Our own crew cleans your gutters, every outlet flushed and flow-tested, the material bagged and hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across California most of our customers book in the spring and fall, after the seed drop and again after the last leaves come down.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for La Habra homes depends on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text from those three things, and that estimate is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot and land in a similar place, but on a real house the three things above tell us more than a footage count does.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds. A rain gutter on a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out with years of buildup packed in, and guards we have to lift and reseat add a step. A run that has begun to sag gets reported before the crew cleans it. Flushing, checking water flow and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Across California, the houses that cost the most to clean are the ones with clogged downspouts and a full trough in every run, and no one to call until the water is coming over the edge. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the trough light, so the crew spends its time flushing rather than digging. Our customers in the neighborhoods with heavy leaf loads and older roofs see the biggest swing between a first visit and a maintained house, and that is the reason we ask for the photo of the front of the house by text when you call.
We do not work from a rate card. Each quote is written from the house in front of us, and the crew confirms the scope with you before the first ladder goes up. A clean invoice matches the quote. Our crew only does gutter cleaning, so if the roof or the drainage shows something else, we photograph it and put it in the report rather than selling you the fix.
| 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.
Across California, most of our customers book twice a year, in mid to late June after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late November to December after the leaves are down. Our crew in La Habra CA works the same two windows. On our jobs the spring visit is where we find seeds, seed casings, a twig or two, and pollen paste packed into the elbows. The fall visit clears leaves and debris, and on houses that skipped it we find runs that have pulled loose or begun to sag by the time the rain comes back.
Schedules come in three tiers as we see them. Twice a year covers most houses. Under heavy tree cover on residential properties, or near a busy road or construction, we see clients on every three to four months, because needles and grit form a blockage in the outlets between visits. Houses with few or no trees usually need only one visit a year in late fall. Gutter guards still need the surface kept clean, and gutter maintenance on those houses is usually a lighter job on a shorter schedule.
A customer with no trees on our books comes in once a year and is done by late fall. A customer under trees is on a three-to-four month schedule, and the outlets are the first thing we clean and flush each time. Those patterns show up when we open a gutter in the spring and find a clog that has been building since the last visit, with rainwater standing in the trough. The schedule is a judgment we make from the house, not a rule.
After the first visit this gutter cleaning service tells you which tier your lot actually needs, and we write it into the report with the photos of every run. Stay on that tier and you clean your gutters when the house needs it, not when the calendar says so.
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 gutters across La Habra and books jobs in the order the calls come in. Booking for La Habra gutter cleaning starts with a quote by phone or text, built from stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. The crew can clean every run in the same visit. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. A homeowner at work gets the same photos on their phone.
The calendar fills in two busy windows each year, the late spring run after the seed drop and the late fall run after the leaves, so the earlier you call to get your gutters booked, the better your odds of the date you want. Ask on the call and we tell you the next open date for your address. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we set the date with you and confirm it by text the day before.
We keep your gutters working between cleanings by scheduling the next one before we leave, so you are not left guessing about the calendar. We serve residential and commercial customers from the same crew. If you manage commercial properties or a second property in the surrounding areas, we can keep both on one schedule. Our crew is set up to protect your home from water damage by catching a clog before it becomes a leak.
Our gutter cleaning services are scoped to what we do well: clearing the trough, flushing the gutters and downspouts, and reporting what we see. We do not sell additional gutter services on the call, and nothing is added to the invoice that you did not agree to first. Before we leave we check the whole gutter system, every run and every outlet, and we leave the ground clean.
Homeowners get the number from stories and size, by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. We do not quote a figure without those details, because a two-story house with a steep back roof is a different job from one with a shallow pitch. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Across California, customers book in mid to late June, after the spring seed drop, and again in late November to December, after the leaves are down. If you wait past the first heavy rainfall, we find the leaf mat wet and packed, and the job takes longer.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Our cleaning services in La Habra run on that calendar, and most slots come up within the week. We confirm the exact date when you call. If you need a faster slot, ask on the phone and we will tell you what we have.
No, you do not need to be home. Our gutter cleaning process happens outside only, and the crew does not come inside. Photos of every run and outlet go to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and keep the landscape clear of the ladder feet.
Yes, we flush every downspout and flow-test it, because the job is to get water away from the house. If a line drains underground and does not clear, we tell you. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Gutter guards keep out the leaves but not the needles, seed casings and grit that settle on top and turn into a mat. We lift the panels, clean underneath, flush the outlets and reseat the guards, and the material is bagged and carried away from your home. Guarded gutters still need cleaning and maintenance, and that usually runs on a shorter schedule than an open gutter.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or drain size, not a clogged outlet, and water left running can cause structural damage and rot in the fascia. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if the crew finds something that changes the job, and you hear it before work starts. Nothing is added to the invoice you did not agree to on the phone.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
