Our own crew cleans gutters, flushes every downspout and tests the flow, bags and hauls away the leaves, and takes 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, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and that is when we are busiest. 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 the number of stories, the square footage and what is actually sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Our cleaning services in Golden Hills work the same way, and each house is priced as one job, not per foot. A homeowner gets one number for the whole house and hears it before the crew climbs. Our cleanings are priced the same way as our cleaning and maintenance visits. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but we would rather give you one number you can check against the invoice.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up in the air, gutters nobody has opened in years (those take a longer clean), and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat before we can clear underneath. Gutters are flushed, flow tested and cleared on every visit, each downspout is run until it clears, and the haul-off is included and never billed as an extra. A leak at a seam is noted in the photos and reported to you, not repaired on the spot. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
The heaviest quotes come from older houses with big trees that have dropped years of leaves into the troughs. A homeowner with a clogged downspout often finds the rain gutter above it is already sagging, so the crew checks the run before work starts. A single twig wedged in an elbow can back up a whole downspout, and the crew clears it on the same visit. The gutter cleaning process is the same on every house: the crew clears the runs, flushes each downspout until the water runs clean at the bottom, and photographs every one. Our customers get a number they can plan around, and no one is surprised when the crew comes down the ladder. Good gutter maintenance keeps the fascia clear of the kind of structural damage a visit is meant to prevent. The crew keeps the ladder and the truck well away from your home, and leaves the ground clean. If you are not sure what your house will need, text a photo of the front of the house and tell us roughly how many stories it has.
| 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 across Golden Hills book twice a year. Across California the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit lands in late October to November, after the last leaves come down. In spring we find seeds and seed casings packed into the downspout elbows and pollen paste in the troughs. In fall it is the wet mat of leaves and debris, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag and pull loose by the next spring.
Under heavy tree cover, book more visits through the year than a single fall one, because needles and grit fill each downspout between visits and slow the water flow. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days. Golden Hills gets about 12.7 inches of rain a year, and the wettest months are January, February and December. Heavy rainfall is when rainwater backs up and clogged downspouts show up as overflow. With few or no trees, a yearly visit in late fall is enough to keep each rain gutter clear through the wet months, and a regular visit helps protect your home from water damage. Gutters with guards still need the surface cleared, so those usually run on the lighter schedule.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and our gutter cleaning services set the next date on the calendar, so you can get your gutters on a schedule without thinking about it. Keep the trough clean on every visit, and we will flush each downspout and check drainage at the outlet. A gutter system that stays clear keeps water away from the fascia, and a clog that is left alone turns into rot and structural damage over a few seasons. When a run overflows, the landscape beds below the eave are the first to get soaked, and surrounding areas of the house take the rest.
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 cleaned gutters across Golden Hills homes for years. Our gutter cleaning service covers residential and commercial properties on the same route, and residential properties make up most of our calls. The crew works Golden Hills CA and the surrounding areas, and the quote is by phone or text, built from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof. Our gutter services include debris removal, so the leaves leave the property with the crew. Leaf and grit buildup at the roof valleys is cleared on the same visit. A photo of the front of the house helps us quote faster. Lead time depends on the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We leave the property clean.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows, spring and fall, so booking early makes sense if you want a specific week. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. If you want regular gutter cleaning on a set schedule, ask us to clean your gutters and we will set it up so you do not have to remember. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the calendar.
Our service for a two-story house in Golden Hills CA is quoted from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters. We give you an estimate over the phone or by text, and that is the price on the invoice. Downspout flushing and haul-off are already in it.
Most of our customers book a spring visit and a fall visit, which is how we keep your gutters clear through the wet months. Clearing them on time helps protect your home from water damage, and a sag caught in spring costs far less than rot found in fall. Under heavy tree cover, customers often book more than one visit a year.
Most of our slots come up within the week. We confirm the date when you call, and if a same-day opening exists we will tell you then.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that water is leaving at the outlet, because gutters and downspouts only work when the water moves. If a clog or blockage sits in an underground line, we tell you and quote it separately before anyone touches it.
Yes, usually on a lighter schedule. Guards keep the big leaves out, but on our jobs we find needles and seed casings sitting on top of the guard along the roofline, with grit underneath, so the surface still needs clearing and the downspout still needs checking.
If a clean gutter still sheets rainwater over the edge in heavy rainfall, the problem is usually slope or capacity, not leaves, and the overflow can land in surrounding areas of the foundation. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it actually is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if something we find changes the job, and in that case you hear about it and agree before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice, for all of our gutter services.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
