Our own crew cleans your gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, 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 on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we have been working these roofs long enough to know why those two visits matter.
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 sitting in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 and we quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Companies that sell gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but the total still turns on the same three things and on the condition of the gutter system. Every customer gets the same three-part estimate, and La Quinta homes of any size are priced the same way.
What moves the quote on our jobs: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement or sloped lot that raises the effective height of the roofline, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted buildup, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can get at the run. The job covers gutters and downspouts: flushing, water flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. The crew checks drainage at the outlet on every run, and a blockage found at an elbow is cleared on the same visit. If something changes the job once we are on site, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice. The goal on every job is a clean run that drains at the outlet.
On a recent La Quinta gutter cleaning job we were called to a two-story house with heavy tree cover over the back roofline. The gutters had a clog at the corner elbow and a sag in the back run where the trough had pulled off its hangers. We cleared the run. The rule on our crew is to flush every downspout and watch it run clear, and we did that here before we left the ground clean. We told the owner exactly what we found and what was included before we touched the ladder. Our crew handles residential properties and commercial properties on the same basic process, so the quote reflects the actual condition of the system, not a guess.
| 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 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 catches the seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and the fall visit clears the leaves and debris before the rains start.
Under heavy tree cover, next to a landscape bed, or near a busy road or a construction site, we see most gutters back up every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between cleanings and a clog starts at the elbow. On a return visit, clogged downspouts are the first thing we flush. With few or no trees overhead, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Keeping up with regular gutter cleaning on that schedule keeps a rain gutter from backing up before the first storm. Gutters with guards still need the surface cleared, and that visit can run less often. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, so one heavy rainfall is the real test of a clean gutter.
We would rather tell you the truth about your lot than sell you a schedule. A clogged gutter can mean rainwater spilling over the roofline and running down the wall, and a sag that goes unchecked turns into a leak. Clean your gutters on the schedule your lot needs as part of ordinary gutter maintenance, and you move water away from your home before it reaches the foundation. Keep your gutters working through the seasons and you protect your home from water damage, which is what the schedule is for. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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 serves the surrounding areas, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. To start, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house; we will ask how many stories it has, roughly how large it is and whether a twig or leaf litter from overhanging trees has gotten into the gutters, and we give you a number on the spot. That is the whole intake for our cleaning services in La Quinta, and it is the same process whether you are a homeowner booking a single visit or a building manager.
The two busy windows on our calendar are late spring and late fall, when most of our customers book at once. Booking a slot early in those months keeps the schedule easy to hold. Outside those windows, slots come up faster, and we confirm the date when you call. Whether it is spring or fall, the crew leaves with a clean run and a photo to prove it.
This is the gutter cleaning process from start to finish: quote, schedule, a clean visit, and photos of every run before the truck leaves. Whether you need a single visit or a standing schedule for a home or for commercial properties, our gutter services cover cleaning and maintenance in one trip, and we keep the gutters working so you do not pay for a second trip for the same problem.
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 price off a chart, we price your house. The number we give you is the number you pay.
Our customers usually book in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall after the leaves are down. If the fall visit is skipped, we often find runs that have pulled loose by the time the rains come in.
We confirm the date when you call, and availability depends on the season. Most slots come up within the week outside the busy windows.
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 watch it until it runs clear at the outlet, and a clean outlet is the result we check for. If a line drains underground we check that water is leaving the outlet and tell you if it is not; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, though less often. Guards stop leaves but not needles, seed casings or grit, and that material mats on top of the guard and stops the water from getting in. We lift the panels, clear underneath and reseat them.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout capacity, not debris. Left alone, that water can rot the fascia and turn into structural damage. Send us a photo or 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. Fixing the slope or the downspout moves water away from your home.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, we tell you and you agree before work starts. The quote we give on the 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.
