Our own crew cleans gutters here, flushing every downspout, flow-testing each run, hauling it away and sending photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the roof. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across California most of our customers book spring and fall, and that is the rhythm we work to. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote.
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. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, though the per-foot method hides what drives the job. Here is what moves the quote on our jobs. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment to reach. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits well above the ground. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold compacted leaf matter and the odd twig that takes more passes to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add their own time. The quote covers a clean run on every gutter, and the price moves only when the job does.
Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If we find something that changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice. The check covers water flow on every run of gutters and downspouts on the house before the crew leaves. On our jobs here, the gutter that drives the quote is usually the one with the heaviest buildup, where the leaves and debris have sat through a wet season. We have seen a clog at a bend in the downspout turn a quick visit into a longer one, and we tell you that on the phone before we book.
Corte Madera homes vary, and so do the gutter cleaning services we are asked to price. Two houses on the same street can need different time because one has a steep pitch and the other sits flat. We walk the rain gutter with you on the phone or by photo, look at the drainage path and the downspout, and give you one number. Commercial properties are quoted the same way, from the stories and the size. Clogged downspouts that feed a buried line get checked at the outlet, and a blockage in that buried run is quoted separately. Water away from your home is the point of the whole job, so we ask about where each downspout discharges before we give you a figure.
| 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 twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in fall after the last leaves come down. On our jobs the spring visit finds seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. The fall visit finds the wet leaf mat that sits in the gutter through the rainy months, and that mat is what turns a normal season into a gutter clog. We open a gutter in spring and find seeds packed to the elbow; we open one in fall and find a mat that has been holding rainwater since the first storm.
Under heavy tree cover on residential properties, every three to four months is what we see on our jobs, because needles and grit pack the downspout elbows between visits. Near a busy road or active construction, the grit load is higher, and the same schedule applies. A clean gutter in spring still needs its downspout checked, since seeds collect at the elbow. Heavy rainfall is what exposes a gutter that was left too long. Here we get 44.4 inches of rain a year, and the wettest months are January, February and December. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, so a gutter that looks clear in the morning can overflow by night. A house with few or no trees usually needs only a once-a-year visit in late fall. Guarded gutters need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still has to be cleared, because the leaf mat sits on top of the guard.
The Corte Madera ca gutter service runs on this same rhythm for most homes. When you call, we ask how many trees overhang the house and whether the house sits near a road, and we use those answers to set the interval. We do not guess the schedule. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we adjust from what we find in the gutters. Some of our jobs here move from twice a year to three times once a neighbor's tree drops its seed on the roofline, and we say so in the report. Ask us when your cleanings should fall, and we will set the interval with you after the estimate. Regular gutter maintenance on this schedule is the core of what we do. A clean gutter on the first visit makes the next visit easier to judge. We set the interval the same way for residential and commercial buildings.
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 works across Corte Madera and the surrounding areas, going out from the nearest base to whichever neighborhood is on the calendar. Our gutter services cover the hillside streets and the flatter blocks near the water, and the tree cover and pitch change from one to the next, so every landscape gets its own plan. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, and a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar. Lead time depends on the week, and we confirm a date when you call. The two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. We work from the outside and the ladders stay off the gutter lip, so the siding stays clean. Corte Madera gutter cleaning ends with a check of each run, and homeowners here get the photos before the truck leaves. We flush every downspout and watch it until the water runs clear at the bottom. Where the cleaning uncovers a loose hanger or a leak at a dripping joint, we photograph it and put it in the report, which helps protect your home from water damage. Keep your gutters clear and the water will keep moving where it belongs, and a clear gutter is easier to judge after the first visit.
Cleaning services in Corte Madera are priced from the stories and the size of the house, and we give the number by phone or text. We do not quote a range without those details, because a two-story house with a steep pitch can take longer than a flat one. The number we give you is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall after the last leaves. If the fall visit is skipped, we see runs that sag under the wet leaf mat by the following spring, and fascia that starts to rot and show structural damage. Under heavy tree cover the schedule shortens to every three to four months.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day service unless the calendar has an open slot that day.
No, a homeowner does not need to be home. Our crew works outside around the landscape, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, which gives the crew a clean path to the ladder, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, the gutter cleaning process includes flushing every downspout until the water runs clean at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check the outlet and tell you if water is not leaving. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep leaves out, but needles, leaves, seed casings and grit still sit on top, and once that mat is wet the water runs over the front edge. The guard is part of the gutter system, so it still needs cleaning and maintenance: we lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the downspout and reseat the guards.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain, and we 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 about it and agree to it before they start, never after. The quote from the phone call stands unless you approve a change.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
