leaf mat, and the crew has to clean out that packing before water can move. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job gets raised with you before work starts, not on the invoice.
Here is what the crew finds when a homeowner calls about a clog. The gutter is full of leaves, the water flow at the bottom is slow, and water is starting to spill over the front edge in the rain. On one recent job, the owner had a sag at the back run where the buildup had held water for a season. We cleared the blockage, checked the drainage at each outlet, flushed each downspout, left the gutter clean, and reported the sag in our photos. Start with a photo of the front of the house sent by text, plus the number of stories and whether big trees hang over the house, and we will give you the number on the phone.
| 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 here book regular gutter cleaning twice a year, once in the spring after seed and pollen drop and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, even on gutters that look clean from the ground. In fall it is wet leaves that cause trouble, and the heavy rainfall that follows is when a clog turns into an overflow. Houses that skip the fall visit tend to show sagging runs and loose hangers by the time winter rain arrives.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers book cleanings every three to four months, since needles, a stray twig and grit pack the downspout elbows between visits. Near a busy road, active construction, or a planted landscape bed, the same schedule applies. With few or no trees, one clean a year in late fall is usually enough. Guarded gutters need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs clearing, because pollen and seed casings sit on top of the guard and start the blockage from above. Keeping the runs clear is how you protect your home from water damage, since rainwater that stalls in the trough finds the fascia first.
On our jobs in Cathedral City CA the pattern holds: the homes with fewer trees go longer between visits, and the ones under canopy need the closer schedule. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and you can plan from there. Keep your gutters clear between visits and the schedule holds, which is how you get water away from your home. Your gutter system will tell you soon enough if the schedule is wrong, so we would rather get the first clean right.
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 Cathedral City gutter cleaning crew works from the nearest base, covers the surrounding areas, and books jobs across Cathedral City on a rolling basis. Booking our gutter services is simple: you call (866) 435-6328 or text us, we ask about stories, house size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front helps us quote accurately. Lead times depend on the season and the day, and we confirm the date when we talk. The two busiest windows are late spring and late fall, so if you want a particular week, call early. The sooner you call, the sooner you get your gutters on the schedule.
Before we come out we call you, and nobody needs to be home for the work. If you are not sure whether you need cleaning and maintenance this year, send a photo, including any leak you can see near the eave, and we will tell you what we see from the ground. Many homeowners get their gutters checked on the first visit and then keep the schedule we set together, which is simple gutter maintenance: the surface stays clean and the gutters and downspouts keep moving. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every job: clean out the runs, flush each downspout, check the drainage and photograph everything.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range without those details. The number we quote is the number on the invoice. Quotes for commercial properties follow the same rule: no number without the details that set the job.
Most of our customers here book for late spring and late fall, and the sooner you clean your gutters after the leaves drop, the less they sag. If you wait longer than that, the leaves and debris buildup can start to pull the runs down. Under heavy tree cover we see most customers on a three to four month schedule.
Most slots come up within the week for our cleaning services in Cathedral City. We confirm a date when you call (866) 435-6328, and we will tell you honestly what is available that day.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up. We send photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested, and we check where the water goes at the outlet. If a line runs underground, we check whether water is leaving at the end. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and gets quoted before we touch it.
Yes. Gutter guards stop leaves, but on our jobs we still find pollen, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard and working into the runs. Clogged downspouts can follow when that grit sets. We lift the panels, clean underneath, flush each downspout and reseat the guards.
A clean rain gutter that still spills over the front edge in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Left alone, that spill can cause fascia rot and structural damage. Send us a photo or a short video 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, we raise it with you and agree before work starts. The price we quote by phone is the price on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
